Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (�Ecobank� or �the Group�) has signed a memorandum of understanding (�MOU�) with eleni LLC (�eleni�), the leading proponent and developer of commodity exchanges in Africa, with a view to establishing a cooperative framework to promote and accelerate the development of Africa�s agriculture. Mr. Albert Essien, Ecobank�s Group Chief Executive, and Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, chief executive officer of eleni, signed the MOU at an official ceremony held during the AfDB�s Annual General Meeting in Kigali today.