Customers of telecommunication company, Airtel Africa, will soon be able to request for loan from Ecobank after the network provider and the lender reached an agreement. Such partnership is not the first of its kind as Diamond Bank (now Access Bank) and MTN Nigeria also have a partnership.

The partnership between Airtel Africa and Ecobank Transnational Incorporation (ETI) is for the network provider’s Airtel Money service which the company is also planning to offer in Nigeria after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approved the operation of the telecoms firm as a mobile money operator. MTN Nigeria has already started its Mobile Money service in Nigeria, called MoMo.

According to a statement on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), which was seen by Nairametrics, the... https://nairametrics.com/2019/10/21/airtel-partners-with-ecobank-to-offer-loan-and-other-services-to-airtel-users/