Lagos - Pan-African banking group Ecobank said on Thursday its half year to June pre-tax profit rose 27.5% to 41.67bn naira ($201.83bn), from 32.67bn naira in the same period last year.
Ecobank's gross earnings rose to 175.1bn naira, compared with 153.6bn naira in the same period last year, it said in a filing through the Nigeria Stock Exchange.