The protesters besieged Ecobank headquarters in Lagos over severance allowance. Members of the National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) on Thursday morning picketed the headquarters of Ecobank PLC on Ahmadu Bello way, Victoria Island in Lagos over alleged non-payment of severance allowance to over 900 staff who were sacked by the […]
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Ecobank empowers customers to sustain wealth
Nike Popoola Ecobank has reiterated its commitment to helping its customers to sustain their family wealth, and ensure that their businesses transit from one generation to the other. The Managing Director of the bank, Patrick Akinwuntan, said this during a breakfast forum for its premier customers in Lagos on Friday. He said, “We have experience […]
Barclays seeks to sell three closed branches at Sh65m
Barclays CEO Jeremy Awori. FILE PHOTO | NMG Bamburi, Maragua and Supplies branches are now up for sale. The lender closed the year with 85 branches, down from 91 in the previous year, marking another reduction in branch network. The bank believes a combination of strong relationships for affluent banking, optimised physical branch network and […]
CFA Institute To Partner Ecobank on Training, Research
The Chief Executive and President Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute, Paul Smith has called for a closer collaboration with Ecobank Nigeria along areas of mutual interest in the nation’s financial industry. Smith who was speaking during a courtesy visit to Management of Ecobank Nigeria in Lagos on Friday, said its call is predicated on the […]
Companies without data protection certificates risk losing license
Commissioner of Data Protection, Patricia Edusei-Poku has warned that companies which refuse to register with the Ghana Data Protection Commission risk losing their business licenses. She told Adom News that the Commission has asked all licensed issuing organisations and regulators not to renew the license of any company that does not present a data protection […]
Nigeria: NSE All-Share Index Sheds 0.65 Percent Despite 762 Percent Rise in Trading Volume
The Nigerian stock market was highly active last week as volume and value of trading rose by 762 per cent and 477 per cent respectively. High trading in the shares of Wema Bank Plc Forte Oil Plc boosted trading volume and value to 7.476 billion shares worth N91.107 billion exchanged in 17,192 deals up from […]
Ghana-China to construct a $100 million chocolate factory in Sefwi-Wiawso
Minister for Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto Government has announced a joint partnership deal with the Chinese to construct a 100 million dollar chocolate factory at Sefwi-Wiaso in the Western North region. The facility is expected to process about 50,000 tonnes of cocoa beans into chocolate in a year. This is expected to help the […]
Traffic lights still off after June timeline
Some broken lights hanging loosely at the Madina Zongo Junction in Accra. Picture: Emmanuel Asamoah Addai Many traffic lights in Accra are still malfunctioning, in spite of plans made earlier to fix all malfunctioning lights by the end of last month. At the more than 20 road intersections the Daily Graphic surveyed in Accra, there […]
‘Regular blood donation by 1% of population will reduce shortage’
Mr Dan Sackey (left) interacting with Mrs Deborah Kwablah after the launch of the blood donation exercise It has emerged that if just one per cent of the country’s population voluntarily donate blood every three months, it will reduce the periodic shortage of blood at the National Blood Service. The Programmes Coordinator of the National […]
Financial inclusion is a public good – Panellists
Every stakeholder that plays a role in driving innovation and economic growth in Ghana stands to strongly benefit from a financially included society, panellists at the second edition of the B&FT-organised quarterly Ghana’s Most Respected CEOs Breakfast Series have said. A financially included society describes where any person, irrespective of tribe, sex or religion, can […]