ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development

EBID

  • Type Direct (Regional)
  • Date of accreditation 18 Feb 2025

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) serves as the financial arm of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with a core mandate to promote private sector development, foster economic growth, and serve as an effective instrument for poverty reduction, wealth creation, and job generation across the region. Established by the 15 ECOWAS member states—Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo— EBID’s mission is to help lay the foundations for a strong, industrialized, and prosperous West Africa—one that is economically integrated both regionally and globally.

Given the region’s high vulnerability to climate change, EBID is strengthening its role as a key enabler of green, sustainable, and climate-resilient development in West Africa by enhance its capacity to mobilize climate finance, support climate-smart investments, and facilitate transformational growth that aligns with national and regional climate priorities. Through partnership with GCF, EBID  aims to scale up funding for climate-compatible infrastructure, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, water resource management, and other critical adaptation and mitigation sectors. 

Accreditation timeline

Accreditation term 1

Pending

Accreditation date

18 Feb 2025

AMA execution date

12 May 2025

AMA effectiveness

Pending

Term end date

Pending

Entity details

  • Size
    • Micro
    • Small
    • Medium
    • Large
  • Environmental and social risk category
    • Category C
    • Category B
    • Category A
    • Intermediation 3
    • Intermediation 2
    • Intermediation 1
  • Fiduciary standards
    • Basic
    • Project management
    • Grant award
    • On-lending/blending:
    • Loan
    • Equity
    • Guarantee
    • Blending

Documents

Title Type Date
Accreditation Master Agreement between GCF and EBID EBID
Accreditation Master Agreement 12 May 2025
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Contacts

Mr. Kouame Ano
Primary

Senior Environmentalist, Environment and Sustainable Development Unit
128, Boulevard du 13 janvier, Lome, Togo
Phone +228 2221 6864
Phone +228 9807 5050
mano@bidc-ebid.org
Mr. Loko Gandji
Secondary

Sustainability Officer, Environment and Sustainable Development Unit
128, boulevard du 13 janvier, Lome, Togo
Phone +228 2221 6864
Phone +228 9218 3117
lgandji@bidc-ebid.org
Address
128 Boulevard du 13 janvier, Lome, Togo