The Ghana Cooperative Credit Unions Association (CUA) will empower its members with knowledge on using innovation and technology tools to grow their unions at their impending annual forum.
The event will, thus, be held from September 13 to 15, in Accra under the theme ‘Using Innovation and Technology as Changers for Credit Union Growth’.
Mr. Cyprian K. A. Basing, the General Manager of CUA, would set the pace for various speakers to impart their knowledge at the Credit Union’s Training Center (CUTrac).
“As technology advances, the Ghana Cooperative Credit Union Association (CUA), in collaboration with Lexbert Multimedia and Microwatch, believes that it is appropriate to bring together facilitators and participants from across the country to deliberate and share their expertise on the theme of this year’s forum,” a press release issued on Tuesday said.
“The forum aims to provide Credit Union Chairpersons, Committees, and Management with knowledge that will enable them to support the growth of their credit unions and better position them as preferred financial institutions in Ghana and abroad.”
The release said the interactive discourse would be facilitated by experts in the corporate and financial sectors.
“With their remarkable strides in forecasting, planning, executing and monitoring of corporate policies, they will deliver positive innovative modules that will improve credit unions for sustainable development.”
The keynote address would be delivered by Dr. Bernard B.B. Binagab, the National Chairman for CUA, it said; while James K. Addison, a certified Emotional Intelligence Coach and CEO of Addison International, would facilitate a talk on Emotional Intelligence at the workplace.
Dr. Johnson Kwame Wotu, the Deputy General Manager, Administration, Human Resources Financial Service and Accounts at CUTrac, will address the topic ‘Member Value, a Boardroom Priority in Sustaining a Credit Union’.
The release said Mr. Kofi Adimado, a Principal Consultant at Candid Management & Financial Consult (Corporate Trainers, Banking & Finance) would talk on corporate governance, the role of the BoD and other committees, while Mr. Edmund Tetteh of MultiThread ICT Solutions – Director-Business & Innovation (ACCA, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer & Lead Auditor) – would take participants through the use of technology as a tool to drive impactful changes to a credit union.
According to the release, the three-day forum would be climaxed with Mr. Harrision Ahorgba, a Lead Consultant, delivering an address on creative and innovative ways to reach members as a credit union while Bernard Kelvin Clive, an Author/Brand Consultant, will have a session on how to use digital marketing as a tool to enhance the image of a credit union.
