[3][4] On 16 June 2008, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated acquired 75% of EABS Bank, which had been licensed in 2005.

The bank changed its name to Ecobank Kenya Limited to reflect the new shareholding.

Ecobank, which was established in 1985, has grown to a network of over 600 branches, employing over 10,000 people, with offices in 33 countries including Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

[7] Ecobank Transnational also maintains representative offices in Angola, China, Ethiopia, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates.

[13][14] In October 2016, Ecobank Kenya notified the public and its customers of its plans to close nine of its twenty-nine branches, to reduce the number to 20, by end of April 2017.