Falling yields shift banks toward lending

The pressure to win elections is pushing African politicians towards short-term decisions at the expense of national development, Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has warned, calling for political institutions that can sustain economic priorities beyond a single electoral cycle.

Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) has appointed Justina Stella Laing as Chief Operating Officer (COO). She will lead the operational engine driving UMB's transformation, leveraging her proven track record of converting ambitious strategies into dependable results.

At a busy filling station somewhere in Accra, an attendant rests the pump nozzle inside a sedan’s fuel tank. Seconds after a sharp metallic click signals the tank is full, the attendant glances at the driver and asks a routine question: “Master, should I round it up?”

Africa’s more than US$600 billion in pension assets could play a greater role in financing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), infrastructure and climate solutions if investors, regulators and policymakers address the structural barriers limiting domestic investment.

Ghana’s housing affordability debate has long focused on the cost of building materials, labor, mortgage finance, inflation, exchange-rate depreciation and construction technology. These are important considerations, but they do not tell the whole story. Before a developer can build a house, the land must first be acquired and in some parts of Ghana’s urban and peri-urban markets, that initial cost has become a formidable barrier to affordable housing delivery.

Maven Communications is set to bring together C-Suite executives, Brand & Marketing Leaders, Communication Practitioners, Customer Experience professionals, Academia and policymakers through the fifth edition of the Ghana Corporate Brands Conference and Honours, a premier executive platform focused on the future of branding in Ghana's rapidly evolving business environment.