By Carlos A. Calony The second edition of the Ghana Business League Awards (GBLA) 2024 has concluded in Accra at the prestigious Movenpick Hotel, where Ghanaian business executives have been urged to embrace technology and foster innovation in their operations. Held under the theme "Celebrating the transformative impact of technological...
The West African Regional Director of CUTS International, Appiah Kusi Adomako has urged Ghanaian SMEs to collaborate and build partnerships to reduce the cost of exporting and trading under African Continental Free Trade Area. Speaking at a Public Private Dialogue organized by CUTS International Accra with support from Deutsche Gesellschaft...
Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Ltd (SML), the indigenous audit and revenue assurance firm, has maintained its undiluted commitment to ethical business practices in the wake of the recent audit by KPMG and subsequent directives by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo. While acknowledging the complexities raised in the report, SML has...
By Rafiq Nungor ADAM President Nana Akufo-Addo has inaugurated a €16million 15-megawatt (MW) phase II solar power project, with GH¢30million in counterpart funding by the Volta River Authority (VRA), in Kaleo, Nadowli Kaleo District of the Upper West Region. The investment aims to improve the quality of power supply in the...
By Juliet ETEFE & By Francis Buertey BORYOR The Chief Business Officer of Letshego Savings and Loans Plc, Sam Donkor, has restated the firm's dedication to driving financial inclusion through digitisation, prioritising collaborations innovation and regulatory adherence. "As a business, and on behalf of other industry stakeholders, we remain committed...
to empower women economically By Seth KRAMPAH, Mamfe The Executive Director of Association of Rural Banks Ghana, Comfort Owusu is strongly urging government and international financial institution to offer cheaper funds to rural and community banks that are seriously into microfinance for on-lending to women. This according to her would...
GCB Bank, this week, hosted a delegation from Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank (ZICB), led by Dr. Manyando Sikanda, Head of Operations at its Head Office in Accra. The visit focused on understanding the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in anticipation of Zambia's potential involvement. GCB Bank's successful PAPSS implementation has...
By Ernest Bako WUBONTO The Executive Director of Fidelity Securities, Akwasi Adu-Boahene, has urged young individuals to prioritise their investment needs and align them with their savings plans. According to him, in today's volatile economic landscape where uncertainties prevail, it is imperative for investors to diversify their investments into different portfolios...
The Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Ghana, Kwamina Asomaning, has underscored  the urgent need for an academic curriculum overhaul, stressing that it should be tailored to address the evolving demands of the industry. He made this call at the Academics, Business and Administration Forum (ABAF) launch held in Accra, where...
…despite another DDEP impairment charge and loan write downs …sets the foundation for dramatic profit increases from 2024 onwards By Toma Imirhe After posting its first ever financial loss in 2022 – a direct result of the dire effects of the recently concluded Domestic Debt Exchange Programme on the entire banking industry...