Insight - Tiny Togo thinks big in pursuit of pan-African dream


  • World
  • Thursday, 11 Jun 2015

Gervais Djondo, the founder of Asky and Ecobank, speaks during an interview at his home in Djondo Kope, Togo, April 24, 2015. REUTERS/Noel Kokou Tadegnon

LOME (Reuters) - The scale of Togo's ambition is clear as you fly into the capital, Lome.

Rising above a sandy coastline just 90 miles (145 km) long, is the giant, glass-fronted headquarters of Ecobank, expanding out of the nation of seven million across a continent of more than a billion.

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