CapitalPlus Exchange (CapPlus) has announced the winners of its 2022 Sales Champion Challenge in recognition of their exceptional demonstration of new mindsets and practices to increase lending to small businesses.
The Sales Champion Challenge is a competition among banks participating in the Financial Institution Resilience and Strengthening (FIRST+) programme which aims at...
As part of efforts to bridge the gap between industry and higher learning education and to complement government efforts to decrease the graduate unemployment rate, Puma Energy Ghana and the College of Engineering at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have announced a strategic partnership to...
Siemens Stiftung, on behalf of the Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) consortium, is excited to announce the names of the selected enterprises of the SESA Call for Entrepreneurs 2022.
Launched in September 2022, the open and competitive call for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) focused on productive use of...
…ready to take their small businesses to the next level
At a time when unemployment challenges and economic instability are high, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are proving to be the engines of economic growth and job creation throughout the African continent.
In recognition of the critical role SMEs play, MultiChoice...
Three programme advisory committees (PACs) comprising academia and industry have been inaugurated to produce industry-ready students in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector with the support of the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
This initiative is part of a partnership by the two bodies aimed at providing relevant...
Strategic Youth Network for Development (SYND) has held an inception meeting in Accra to officially kick-start its capacity-building-driven programme for 25 young green entrepreneurs.
Developed in 2021, the programme aims to position Young Green Entrepreneurs (YGEs) as catalysts for promoting and developing the country’s rich renewable energy resources for sustainable...
Zenith Bank Ghana in collaboration with World Trade Centre Accra and Alibaba.com have kick-started its global seller-training for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Accra.
Dubbed ‘the Alibaba Global Seller Training, E-commerce Masterclass’, the training is a quest to provide businesses with in-depth insights to maximise profits on the global...
Global funding from venture capital firms fell significantly amid recession fears
Bucking international trends, funding to African start-ups grew in both value and volume
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa continue to attract the most funding on the continent
Increased capital flows could help support the continent’s development goals
As...
... opens second branch at Kejetia
The First National Bank (FNB) Ghana Limited has opened its second branch at Kejetia in Kumasi, with the objective of assisting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to thrive in the Ashanti Region.
FNB believes SMEs play a pivotal role to the Ghanaian economy, in either boom- or...
It is allegedly reported that the Founder and CEO of “Dash” – a Fintech Start-up has been suspended pending an investigation into the operations of the company for financial impropriety. This is a Ghanaian-founded company that raised $32.8 million in equity last year and provides an alternative payment network...