On 16 June 2008, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated acquired 75% of EABS Bank, which had been licensed in 2005. The bank changed its name to Ecobank Kenya Limited to reflect the new shareholding. Later, it increased its shareholding in the bank, to 95.67% as at 3 July 2013. As of December 2013[update], Ecobank Kenya had total assets valued at approximately KES:36.9 billion (US$427.6 million), with shareholders' equity of about KES:3.39 billion (US$39.3 million).[5][6]
Ecobank Kenya is a member of Ecobank Transnational, the leading independent pan-African bank, headquartered in Lomé, Togo with affiliates in West Africa, Central Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. Ecobank, which was established in 1985, has grown to a network of over 600 branches, employing over 10,000 people, with offices in 33 countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[7] Ecobank Transnational also maintains representative offices in Angola, China, Ethiopia, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates.[8]
As of July 2017[update], the bank maintains 21 networked branches in Kenya.[13][14] In October 2016, Ecobank Kenya notified the public and its customers of its plans to close nine of its twenty-nine branches, to reduce the number to 20, by end of April 2017.[15]
Aftertax:US$-10.3 million (KES:-890 million) (2013)
