Dan Sackey, Managing Director of Ecobank Ghana, speaking at the launch of the fair Key public and private sector players in the housing industry will gather at the 2021 Ecobank-JoyNews Habitat Fair scheduled from October 27 to 31, this year, to provide solutions to bridge Ghana’s national housing deficit. This year’s habitat fair on the […]
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Photos: Launch of Ecobank JoyNews Habitat Fair 2021
The Managing Director of Ecobank Ghana PLC, Daniel Sackey says it is time to take deliberate steps to resolve the housing deficit in the country. Speaking at the launch of the Ecobank JoyNews Habitat Fair 2021 on Friday, August 27, Mr Sackey indicated that although housing is a basic need, there is an enormous gap […]
SSNIT reacts to Auditor-General’s report, says US$4.15 million of locked-up funds recovered
SSNIT • SSNIT has responded to the Auditor-General’s report • The company says US$4.15 million of the locked-up funds have been retrieved • SSNIT further states efforts are being made to recover the rest of the money The Management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has reacted to the Auditor-General’s report that […]
JoyNews Ecobank Habitat Fair has potential to address housing deficit – Ecobank MD
The annual JoyNews Ecobank Habitat Fair has the potential to help address significantly the over two million housing units’ deficit in the country, Managing Director of Ecobank Ghana, Daniel Sackey has disclosed. This is due to the kind of platform provided by partners in finding solutions to the perennial housing challenge. Speaking at a ceremony […]
ADB leads in profit growth rate as banks remain profitable in 2021
Data from the financial statements of about 60% of banks in the country for the first half of the year 2021, shows promising increases in profits for some and some slowdown in profit growth for others. This can be gleaned from the Summary Statements of Comprehensive Incomes of 13 of Ghana’s top banks covering January […]
Survey of bank charges : most banks do not charge fees for ATM cash withdrawal
A survey of bank charges by the Bank of Ghana conducted in the first quarter of 2021 has revealed that majority of the 23 banks operating in the country do not charge customers’ fees for withdrawing cash from an Automated Teller Machine (ATM). However, almost all of them charge fees for issuance and maintenance of […]
Ecobank launches 2021 edition of challenge for African startups
Ecobank targets 50,000 agent banking locations Ecobank Plc is inviting African fintech entrepreneurs to join the fourth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The Fintech Challenge is in line with the bank’s commitment to championing digitisation by giving innovative African startups the opportunity to promote their fintech solutions. The startups can potentially partner with Ecobank […]
Herbert Wigwe: The Aggressive Expansionist
Hamid Ayodeji writes on Access Bank’s aggressive expansion strategy The Group Managing Director of Access Bank Plc, Mr. Hebert Wigwe is not about to slowdown anytime soon. From Nigeria to Rwanda, South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Zambia, among several others, the expansionist adrenaline rush in the Chairman of the Body of Bank Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) […]
Nigerian Banks’ e-Banking Income Drops 27.3% Despite High Transactions
By Dipo Olowookere A new report by Agusto & Co. Limited has shown that in the 2020 fiscal year, the banking industry in Nigeria recorded a decline in electronic banking income. In the report by the nation’s foremost research house and rating institution, it was stated that the drop was by 27.3 per cent despite […]
HR Focus charges practitioners to lead in ensuring health, safety of staff and work environment
The CEO of L’AINE Services, Dr Ellen M. Hagan, has charged HR practitioners to lead in ensuring the health and safety of both the staff and the work environment in the face of Covid-19. She said, “Despite the dangers, the pandemic has presented, we have seen the need for business continuity for the sustenance of […]