Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu, has called for a fundamental shift in Africa’s development model from dependence on foreign aid to trade, investment, entrepreneurship and private sector-led growth. Elumelu made the call during a fireside chat on the sidelines…
Africa needs deeper capital markets, stronger financial institutions and better mechanisms for mobilizing its own resources if it is to finance development at the scale required, experts said at the 2nd Annual Conference on Credit Ratings, which concluded in Mauritius…
Ghanaian businesses are missing out on an expanding pool of long-term investment capital because too few are prepared to meet the governance, reporting and structural requirements of public markets, according to PwC Ghana. Daniel Desmond Koomson, Senior Manager in Deals…
IFC has announced two partnerships with Absa Bank Ghana LTD and Complete Farmer to expand access to finance across Ghana’s agricultural sector and support smallholder farmers through financing and technology. IFC’s partnership with Absa Bank Ghana will expand financing for…
London-listed Hamak Strategy – a company pursuing a dual strategy of gold exploration in West Africa and disciplined Bitcoin treasury management – has announced that, following the recent price appreciation of Bitcoin (BTC), it has completed the sale of eight…
By Eugene Davis Ghanaian businesses are missing out on an expanding pool of long-term investment capital because too few are prepared to meet the governance, reporting and structural requirements of public markets, according to PwC Ghana. Daniel Desmond Koomson, Senior…
By Eugene Davis The government has begun engaging investors on the Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) Cocoa Notes Programme, signalling a significant shift towards the domestic capital market to raise funding for cocoa purchases and other operations across the sector. Finance…
Ghana’s next phase of financial inclusion must move beyond sending and receiving money to help more people save, invest, access credit, obtain insurance and build stronger financial futures, according to Abdul-Razak Issaka Ali, Chief Commercial Operations Officer of MobileMoney Fintech…
By Eugene Davis The Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) have launched investorConnect, a new digital platform designed to give investors direct access to their securities accounts, holdings and transaction history. The platform allows investors to…
Private credit is on a rapid rise in Africa. Loans made by investment funds and other non-bank investors rather than traditional banks grew more than threefold in five years to $5.6 billion at the end of 2025, according to a…