Existing banking model could draw a dagger through Ghana’s 24-hour economy
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Existing banking model could draw a dagger through Ghana’s 24-hour economy

BoG must facilitate productive-sector financing or enable a specialized value-chain industrial bank

Elikem. Desewu
Published August 20, 20264 min read

Ghanaian banks are lending again, but where the money goes could determine whether the 24-Hour Economy delivers an industrial transformation or merely fuels another cycle of consumption and imports.

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