A trader is reflected in a computer screen displaying the Spotify brand on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, US, in this April 3 2018 file photo. Picture: REUTERS/LUCAS JACKSON Johannesburg/Stockholm — Africa, with its internationally recognised musical talent — and growing mobile phone use — is central to Swedish […]
In a major virtual summit with over 1,000 high-level attendees, Africa.com revealed the names of the 50 most senior women in Corporate Africa. The Africa.com Definitive List of Women CEOs is distinguished in that it is data-driven. The researchers started by working with data provided by Bloomberg and evaluating the over 1,400 companies listed on […]
Rogue digital lenders who share personal data of loan defaulters will be stripped of their operating licences if Parliament passes proposed changes to the law to curb abuse of confidential records. The National Assembly committee on Finance and National Planning has added a clause to the Central Bank Amendment Bill 2021, granting the banking regulator […]
Samba Foods Limited sales increased from GH¢557, 965 in 2019 to GH¢672, 907 in 2020 in spite of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic which affected business activities in the country. This represents 20.6 percentage increase over the previous year’s sales. Dr Leticia Osafo-Addo, Chief Executive Officer of Samba Foods, disclosed this when the company […]
Republic Bank (Ghana) PLC, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings Limited has recommissioned its Bolgatanga Branch in the Upper East Region of Ghana. The recommissioning of the Ultra-Modern Branch followed the relocation of the branch due to a planned re-construction of the Bolga – Bawku road to a dual carriage. The Branch is now located […]
Dr Edward Brown, Senior Director, Research and Policy Engagements, ACET The economy is in dire need of a development bank that can provide long term funding for critical areas, a latest survey by the Africa Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) has stated. “Development banks bring in the right funding for sectors that will not be […]
West African Regional Director, YARA, Danquah Addo-Yobo Ghana’s foremost agrochemical company, YARA Ghana has again put its weight behind the Pre-harvest Agribusiness Conference. Now in its 11 th year, the annual forum for agribusinesses in Ghana has enjoyed tremendous support from YARA over the period. Having established itself as an ever-present partner of the Annual […]
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has so far disbursed in excess of over a GHS 100 million to 17 companies under the ‘One District One Factory’(1D1F) initiative in the areas of agro- processing, aquaculture and poultry . “As a bank, with the focus on agribusiness, we will continue to fund 1D1F initiative, mainly through the […]
Mr Olumide Olatunji, Managing Director of Access Bank Ghana The Managing Director of Access Bank Ghana, Mr Olumide Olatunji, has called for the need to inculcate the habit of saving in children at an early stage of their lives. He said this would help them to understand the importance of savings at an early stage […]
Darasimi Adebisi Access Bank Plc yesterday announced on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) that it has acquired 78.15 per cent shareholding in African Banking Corporation of Botswana Limited (BancABC Botswana). Company Secretary, Access Bank, Sunday Ekwochi, in a statement explained that BancABC Botswana is the fifth largest bank in Botswana as well as a well-capitalised […]
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