adminSudan started operations on July 10 and it offers the suite of products and services of the group to individuals, small to medium enterprises, multinationals and institutions.
Mr Thierry Tanoh, the group chief executive, said: We are very excited to have obtained the authorisation of South Sudanese authorities to operate in this country which holds a huge potential for financial intermediation. Our presence in four of its six bordering countries,
namely Kenya, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic, is a unique advantage to contribute to the development and integration of South Sudan young republic.
The Togo-based Ecobank Transnational Incorporated is the parent company of the leading independent pan-African banking group, Ecobank. It currently has a presence in 34 African countries, namely Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (DR) , Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter