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Ecobank Zimbabwe
Business Essentials:
Country: Zimbabwe
Industry: Banking
Year of investment: 2009
Exit: 2011
Business description:
- Merchant bank and asset management firm in Zimbabwe
- Business model primarily focused on corporate and private banking, though it also owns an asset management company and a capital management company to conduct non-regulatory financial services business
- Estimated to be the 16th largest commercial bank
- Main sources of income are interest income, investment banking fees, as well as banking services and transaction fees
