Author: Lawrence Segbefia
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#CitiBizFestival: On air series focuses on Start-up Ecosystem
The on air series of the Citi Business Festival continues today with a focus on the Start-Up EcoSystem in Ghana. The discussions will touch on skills needed to be an entrepreneur and how to effectively use technology to grow businesses. The on air series will start at 9:30 am on the Citi Breakfast Show with…
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#CitiBizFestival: Sales Revolution starts on Thursday
The first training programme as part of the Citi Business Festival, the Sales Revolution will come off this week on the 13th and 14th of June. The event will be held at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel at 8:30am each day. The facilitators for the training programme include Maxwell Dodd, CEO of Econet Media and Mawuli Ocloo,…
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Stanchart pays GH¢140 million in dividends for 2018
Shareholders of Standard Chartered bank have voted to approve a dividend per share of 1 cedi 4 pesewas for 2018. This represents 7 percent drop compared to the 1 cedi 12 pesewas dividend per share approved in 2016. The total dividends for last year amounted to 140 million cedis. The Board Chairman of Standard Chartered…
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Don’t resort to panic withdrawals—GHAMFIN to microfinance customers
The Ghana Micro Finance Institutions Network (GHAMFIN) has appealed to the public not to resort to panic withdrawals, following the cleanup exercise by the Bank of Ghana. The group in press statement assured that “it is safe to do business with the 137 microfinance and 31 microcredit companies” in good standing. The Bank of Ghana…
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#CitiBizFestival: GCIC to grow 100 climate entrepreneurs in five years
The Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC) has announced plans to grow 100 climate entrepreneurs within the areas of energy efficiency, domestic waste management, solar energy, water supply management and purification, as well as climate smart agriculture in the next five years. The businesses are expected to generate a cumulative revenue of four million dollars within…
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CitiBizFestival: First partnership outdoor event with GCIC, Ashesi University comes off today
The first outdoor partnership event which is part of the Citi Business Festival will take place this morning at the Marriot Hotel at the Airport City. The programme, which is dubbed the Incubating Innovation, is in partnership with the Ghana Climate Innovation Center(GCIC) and Ashesi University. The keynote theme of the programme is: “The Path…
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#CitiBizFestival: GEPA strategizing to boost non-traditional exports
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is hopeful the completion of the National Exports Development Strategy will boost the production and export of non-traditional exports. According to the authority, Ghana has struggled to meet expected targets for non-traditional exports for the past three years. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show as part of the Citi…
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#CitiBizFestival: On air series features GEPA on how to penetrate export market
The on-air series of the Citi Business Festival continues today[5 June, 2019] as Bernard Avle later hosts the Director of Agric at the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Mr. Erasmus Ashun at 9:30 am on the #CitiCBS. The discussion will be on the theme “Penetrating the Export Market”. This week’s on air series focuses on…
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[Article] At what cost must TOR be allowed to refine a portion of local crude?
Among the Ghanaian news headlines that accompanied this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston Texas, is the call by the Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Mr. Isaac Osei for TOR to be allowed to refine portions of Ghana’s crude oil for the local market, instead of selling all on the international…
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GCB Bank to expand operations through technology—Board Chairman
The Board Chairman of GCB Bank, Jude Kofi Arthur has stated that the bank will focus on expanding is operations through technology. According to him, even though GCB bank can boost of the largest number of branches in the country, it will however leverage on technology to further entrench its position as the leading bank…