The Ecobank Foundation aims to transform lives in Africa and focuses its attention and resources on the three key areas of health, education and financial empowerment.
It does so by leveraging:
Our programmes are in line with Ecobank Foundation’s pursuit of achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
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The Ecobank Foundation is currently supporting:
Millions of Africans lack access to basic healthcare, while a number of serious diseases are particularly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa. At Ecobank Foundation we want to play a significant role in improving health, by helping to build resilient health systems across the continent.
The Ecobank Foundation makes a difference to humanitarian initiatives and donor aid grant practitioners across Africa by providing innovative learning solutions that are targeted to their needs. This equips them with the administrative and management skills to better serve the vulnerable sectors and communities in need of their assistance.
We leverage Ecobank’s innovative digital platform to help fundraise across Africa and mobilise the capital in support of charities, disaster appeals, healthcare and other worthwhile causes.
The Academy’s innovative development programmes are aimed at improving health and education systems across the African continent through rigorous financial management, effective leadership development and sound implementation capabilities.
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is the largest global fund and multi-stakeholder partnership dedicated to education in lower-income countries.
Ecobank Group has partnered with Junior Achievement (JA) Africa to mobilise over 600,000+ young people across the continent and educate them in financial literacy.
ShARE is an innovative company at the crossroads of education and consulting. It runs a leadership programme to turn bright university students into ‘Do Well Do Good’ leaders, and helps corporates to serve both their shareholders and society at large.
Speak Up Africa is a Senegal-based policy and advocacy action tank dedicated to catalysing leadership, enabling policy change, and increasing awareness for sustainable development in Africa. Ensuring the health and well-being of all is at its core.
We are collaborating with UNITLIFE, the UN initiative dedicated to fighting chronic malnutrition, to raise awareness and funds on this disease affecting a third of African children.
The Ecobank Foundation partnered with the African Leadership University to educate the next generation of African leaders.
The Ecobank Foundation partnered with AfricaThriving International (ATI), a voluntary-based international relief and development organization, to improve the lives of children, families and disadvantaged communities in Africa.
The Global Fund fights HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. It mobilises US$4 billion a year, 65% of which is dedicated to sub-Saharan Africa.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world’s largest humanitarian network.
OneFamilyHealth is a public-private partnership between the Ecobank Foundation, GlaxoSmithKline and the Government of Rwanda. The programme improves access to basic healthcare and prevention services in isolated rural communities in Rwanda.
We worked in partnership with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) on a doctor-training programme known as the M-PACT project.