New IFC and Ecobank Facility to Finance SMEs in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States in West and Central Africa

New IFC and Ecobank Facility to Finance SMEs  in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States in West and Central Africa

Burundi, (Capital Markets in Africa) -IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group and leading pan-African full-service banking group, today announced the launch of a $110 million risk-sharing facility that will increase access to finance for small and medium sized enterprises in fragile and conflict-affected states in West and Central Africa. The target countries face extreme and persistent poverty exceeding 50 percent of their populations,…

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