Tag: Absa Bank
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Absa Bank’s Audrey Abakah shares financing solutions for SMEs
On the Wednesday, June 14, 2023, edition of the Citi Business Festival on-air series, Audrey Abakah, the Director of SME, Agency Banking & Partnerships at Absa shed light on Absa’s comprehensive financing solutions designed specifically to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana. Madam Abakah introduced an array of financing programs available to SMEs…
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Absa Bank’s Audrey Abakah advocates for discipline, customer understanding in SME success
Audrey Abakah, the Director for SME Agency, Banking, and Partnership at Absa Bank, delivered crucial advice to business owners during the second forum of the Citi Business Festival held on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Abakah emphasized the significance of cultivating the right mindset, particularly discipline, as a key driver of success in business. Speaking passionately…
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Prioritise liquidity to survive challenges – Absa Bank tells SMEs
Absa Bank has implored small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) to adjust their operations and prioritise liquidity to survive the current economic challenges. The country has made good progress in restructuring its domestic debts under an exchange programme that was concluded earlier this month. Negotiations for an IMF bailout programme are also underway. However, until that…
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Post COVID-19 economic recovery: Stakeholders optimistic about MSME sector
As things begin to return to normal a year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, stakeholders are hopeful of a quick and strong recovery in the various sectors of the economy. Micro, Small and M-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Ghana face higher credit constraints as banks lend to a limited number of firms and prioritize…
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Formalise your operations to attract credit and growth – Grace Anim-Yeboah to MSMEs
The Director of Business Banking at Absa Bank Ghana, Grace Anim-Yeboah, has advised Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) who intend to secure credit facilities to expand their businesses to formalise their operations. Speaking on the on-air series of the Citi Business Festival on the Citi Breakfast Show, Madam Anim-Yeboah explained that these enterprises stand a better…
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Absa Bank offers collateral-free loans to credible MSMEs – Grace Anim-Yeboah
In a bid to see Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) thrive, ABSA Bank Ghana has been offering loans as high as GHS 500,000 to start-ups without taking any form of collateral. The Director of Business Banking at Absa Bank Ghana, Grace Anim-Yeboah, disclosed this on the on-air series of the Citi Business Festival on…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Training on entrepreneurship should begin from SHS – Yofi Grant
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Yofi Grant, believes one of the ways to raise more entrepreneurs within the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector is for the government to empower the youth through skills training right from Senior High School. Speaking on the on-air series of the…
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Citi Business Festival starts on June 1
The 2021 edition of the most anticipated business programme, the Citi Business Festival will start on Tuesday, June 1. The Citi Business Festival is a month-long initiative marked with on-air and outdoor events held annually in the month of June to equip the Ghanaian business community with strategies needed to grow and scale up their…
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Absa Bank Ghana launches new banking proposition for women entrepreneurs
As part of efforts to improve access to financing for women entrepreneurs in the country, Absa Bank Ghana has unveiled its new banking proposition which offers tailored financial solutions to empower women to sustainably grow their businesses. According to the bank, the new product, ‘Absa EMERGE’, will help bridge the financial gap which is currently…
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Citi FM concludes 2020 edition of Citi Business Festival
Citi FM has concluded the 2020 edition of the Citi Business Festival which offered a wide range of strategies for businesses to stay afloat amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and bounce back stronger after the pandemic. The general view is that, the pandemic will cause a massive shift in the way things are done even after…