Ecobank faces moments of truth

A long, debilitating battle over the position of its chairman has led to much soul-searching and investigation at Ecobank, one of Africa’s leading banks. But the direction of the business is the most pressing issue for its bullish chief executive, Thierry Tanoh.

October 29 was no ordinary day for Ecobank Transnational, the pan-African lender that serves many of the world’s most underachieving and underbanked markets.

Months of bickering between board members divided over the future of the bank’s embattled chairman, Kolapo Lawson, and vexed by a near-constant stream of controversies, from chief executive Thierry Tanoh’s bonus to leaked claims of high-level mismanagement, finally came to a head.

This was the fifth such get-together in just three months – this time in Accra, Ghana.

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