Insurance companies that participated in the maiden insurance fair organised by the Ghana Insurance Association (GIA) in collaboration with Graphic Business, have engaged the public on the various insurance policies available to them. The three-day event which started last Wednesday, June 22 and ended last Friday, June 23, 2022, formed part of the insurance awareness month. It was also aimed at...
Economics Professor and the Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, Prof. Peter Quartey has bemoaned the seeming lack of action against persons engaged in the illegal trade of foreign exchange, especially the US Dollar, in different parts of the country. According to him, the informal foreign exchange market is contributing to the volatility in the space. A...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has been elected as the African Financial Inclusion Policy Initiative (AfPI) Vice Chair. Seychelles however takes over as AfPI Chair. AfPI Leaders’ Roundtable will therefore be held in Seychelles in 2023. The Central Bank of Seychelles took over as the Chair of AFI’s African Financial Inclusion Policy Initiative (AfPI) from the Bank of Tanzania. Prof. Florens D.M.A Luoga,...
KfW, the German development bank, has reaffirmed that its partnership with the recently launched Development Bank Ghana (DBG), which was signed in December 2021, seeks to provide much-needed support to the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) sector and thereby promote the sustainable development of the Ghanaian economy based on a model similar to its own. Specifically, this partnership has been...
The Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) is pledging a capital injection of GH¢2billion from now until 2027 in assist of monetary establishments’ lending to gamers in the agricultural sector. Speaking on the relaunch of the corporate’s operations and introduction of a Stakeholder Convening and Advocacy Platform in Accra yesterday, Board Chair Yaw Ansu mentioned GIRSAL has since...
Consistent with global best practices, the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) will introduce dedicated guidelines for standards on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting for listed companies by the end of the year, its Deputy Managing Director, Abena Amoah, has indicated. The move represents an additional layer in efforts by the regulators and operators of the Accra bourse to deepen capital...
Ecobank, the leading Pan-African Banking Group, has been named ‘Best Trade Finance Bank in West Africa’ at the prestigious Global Trade Review’s Leaders in Trade awards. The award comes as recognition of Ecobank’s solutions for domestic and regional supply chain financing across key trade corridors as well as the bank’s arranger roles and participation in key soft commodities campaign financing...
Prudential Life Insurance Ghana, one of the leading insurers in the country, has appointed Dr Hazel Berrard Amuah as Chief Executive Officer. She replaces Emmanuel Mokobi Aryee, who has been appointed Regional Chief Executive Officer for East, Central, West and Southern Africa, overseeing our Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Kenya and Uganda businesses. Before his appointment, Mr. Mokobi had led Prudential Life Insurance...
As part of measures to embrace opportunities available in the payments and financial space, Access Bank has brought together industry stakeholders to review the bank’s payment strategy in relation to global trends and available opportunities at a workshop. The workshop on the theme ‘Open, Secured and Connected Payment Systems – The Future for Banks’ saw seasoned professionals from the Fintech,...
The issue of private-sector lending continues to remain a problem as stakeholders in the banking sector have expressed worry about the high cost of borrowing for the actors in the private sector. Managing Director of the National Investment Bank, Samuel Sarpong, in interaction with Citi Business News, attributed the crowding out of private-sector lending to the high demand for financing...
