Shareholders of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated are set to receive a higher dividend payout after the banking group announced an annual dividend of 0.16 US cents per share for the 2025 financial year, reflecting its strong financial performance across African markets.
In a notice issued on June 12, 2026, the pan-African lender said the dividend would be paid electronically on June 30, 2026, to shareholders whose names appear on the company’s Register of Members at the close of business on June 19, 2026.
The dividend applies to shareholders on the three stock exchanges where ETI is listed – the Ghana Stock Exchange, Nigerian Exchange Limited and the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières.
The bank advised investors holding shares through the Central Securities Depository (CSD) to confirm their electronic dividend registration details with their stockbrokers to facilitate seamless payment. Shareholders on the physical register were also urged to update their records with GCB Bank PLC, the registrar for the Ghanaian market.
The dividend announcement comes on the back of impressive earnings growth recorded by the banking group in 2025. ETI reported a profit before tax of $801 million for the year ended December 31, 2025, representing a 21 per cent increase from the previous year.
The group’s revenue rose by 17 per cent to $2.45 billion, while earnings per share from continuing operations climbed by 23 per cent to 1.680 US cents.
Ecobank’s total assets expanded by 23 per cent to $34.5 billion, with customer deposits increasing by 24 per cent to $25.3 billion, highlighting the lender’s growing footprint across Africa.
The newly declared dividend marks a 45 per cent increase from the previous ordinary share dividend of 0.11 US cents paid on the group’s 2022 financial results. The total dividend payout is estimated at approximately $40 million.
The dividend proposal was approved by ETI’s Board of Directors and later ratified by shareholders at the company’s 2026 Annual General Meeting.
Further underscoring its improved operational efficiency, the bank’s cost-to-income ratio declined to 48.3 per cent in 2025 from 52.8 per cent in 2024, the lowest level in the group’s history. Return on average tangible equity rose to 27.8 per cent, while total equity surged by 60 per cent to $2.9 billion.
A significant strategic milestone for the lender during the year was the completion of the sale of its Mozambique subsidiary in September 2025, a move aimed at redeploying capital into key growth markets across the continent.
Headquartered in Lomé, ETI serves as the parent company of the Ecobank Group, which operates in numerous African countries with an authorised capital of $1.25 billion.
Eligible shareholders on record as of June 19, 2026, will receive their dividend payments electronically on June 30, 2026.