In 2020, The Ecobank Group, in partnership with Speak Up Africa and the RBM Partnership to End Malaria, launched the Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative, which aims to stimulate private sector engagement in the fight against malaria in Africa, and supporting the Zero Malaria Starts with Me campaign endorsed by the African Union in 2018. The initiative is being implemented in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal and Uganda and aims to:

• Promote the mobilization of national resources for sustainable funding in the fight against malaria and its elimination ;
• Mobilize companies and business leaders to contribute to malaria control and elimination ;
• Leverage Ecobank’s networks and partners to strengthen or create collaborative platforms.

Our Approach:

• Establish and/or strengthen private sector coordination platforms for malaria at national and regional levels ;
• Cultivate a network of champions in the fight against malaria to support the alignment and implementation of appropriate health policies ;
• Raise malaria’s profile in African health policies and corporate programmes.

 Impact:

• USD 6 million mobilized in financial and in-kind contributions ;
• 60 companies joined the initiative.