Newly Constructed Ecobank Makeni Branch Commissioned

By: Ibrahim Kanu Sierra Leone's leading banking institution Ecobank has on Monday 3 April 2023 officially opened their newly constructed ultra-modern bank at Lunsar road Makeni. The branch bank was earlier located at the wusum hotel in 2008 but later relocated to flower corner, Makeni city for better accessibility. Due to numerous concerns by their loving customers about the constraints to access the bank as a result of the various trading activities around the premises of the bank, the management thought it fit to finally relocate the bank to a more accessible and conducive location. Speaking at the official opening ceremony of the bank, the managing director told the attendees that the bank is a pan-African bank which was established in Freetown in November 2006 and now boasts 15 branches nation-wide including Microfinance services. She proudly said their bank is the leading bank in terms of digitalization as the first to have a mobile app which makes banking so easy and comfortable as customers can be able to know all their transactions through the mobile app. She went on to assure the people of Makeni that the bank is here to stay for the long run therefore, their support is highly needed for more and better services Madam Memunatu Jalloh who is commonly called Mems, the proprietor of Mems Enterprise one of long standing customers of Ecobank since it was established in Makeni in 2008 applaud the effort of the management of the bank especially in terms of services. She encouraged all customers to continue to bank with Ecobank and also call on the general populace of the Municipality to bank with Ecobank because they are next to none when it comes to better services and financial safety.

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