Luxembourg, 21/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank is granting an overall loan of EUR 10 million from risk capital resources to Ecobank Ghana (Ecobank Group subsidiary operating in West Africa) and SSB Bank, in order to finance small and medium-scale investments in the private sector. This first line of financing granted to Ghana meets "an increasing demand for the financing of investments from Ghanaian SMEs and export-oriented enterprises", states the EIB in a press release. The credit facility will provide secondary funding in loans, which should range from EUR 100,000 to EUR 1 million, in local or foreign currency, states the EIB.