BoG to help de-risk lending to MSMEs and women-owned businesses – 2nd Dep. Governor
Second Deputy of the Bank of Ghana, Elsie Awadzi-Addo, has said the Bank of Ghana will help to de-risk lending to MSMEs and women-owned businesses in the country.
Yango/ Entrepreneur; the successful bet of Mohamed Ayaba
Yango allows many young Ghanaians to work on their own. In two years of activity in Ghana, the carpooling multinational has enabled many young people to set up their own taxi companies.
Digital skills will be required in entrepreneurship – Ursula to students in Bono East.
Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has hinted that the country is moving towards a direction where digital skills will be required in all forms of entrepreneurship and vocational fields.
African startups drew record $5.2 billion in venture capital last year, industry group says.
AFRICAN start-ups attracted a record $5.2bn in venture capital last year, bouncing back from a pandemic-induced dip in 2020 with a nearly five-fold increase in investments, according to data released by an industry group on Tuesday.
Ghana Armed Forces, DEWTECH to establish electronics, software factories in Ghana.
The electronic hardware factory and a software development business is in line with government’s job creation programme as well as promote the adoption and use of information and communication technologies
SMEs urge government to decentralise operations of business regulatory agencies – Survey
Youth-owned Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) want government to ensure services provided by business support institutions such as the Registrar General Department (RGD), Food and Drugs Authority (FDA)
Huawei launches LEAP Programme to Develop ICT skills of 100k people in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Huawei has launched its LEAP digital skills development programme. Announced at its ICT Competition Awards Ceremony, LEAP aims to help advance the ICT skills of more than 100 000 people across the Sub-Saharan Africa region within three years.
MTN gets nod to offer banking services in Nigeria.
MTN, which started operations in Nigeria in 2001, will now be able to offer services offered by commercial banks except granting credit and processing foreign exchange transactions.
VP Bawumia launches National Youth Volunteers Programme.
A national programme to evoke the spirit of volunteerism, civic responsibility and rekindle the spirit of nationalism in Ghana’s youth has been launched by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
I set up my first company with a ¢3 loan from my mum – Jospong Group CEO
The Founder and Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has revealed how he leveraged a GHC3.00 his mum loaned him, to become one of the biggest business moguls in Africa.