Assin Manso (C/R)- Mr. Augustine Jirapa, the managing director of Assinman Rural Bank Limited has appealed to Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDs) to create an enabling environment for Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) in the country to help deepen financial inclusion in their catchment areas. He said this against the backdrop that some government salaried workers who hitherto received their […]
Wa (UW/R)- Mr Peter Seidu Kaadaare, the Assembly Member for the Gbache Electoral Area in the Wa West District, has appealed to the district agricultural directorate to provide extension services for farmers in the Electoral Area as rains set in. That, he said, would enable them to improve on their farming activities, noting that the lack of those services for […]
The GSMA has today published its annual ‘State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money’. It reveals a dramatic acceleration in mobile transactions during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdown restrictions limited access to cash and financial institutions. The report found that the number of registered accounts grew by 13 per cent globally in 2020 to more than 1.2 billion – double the […]
The KSK Group of companies Ghana Limited, a company registered as a limited liability and incorporated under Ghana’s Company Code has elected Mr Elvis Sackey to chair its Board of Directors in Accra. With a two-year tenure in office, Mr Sackey who is a management consultant is expected to introduce and implement innovative ideas for the expansion of the company […]
New York – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Secretary-General’s Global Investors for Sustainable Development (GISD) Alliance today launched the ‘SDG Investor Platform,’ an innovative tool to facilitate private sector investments that contribute to furthering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). According to the OECD’s latest data, developing countries are facing a shortfall of USD 4.2 trillion in the financing […]