President of EBID receives prestigious CEO of The Year Award

The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ECOWAS Bank for Investment

and Development (EBID), Dr George Agyekum Donkor, has been recognised as the 2025

CEO of the Year – Africa / CEO of CEOs by the renowned Ghana CEO Vision and Awards.

It is worth noting that the President of EBID was previously honoured by the organisation as

the 2023 CEO of the Year- Africa, and the award was conferred by the then Vice-President of

Ghana, His Excellency Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. This year, the Ghana CEO Vision and

Awards acknowledge the continued contributions of Dr Donkor to the development of the

African continent through result-driven strategic leadership.

Under his leadership, the Bank has reached new heights, with achievements such as obtaining

upgraded credit ratings by Moody’s and Fitch, securing Green Climate Fund accreditation and

becoming the first financial institution to list a Green, Social and Sustainable Bond Listing on

the BRVM Regional Stock Exchange. This has paved the way for several institutional awards,

including, most recently, winning the Financial Institution of the Year 2024 at the Africa

Sustainability Awards.

At the personal level, Dr Donkor has distinguished himself as an influential figure in the

development sector, driving partnerships that promote impactful investments all across West

Africa to build industries that respond to the needs of the people and create opportunities for

socio-economic mobility. He has been an advocate for harnessing the potential of the private

sector as a tool for wealth creation and has emerged as a development champion in his own

right, earning recognition as one of 100 Personalities Transforming Africa by Financial Afrik

three consecutive times.

The award was presented on July 25, 2025, in Accra, Ghana, at a ceremony attended by

various high-level dignitaries, including Honourable Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed, Minister

for the Interior, and Honourable Dzifa Gomashie, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative

Arts of Ghana. His Royal Majesty, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Ga Mantse, also graced the

occasion, which was the Fourth edition of the Ghana CEO Vision and Awards.

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About EBID

ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) is the development finance

institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) comprising fifteen

(15) Member States namely, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia,

Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and

Togo. Based in Lomé, Togolese Republic, the Bank is committed to financing developmental

projects and programmes covering diverse initiatives from infrastructure and basic amenities,

rural development and environment, industry, and social services sectors, through its private

and public sector windows. EBID intervenes through long, medium, and short-term loans,

equity participation, lines of credit, refinancing, financial engineering operations, and related

services.