Category: Citi Business Festival
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Citi Business Festival 2023 enters week two; focuses on building resilient SMEs
The Citi Business Festival 2023 will continue this week as it enters its second leg. Conversations will center on Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). SMEs make up over 80% of Ghanaian businesses, thus this week’s on-air radio series and TV forum aim at deliberating on how to build successful and resilient SMEs even in difficult…
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Citi Business Festival: 8 pillars of digital economy by TechGulf’s CEO
There is a strong push for businesses to leverage digital technologies to conduct business. Beyond using the internet for buying and selling, marketing, and other activities, optimal utilization of the necessary tech tools in the face of the growing digital economy will improve business operations. This was the central theme of the June 5 edition…
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Form strategic alliances to capitalize under AfCFTA – Kobla Nyaletey advises exporters
One of the ways Ghanaian exporters can increase access to funding as they explore existing opportunities within the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is for them to form strategic business alliances, Kobla Nyaletey, Director of Markets of Absa Bank Ghana and Nigeria has said. He believes such a move will save businesses in export…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Participants call for a shift in policy to reduce import of tomatoes
Participants at the third edition of the Virtual Business Forum, which is part of this year’s Citi Business Festival, are calling for a policy shift to reduce the importation of basic vegetables such as tomatoes. Ghana imported 99 million cedis worth of tomatoes from Burkina Faso in 2018. The country is said to also import…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Digital Analyst cautions businesses against impact of e-commerce fraud
The Digital Lead at PopOut, Maximus Ametorgor, has advised businesses in the e-commerce space to be wary of instances of fraud which has the potential to reduce patronage of their services. He explains that experiences by some customers with fraudulent persons pose threats to the uptake of e-commerce as a means to boosting one’s business…
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#CitiBizFestival: First virtual business forum comes off today
The first of the four virtual business forums for this year’s Citi Business Festival is scheduled to come off on Tuesday [June 2, 2020] on Citi TV. Christened ‘Reboot’, the virtual business forum, will be discussing how you can restart your business after COVID-19. Discussants include; Michael Mensah-Baah, Chief Operating Officer of Absa Bank Ghana…
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Citi Business Festival: Absa assures participants of great insight this June
With few days to the much anticipated Citi Business Festival, the lead sponsor, Absa, has assured that participants will gain immensely from the carefully selected topics for this year’s edition. This year’s business festival will come off from Monday June 1st, through to July 2nd. The month-long festival is an extensive programme of on-air activities…
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‘Findings about supermarkets’ low retail of made in Ghana goods should inspire action’
The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has called for a sustained effort by multiple stakeholders in the promotion of quality made in Ghana products. The comments follow recent research conducted by Konfidants, an international business advisory firm, which shows that goods manufactured locally are struggling to make it to the shelves of…
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Over 70 entrepreneurs showcase products at ‘This is Ghana Exhibition’ [pictures]
Over 70 entrepreneurs displayed their products at the ‘Thi is Ghana Exhibition’ over the weekend [29 June, 2019] at the Alisa Hotel. The event which was part of the month-long Citi Business Festival gave an opportunity to local producers to show their goods to the public.
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‘This is Ghana Exhibition’ underway at Alisa Hotel
The ‘This is Ghana Exhibition’ is underway at the Alisa Hotel in Accra. The event which is part of the Citi Business Festival has assembled about 70 entrepreneurs, showcasing their products to the public. The exhibition features high-quality products and services in the agribusiness, technology, arts and crafts, health, as well as food and beverages. Please…