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Ecobank has announced a strategic move to lean on Google Cloud solutions for a transformation of its financial services through advanced analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and digital empowerment across Africa.
In a statement issued by the bank’s Head of Communications, Marketing and Branding, Glenda Kamalata, Ecobank said it would leverage Google Cloud’s cutting-edge technologies to deliver innovative, frictionless, secure, and universally accessible payment and remittance solutions for individuals and businesses across the continent and beyond.
The partnership will centre on enhancing Ecobank’s digital offerings by using Google Cloud’s scalable infrastructure and AI-driven solutions to accelerate the bank’s digital transformation.
“The collaboration will strive to simplify and streamline money transfers, both domestically and across borders,” Kamalata said.
She explained that the initiative, backed by tools such as Apigee (Google Cloud’s API management platform), aimed to make financial transactions faster, more affordable, and more accessible — thereby supporting families and facilitating commercial activity across Africa.
Kamalata said a key objective of the partnership was to strengthen the continent’s entrepreneurial ecosystem by improving access to finance for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Through Google Cloud’s BigQuery data analytics platform, the bank plans to develop AI-driven insights that support business growth and scalability in over 33 African countries.
“The collaboration will explore the creation of intuitive and user-friendly digital banking platforms, enhanced by Google Cloud’s AI technologies and built on its secure, scalable global infrastructure,” Kamalata added.
She noted that the partnership would empower bank’s developers and customers to connect to a unified API platform, enabling the creation of innovative financial solutions.
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Ecobank Group Chief Executive Officer, Jeremy Awori, said the partnership with Google Cloud will unlock new possibilities for individuals and businesses to grow and scale across the continent.
Meanwhile, Google Cloud Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Kurian, emphasized that the collaboration reflected a shared commitment to leveraging technology to unlock Africa’s potential and foster a digitally empowered and economically vibrant future.
“Ecobank and Google Cloud will actively explore opportunities to further expand their collaboration, tapping into the vast potential of other Google solutions and services,” Kurian said.
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