ECOWAS Bank fur Investment and Development is a banking institution based in Lome, Togo. Established in 1975, the bank's mission is to assist in creating favorable conditions for West Africa that is fully combined with the global economic system with a view to taking advantage of the opportunities and prospects offered by globalization. The bank primarily operates in Infrastructure and basic amenities relating to transport, energy, and telecommunications (roads, civil engineering works, railways, port and airport infrastructure, production facilities, transportation, and energy distribution, telecommunications systems, information technology), rural development and environment (irrigation, flood control, rural water supply, agriculture, livestock, fisheries, ecosystem protection, renewable energy, capacity building) and social sector. The assets of the bank are managed by the board members.