Ghanaian businesses have been urged to position themselves to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA). Speakers at a virtual summit on AfCFTA organised by Prudential Bank Limited were of the conviction that the nation had a lot to gain if it...
Ecobank Ghana has been accredited by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). This prestigious accreditation was given to Ecobank last year, following a unanimous board approval of the recommendations of the fund’s Panel of Experts on Accreditation. Ecobank, therefore becomes the first entity in Ghana and the first Commercial bank...
The Ghana Association of Savings and Loans Companies (GHASALC) has appealed for government to rope its members into disbursement of the GH¢600 million stimulus package meant for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). “We are experts in doing business with the SMEs in Ghana. It will therefore be in order for...
The role of stakeholders in the agric sector is crucial to its development. Ecobank Ghana understands this and has made a commitment in this regard. The 10th edition of the annual Pre-Harvest Conference and Exhibitions Billed for the Northern Regional Capital, Tamale will provide Ecobank Ghana with an opportunity to...
The Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Dr. John Kofi Mensah, has said the Bank will support Outgrower Farmers supplying raw materials to factories under government’s One District, One Factory (1D1F) initiative. According to Dr. Mensah, industries established under the One District, One Factory in need of agricultural...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned investors and persons whose funds have been locked up in collapsed Fund Management Companies to desist from engaging the activities of an entity known as PBAY Limited. According to the commission, its attention has been drawn to the activities of PBAY Limited,...
For the first time in the history of the country, the budget is likely going to be read by someone other than the finance minister due to his inability to appear before the Appointments Committee of Parliament for health reasons: a situation former finance minister Seth Terkper says can...
With barely four months in operation, G-Money - Ghana’s first bank-led mobile money service - has overtaken all its competitors to become the mobile money service with the best rates in the industry. Following a comparative analysis of rates between G-Money and the three other mobile money service providers in...
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has been adjudged the Outstanding Ghanaian-owned Corporate Organization of the year 2019 at the just ended 7th Made in Ghana Awards organised by Entrepreneurs Foundation Ghana. SSNIT was found to have refocused the Trust’s business to position it as a “credible and...
“Digital is fundamental to our business and to the future of the entire financial services industry.” ---Dennis Hudson, Seacoast Bank The novel coronavirus seems to have taken all by surprise and exposed vulnerabilities that were never anticipated across all sectors of the various economies including banking. Obviously in our lifetime, we...