Republic Bank, UBA and GCB Bank offered the cheapest loans for household consumers for a period of one year, the September 2021 Annual Percentage Rates (APR) by the Bank of Ghana has revealed. Whilst GCB offered an indicative rate of 22.50% to household consumers for a tenor of one year, Republic Bank and UBA charged […]
The fifth edition of Joy Prime’s Made in Ghana Fair is set to take place from Thursday, December 2 to Sunday, December 5, 2021, at the Junction Mall, Nungua Barrier in Accra. The Fair will focus on displaying Ghana’s original, authentic and rich culture. Patrons will have a one-stop opportunity to buy amazing Ghana-made products […]
Ecobank Group has announced the finalists of the 2021 Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The challenge, in its fourth edition, is designed to help Fintechs with Africa focused products join forces with the leading pan-African Group to provide Africans with groundbreaking financial services. This year’s final saw five finalists selected from various African countries. The finalists, who […]
By Modupe Gbadeyanka More winners have emerged in the ongoing Stanbic IBTC Reward4Saving promo aimed to reward customers of the subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc. At the October draws held on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, at the Stanbic IBTC’s head office in Walter Carrington, Lagos, 60 customers won N100,000 each from the six geo-political […]
National Lottery Authority Welfare Association (NLAWA) has partnered state housing, Ecobank Ghana and Met Insurance to collaborate on the pension scheme to provide houses to their staff as part of their initiative to solve the housing deficit among employees. The Welfare Association on18th November, 2021 launched the pension scheme dubbed “The Role Of Welfare, Redefining […]
By Dipo Olowookere The Managing Director of VFD Microfinance Bank, Mr Gbenga Omolokun, has called for the establishment of a roadmap for financial technology (fintech) for Nigeria. According to Mr Omolokun, this fintech roadmap will put in proper perspective effective ways to deepen financial services utilisation and inclusion in the country and bring more unbanked […]
Ecobank board chairman Mr Emmanuel Gwatidzo (left) talks to Parirenyatwa group of hospitals Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Fungi Mazhandu during the handover ceremony. Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Health Reporter Ecobank Zimbabwe has donated various medical supplies to Parirenyatwa psychiatric hospital as part of a campaign to raise awareness and help prevent non-communicable diseases, particularly mental health in the […]
Ecobank Nigeria has announced the names of the first set of weekly beneficiaries of N25,000 each in the second edition of its Super Rewards campaign. The Ecobank Super Rewards campaign which successfully ran for four months in its first edition was relaunched in October 2021 and is expected to run till January 2022. During this […]
By Adedapo Adesanya Paga Group, a leading payment and financial service company, has inked a partnership with LISNR, the global leader in proximity verification, to enable contactless ultrasonic authentication as it expands its recently launched merchant solution, Doroki across Africa. The collaboration between Paga and LISNR is the latter’s first major partnership within the Fintech […]
The Lagos state government has donated 34 fibre glass boats with outboard engines and other ancillary fishing equipment to cooperative societies of 680 youth fishermen. Abisola Olusanya, the Commissioner for Agriculture, made the presentation to the beneficiaries at the Agricultural Development Authority complex, Oko-Oba, Agege, on Wednesday. Olusanya said that the empowerment was under the […]
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