GH¢245m already deployed for on-lending by PFIs GH¢1bn underway in 6-months 10 partnerships undertaken 5 partner financial institutions Ensuring competitively priced medium-to-long-term financing to support the small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector, the Development Bank Ghana (DBG) is leveraging on its capacity and partner financial institutions (PFIs) to de-risk...
The Ghana Shippers' Authority (GSA) has met with the leadership of the Ghana Association of Women Entrepreneurs (GAWE) to discuss measures needed to help the association to boost the export operations of its members. The meeting, which was held on Tuesday, 8th November, 2022, is part of measures to strengthen...
The Ghana Alternative Exchange (GAX) is on course to attract additional market listings as managers of the stock exchange have engaged more than 140 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in partnership with the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), as well as Stanford Seed Transformation Network Ghana. GAX, a parallel market,...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Bank of Ghana (BOG) and Development Bank Ghana (DBG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop the Ghana Integrated Financial Ecosystem (GIFE). The GIFE aims to enhance financial capabilities and access for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Ghana, and generate...
As part of efforts to ensure a smooth Ghana Employment and Social Protection (GESP) programme, the European Union has partnered with the Ghana Employment and Social Protection (GESP) to implement the ‘Investment Promotion and Business Linkages Project’ with six Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) benefitting. The Investment Promotion and Business...
…as it launches 2022 Youth Entrepreneurs Summit & Expo Chief Executive Officer of the Private Enterprise Federation, Nana Osei Bonsu, has stressed the need for import licencing in the country’s quest to promote and boost local patronage. He said the situation wherein some products are imported into the country and leave...
Founders and managers of nascent startups must be willing to relinquish a portion of their equity holdings to providers of critical services if they seek to beat the short average lifespan for startups and become formidable companies, Managing Partner at Sustineri Attorneys, Richard Nunekpeku, has said. Faced with limited funds...
... for education on exporting to other African markets Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) have applauded Ghana’s National AfCFTA Coordination Office (NCO) and UNDP for equipping them with the requisite skills and understanding of the African Continental Free Trade Area in order to take advantage of the Continental...
The National AfCFTA Coordination Office (NCO), in collaboration with the UNDP, has organised an intensive sensitisation on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kumasi as part of their Market Expansion Project aimed at encouraging businesses to harness the full benefits...
The Group Head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs at the insurance group, Hollard Ghana, Cynthia Ofori-Dwumfuo, is the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana's (CIMG) Marketing Practitioner of the Year, 2021. She was honoured at the just-ended 33rd Annual National Marketing Performance Awards ceremony at the Labadi Beach Hotel. This year's...