Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC continues to support the youth to learn earn and grow with its community initiative programme Youth to Work. The Youth to Work programme is a flagship project under the Futuremakers initiative of the Standard Chartered Foundation aimed at supporting young people by providing them...
…the story behind Universal Marketing Consultancy (UMC) Ltd. Many of us have heard countless times that the path to success is through helping other people achieve their success. That saying resonates with one young man whose enthusiasm to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups in the northern part...
Ghana Tech Lab, a tech-inclined entity that focuses on conceiving, nurturing and supporting startups in Ghana successfully organized its semi-annual summit dubbed the Ghana Startups Summit at the Accra Digital Center, Circle. The 6th Ghana Startups Summit took place from the 24th November, 2022 to 1st December, 2022 and witnessed...
Panellists at the Strategic Communications Africa’s (Stratcomm Africa) Brand Reputation Week discussion have urged Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to build a strong brand reputation for business growth and success. According to them, it takes a strong brand reputation to assure sustainable business success, hence, SMEs and businesses in general,...
Private companies are the creation of laws – permitting their legal status, existence, nature of operation and management.  In the process, regulatory compliance demands are imposed on companies to facilitate their continuous legal approval and operations. Generally, all private companies are required to perform some regulatory obligations only varying in...
Stakeholders in the financial sector have convened in Accra at a public-private dialogue to discuss practical ways to improve access to trade finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the country. The public-private dialogue (PPD), which was organised by a leading research and public policy think tank - CUTS...
UBA Ghana has successfully organised the 2022 edition of its SME Capacity Building Programme for customers, aimed at equipping and enabling SMEs in the country with the requisite knowledge to grow into global brands and overcome business challenges. The theme for this year, ‘Maximising SME Business growth opportunities in Ghana,...
Sean Duggan, Lead Investment Promotion Expert under the EU-Funded Project, has indicated that a large proportion of businesses are not investment-ready, and as a result are finding it difficult to raise funding. The situation, he indicated, is because “Investors are reluctant to invest in businesses that are not investment-ready and...
 The Managing Director of Access Bank Ghana PLC, Mr. Olumide Olatunji, has indicated that the bank will be receiving funds from Development Bank of Ghana (DBG) for on-lending to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as long-term loans. This has been made possible because of the partnership between DBG and...
Stakeholders and players in the micro-credit sector have committed to supporting growth of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in their bid to lead the country’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery efforts. With over 90 percent of businesses in the country being MSMEs, contributing collectively to about 70 percent of the...