Rosie Glazebrook, CEO of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC), has noted that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s) are key to the development of many economies in the Commonwealth. This, in her view, underscored the CWEIC strategy to work with partners in key CommonWealth markets to foster...
ExpressPay re-echoes its newly added feature ‘schedule payments’, a system that allows users to plan their transactions on a daily, biweekly, weekly and monthly basis depending on their needs. ExpressPay becomes the first eCommerce payment gateway in Ghana to engage the scheduled payment feature. This gateway has increased volumes of domestic...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), a Pan-African multilateral trade finance institution, and African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the creation of a multi-billion-dollar energy bank. The initiative is aimed at scaling-up private sector investment in African oil and gas projects, with Afreximbank providing...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the appointment of Ms. Marlene Ngoyi as Chief Executive Officer of the Fund for Export-Development in Africa (FEDA), the Bank’s development-oriented subsidiary; and Mr. Emmanuel Assiak as Chief Investment Officer. Ms. Ngoyi, who hails from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has over...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has backed calls for more resources for the African Development Bank Group to accelerate its transformative role across the continent. President Akufo-Addo expressed strong support for a significant replenishment of the African Development Fund, the African Development Bank Group's concessional financing arm. He noted that the...
The 6th Steering Committee for the 6th Conference on Trade & Finance will take place again in Ghana’s capital, Accra, on 23rd and 24th May, 2022 at the plush Alisa Hotel, North Ridge, Accra – Commercial Capital of Africa. The 6th Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFiC) 2022, seeks...
Bernice Amissah, a customer of the Cape Coast Branch of Republic Bank, won the grand prize of a fully expenses paid trip to Dubai for two in the final Republic Bank Christmas Loan Campaign Promotion Draw. Bernice Amissah and two other lucky grand prize winners had their prizes presented...
The Managing Director of FBNBank Ghana, Mr. Victor Yaw Asante, has reiterated the commitment of banks in the country to continuously innovate and keep up with the pace of changing customer behavior and expectations. According to him, this will ensure the industry remains relevant and competitive, especially in product development,...
The Managing Director of GCB Bank PLC, Mr. Kofi Adomakoh, has given assurance of supporting the tourism sector of the Ghanaian economy toward realisation of the sector’s potential. He said the tourism sector has the potential to rake in more funds for the economy, and that GCB will offer the...
as it celebrates 177 years of unique impact As Old Mutual, the pan-African investment, savings, insurance, and banking group, celebrates its 177th anniversary globally, and 10 years in Ghana, the company has assured of its commitment to continue to drive diversity and inclusion as well as innovate around products...