Ghana Fixed Income Market: Stanbic still controls market but market share dips significantly

Ghana Fixed Income Market: Stanbic still controls market but market share dips significantly

Stanbic Bank still controlled the market share of the Ghana Fixed Income Market in the first quarter of this year. However, its control of the total value of government bonds and treasury notes went down significantly to 14.23%, from 25.21% recorded in 2021. Perhaps, Stanbic Bank decided to reduce its exposure to government securities because […]

Ghana: ADB Donates Food Items to Chief Imam, Others

Ghana: ADB Donates Food Items to Chief Imam, Others

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) PLC has donated foodstuff including bags of rice and sugar to the National Chief Imam, Dr Sheikh OsmanuNuhuSharubutu, and his team of Imams as part of this year’s Ramadan celebration. Making the donation, the Deputy Managing Director, AlhajiAlhassanYakubu-Tali, indicated that the bank was making similar donations nationwide as part of […]

Punjab Minister launches PSCADB website for convenience of state's farmers

Punjab Minister launches PSCADB website for convenience of state’s farmers

Chandigarh, April 13: Harpal Singh Cheema, Minister of Finance and Cooperation for Punjab, on Wednesday launched the website of Punjab State Co-op Agricultural Development Bank (PSCADB) for the convenience of the farmers of the state. Also Read | PM Modi pays tributes to martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh massacre According to Information and Public Relations Department, […]

Rwanda to launch $350 million agriculture financing facility

Rwanda to launch $350 million agriculture financing facility

An aerial view of the newly constructed infrastructure at Gabiro agribusiness hub. The government is expected to start an agriculture facility with an initial investment of $350 million. Courtesy The government is expected to start an agriculture facility with an initial investment of $350 million (about Rwf350 billion), Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente has said, indicating […]

Banks to ‘discourage’ traders from opening Letters of Credit for luxury goods

Banks to ‘discourage’ traders from opening Letters of Credit for luxury goods

Gross foreign exchange reserves had plunged by 16.2 percent to Rs1.17 trillion as of mid-February 2022, down from Rs1.39 trillion in mid-July 2021. Nepali banks said they would follow the central bank’s “verbal directive” to "discourage" traders from opening Letters of Credit (LC) to import non-essential goods in an effort to stem the outflow of […]