UBA Ghana marked World English Day at Labone Senior High School, aimed at improving students’ literacy and financial knowledge.
Category: Banking & Finance
Reimagining Development Financing in the Global South: The Role of Philanthropy and Community Foundations
Introduction For many years, development financing in the Global South has largely depended on international aid agencies, multilateral institutions, and government-led programmes.
Beyond $1 Trillion: The Next Chapter For Insurance and Private Capital
Over the past decade, the US life insurance industry has undergone a profound transformation. What began as opportunistic private-capital deployment into legacy annuity and life insurance blocks has evolved into a convergence of insurance carriers, alternative asset managers, and long-duration capital providers.
Ghana: CalBank PLC Posts Impressive Q1 Results
Accra, Ghana//-CalBank PLC, a leading indigenous bank established in Ghana, listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) today, posted impressive financial results in the first quarter (Q1) of this year.
IFC and Citi Sign Borrowing Facility to Expand Local Currency Financing in South Africa
WASHINGTON, D.C., US//– The World Bank Group, through its private-sector arm the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Citi have signed a new 1.6 billion South African rand borrowing facility that will expand IFC’s ability to provide local currency financing in South Africa.
Ghana Stock Exchange Yet to See Impact of Middle East Crisis As Market Maintains Upward Momentum
Accra, Ghana//-The ongoing Middle East crisis, which triggered short-term volatility, falling stock markets, and increased investor demand for safe-haven assets like gold and the US dollar, as well as oil supply shortages, has yet to have an impact on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE).
The Toothless Watchdog: Why the Public Accounts Committee Fails the Good People of Ghana
Ghana’s democratic dispersion has kick-started with a constitutional character, precisely, the 1992 constitution.
The Cartel of Patronage: Why the Sun is Setting on Ghana’s Insurance Monopolies
The spectacle of GLICO’s sudden moral awakening regarding the Ghana Gas insurance programme is not an exercise in corporate transparency; it is the desperate gasp of a monopoly losing its grip.
Bank of Ghana Governor Receives Policy Impact Award
Accra, Ghana//-The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Johnson Pandit Asiama, has received the Policy Impact Award at the Ghana Union of Traders Association Inauguration of New Executives and Awards Night in Accra.
The Insurance Paradox: Of State Capture, Greedy Monopolies, and the SIC Reset
For far too long, the Ghanaian insurance industry has functioned less like a competitive marketplace and more like a banquet hall where the table is set by political patronage and the guest list is restricted to a greedy few.