Tag: Citi Business Festival
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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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All set for 2023 Citi Business Festival in June
As the month of June inches closer, Citi FM and Citi TV will bring you the most anticipated business programme, the Citi Business Festival next month, June 2023. 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…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Five key insights from forum on Ghana’s trade competitiveness
The Citi Business Festival’s forum on surviving the uncertainties of consumer markets discussed ways of surviving uncertainties of consumer markets following the COVID-19 pandemic. The forum featured Theresa Yamson, the CEO of Phyto-Riker; Robert Ahomka-Lindsay, former Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry; Michael Kottoh CEO of Konfidants, Charles Addo, the Retail Banking Director at Absa…
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Industrialization is Ghana’s only way of withstanding market volatilities – Ahomka-Lindsay
A former Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay says Ghana must take seriously its industrialisation drive to ensure that its economy is able to withstand volatilities on the international market. According to him, the current structure of the country’s economy overly exposes it to changes in western markets and makes it vulnerable. Speaking…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Garment industry needs financial support to thrive – Cyndex CEO
A major factor hindering the garment industry from thriving is the lack of access to financial support, Chief Executive Officer of Cyndex Garment Manufacturers, Cynthia Baffour has said. At the Citi Business Festival’s forum on Citi TV, Ms. Baffour emphasized the need for the garment industry to be financially supported to run its operations. She posited…
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Some importers repacking foreign goods to look ‘made-in-Ghana’ – Konfidants boss
Ghana’s efforts to promote the consumption of locally manufactured products are being hampered by the unscrupulous re-packaging of imported goods. This is one of the key concerns of Michael Kottoh, Managing Partner of Konfidants, an international advisory firm, on the country’s ailing made-in-Ghana agenda. He says most products on the shelves of supermarkets tagged to…
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Ghana’s economy not doing badly but can be better – Absa Bank’s Jacob Brobbey
The acting Head of Markets of Absa Bank, Jacob Brobbey, says Ghana can do more to strengthen its economy and make it more attractive to investors. He said Ghana’s economy is doing well compared to other countries on the continent, especially amidst major challenges such as COVID-19 that hit the country in 2020. According to…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Many Ghanaian businesses not Africa-focused – Ofosu-Dorte
A senior partner at AB & David, David Ofosu-Dorte, says many Ghanaian businesses have limited their focus to operating only in Ghana unlike their counterparts in other parts of the continent. He said comparatively, Ghana ranks low in Africa on the number of its businesses that have penetrated other African markets. Speaking on the on-air…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Virtual forum on ‘promoting made-in-Ghana products’ comes off today
The fifth and final edition of the 2021 Citi Business Festival’s virtual forum comes off today [Tuesday], June 29, 2021, with a discussion on ‘promoting Made-in-Ghana products.’ The theme for the forum is ‘promoting made-in-Ghana products to spur inclusive economic growth’, and it is scheduled for 11:00 am to 1:00 pm on Citi TV. Made-in-Ghana…
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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…