…seeks to elevates customer service standards Fidelity Bank Ghana has announced the successful completion of its certification programme for Platinum, Gold and Silver Agents nationwide. This initiative underscores Fidelity Bank’s unwavering commitment to delivering top-tier service and standardising agent training across the country. The comprehensive certification programme, held at centres in Takoradi, Kumasi, Sunyani, Tamale, […] The post

My favourite definition of economics is that by Lionel Robbins. According to Robbins, economics is “a science that studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means that have alternative uses”.  Microeconomics on the other hand relates to the study of choices made by individuals and households (consumers) or firms (producers) with respect […] The post Economics

About 86 civil society organisations (CSOs) have joined forces at the fourth Ghana Giving Summit (GGS) to deliberate and proffer solutions toward attainment of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The leadership of these CSOs and NGOs underscored that while the CSO space has played a significant role in efforts toward attainment of […] The post Over

The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has called for a dialogue between Mobile Money (MoMo) stakeholders to address the current impasse and arrive at fair and sustainable compensation for MoMo agents. ISSER emphasises the critical role of MoMo agents in driving financial inclusion in the country, and urges all parties to consider […] The post

The Cyber Security Authority (CSA) has been chosen to head the African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA) – a group created by Smart Africa to enhance cybersecurity coordination in Africa. ANCA brings together various African cybersecurity authorities and agencies from different regions to establish a platform for collaboration. The goal is to facilitate exchanges among […] The post

A team from the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) together with some international technical leads in the cyber security global ecosystem who were at the Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building (GC3B) in Ghana have paid a courtesy call on Oduma Solutions Limited at their Corporate Head Office in Accra. This was part of the activities […] The post Oduma

THE FUNDRAISER’S MINDSET I am always first to admit that upon returning home from London to Accra (Tema, to be precise), I was so eager yet so unknowingly green. I set sail with a cargo of dreams and ‘book-long’ strategies, ready to conquer the vast ocean of the African Business Sector. The first waves of […] The post My Dual Journey in Fundraising and Funding

The Adansi Rural Bank PLC at Fomena in the Adansi North district of Ashanti Region has donated farm inputs as well as electro-domestic products and other items valued at GH¢30,000 to two municipal assemblies and 6 districts in the Ashanti Region. This donation forms part of the bank’s corporate social responsibility in support of the […] The post Adansi

Despite recent progress on restructuring the country’s debt, short-term interest rates exceeding 30 percent are undermining the savings achieved according to Leslie Dwight Mensah, an economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). With domestic markets as the sole financing source, he said, government remains vulnerable. “If stronger fiscal consolidation isn’t achieved, including on the […] The post

The local arm of Pan-African financial services provider Ecobank is well-positioned to deepen trade between Ghana and China and take it well beyond the US$10billion recorded in 2022, its Acting Managing Director, Joana Mensah, has said. Speaking at an event in Accra dubbed Ecobank China Trade Forum, she touted the bank’s reach, product offerings and […] The post Ecobank

Management of the Business and Financial Times (B&FT), Africa’s leading provider of business information, has paid a courtesy call on the management of Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited in Accra. Discussions during the meeting centred on areas of mutual benefits, collaboration and how the two entities can work together in delivering value to their customers and […] The post B&FT

It is only in Ghana that someone eats lunch worth GHC65 at a restaurant and no one passes a comment. The same person who has just finished eating this sumptuous meal with fruit juice sees you eating bread with ‘kaka kola’ and exclaims: ‘ei Charlie, life dey bii give you o; see how you dey […] The post Useless Column: ‘Turkey from Gizzard?’ appeared first on

The IBSi Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2023 seek to identify and honour banks, financial institutions and technology players’ excellence in driving impact through banking technology implementations and innovations using emerging technologies. The Global FinTech Innovation Awards 2023 saw IBS Intelligence evaluate 250 nominations from 106 banks across 49 countries all over the globe within 30 categories. “Modefin’s […] The post