Development finance institution
ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID)
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development is a Lomé-based multilateral development finance institution (DFI) and the principal financial arm of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which comprises 15 member countries. Reorganised on 1 January 2004 as a unified banking entity following the structural transformation of the legacy ECOWAS Fund for Cooperation, Compensation and Development, the institution operates under international public law. The bank executes a dual-window investment strategy targeting the public and private sectors to achieve poverty reduction, infrastructure improvement, and wealth creation across West Africa.
Investment focus
- Sectors
- Energy and powerManufacturing and industrialsAgriculture and foodSMEsInfrastructureHealthcare
- Stages and strategies
- GrowthFund investmentsProject finance
- Instruments
- Debt
- Regions
- Western Africa
- African markets named in public materials
- Togo
Fund commitments
Selected portfolio and direct investments
- Azumah Resources Ghana Limited
- Banque de l’Habitat de Côte d’Ivoire
- Coris Holding SA
- G Farms Limited
- Government of Bauchi State
- Government of Taraba State
- Hôpital Général de Ferkessédougou
- Kano–Maradi Railway Project
- Maranatha Oil Services Limited
- Republic of Guinea
- Siguiri Regional Hospital
- Stratcon Energy and Trading Limited
- Teyliom Properties Côte d'Ivoire
- Tinkisso II Hydropower Project
- Topaz Multi-Industries SA
- Trans-Saharan Highway
- WAICA Reinsurance Corporation Plc
Recent investments and transactions
Related analysis
Sources
- Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026
- Partner Researchers, accessed 14 November 2026