(Agence Ecofin) – Since February 2022, Ecobank CI, in partnership with the GIZ agency and the Bordeaux School of Management (BEM) group, has contributed to the capacity building of 25 Ivorian business leaders. They received their end-of-training diplomas on June 24.
Ecobank CI has welcomed the first class of graduates from the Business Management Excellence program (PEGE), co-organized in collaboration with the German international development cooperation agency (GIZ) and the Bordeaux Ecole de Management group ( BEM) Abidjan. The closing ceremony of the program took place this Friday, June 24, 2022, at the Bank’s premises in Abidjan.
A total of 25 Ivorian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) took part in the program, scheduled for six months and which began in February 2022. They were thus able to benefit from MBA-level training modules delivered by experts from the Kedge Business School. and BEM, with the aim of providing business leaders with strategic tools and a “ technical and financial support aimed at eliminating obstacles related to investments, creating value and sustainable jobs ».
The closing ceremony of the program was an opportunity for its beneficiaries to obtain end-of-training certificates and to take stock of their achievements. ” The benefits drawn from this training are great, in terms of learning and building managerial skills. We believe that we have acquired from this rather practical training, the necessary elements for the active development of our businesses. stressed the representative of the recipients to the press, calling on the organizers to repeat this training in favor of other entrepreneurs.
« The will of Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire, GIZ and BEM Abidjan, through this program is to enable these SMEs to be both banked and bankable. Emphasis was placed on capacity building and digitization said Paul-Harry Aithnard, Managing Director of Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire and Director of the UEMOA region.
And to add: The Ecobank Group and Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire confirm their commitment to SMEs by implementing solutions adapted to their needs ».
Moutiou Adjibi Nourou
