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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tanzania: Double Blow for Car Importer Ordered to Pay Ecobank Sh400 Million
Dar es Salaam — The distributor of new and used commercial vehicles, Benbros Motors Limited, has been ordered to pay Ecobank Tanzania Limited Sh399 million in unsettled loan it secured for importation of vehicles. The Commercial Division of the High Court has rejected defence of the vehicle importers and three guarantors of the loan who […]
GH¢1.7 billion of SSNIT loans, advances impaired
Director General of SSNIT, John Ofori-Tenkorang An analysis of the quality of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust’s (SSNIT) investments in loans and advances has revealed that 94.7% is impaired. Loans and advances of the trust amounted to GH¢1.7 billion (GH¢1,750,625,000). Out of this amount, a total of GH¢1.7 billion (GH¢1,705,212,000), representing 94.7%, falls […]
US$254 million out of SSNIT’s total investment of US$300 million gone bad – Simons
Honorary Vice President of Imani Africa, Bright Simons Founder of mPedigree who is also Honorary Vice President of Imani Africa, Bright Simons, has highlighted that out of the US$300million total investments undertaken by the management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), US$250 million have so far gone bad. He said this in […]
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 […]
Over 200 students have graduated from the Ecobank & AUDA-NEPAD MSME financial training program
Ecobank and the African Union Development Agency New Partnership for Africa’s Development ( AUDA-NEPAD ) have held a virtual graduation ceremony for more than 200 graduates of the Ecobank MSME Training for Financing Program. The Graduates came from the eight countries in the pilot phase of the MSME Academy including Kenya, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, […]