Access Bank redefines African banking, with Ghana, Gambia units winning Best Bank 2025

Access Bank is leading a shift in the definition of banking excellence across Africa.

Moving beyond mere profit and growth, the bank’s focus is on financial inclusion, sustainability, and digital empowerment.

This purpose-driven approach aims to make a tangible difference in people’s lives, uplift communities, and fuel the continent’s broader economic and social transformation.

This commitment to “more than banking” has established Access Bank as an influential leader, transforming the role of banks from financial intermediaries into active drivers of inclusive and sustainable progress.

The success of this strategy was recently underscored when both Access Bank Ghana and Access Bank Gambia were awarded the prestigious Best Bank 2025 title by Euromoney.

In Ghana, the award recognizes years of deliberate investment in innovation and sustainable practices.

The bank has built an ecosystem where digital technology complements human connection, offering forward-looking services that are tailored to local needs.

Initiatives like user-friendly mobile banking for underserved communities, the “W Initiative” for women entrepreneurs, and widespread financial literacy programs have made a significant impact.

According to Managing Director Olumide Olatunji, the award validates the bank’s mission to lead a new era of banking that “prioritizes inclusion, innovation, and sustainable development.”

This is further evidenced by the bank’s support for Ghana’s cash-lite transition and its launch of green financing products.

Also, in The Gambia, the award highlights consistency, credibility, and deep customer connection. For the second consecutive year, Access Bank Gambia has been recognized, solidifying its reputation for trust and reliability in an emerging market.

This repeated honor underscores the bank’s commitment to putting customers first and its consistent performance in the region.

About The Author

Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled:  Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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