On May 29, 2024, an agreement was signed between American Express and the Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African financial services group, on May 29, 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya.

La signature d' un accord vise à étendre de manière significative l' acceptation de la carte American Express in twenty-one countries in Africa. This agreement will allow American Express cardholders style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, "serif" > to use them in twelve new countries such as Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Gabon, Gabon, Liberia, Liberia, family,... Central African public, São Tomé and Príncipe, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Togo. The card will allow merchants to increase their business and business opportunities in nine other countries, including Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania, where the map American Express is already accepted. Card acceptance in these countries will be implemented over the next 12 months.