Savings and Loans companies have been urged to take advantage of the opportunities presented by COVID-19 and leverage technology more aggressively to serve their clients and deepen financial inclusion.
Pierre Frank Laporte, the World Bank’s Country Director, noted that it was good that the savings and loans companies were embracing...
Over the next 15 months, Africa is set to receive a total of $50bn towards its economic recovery from the World Bank, which has identified the protection of the region's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as essential to its economic bounce-back from the coronavirus. Financial technology (fintech) has a key role...
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GhanaWeb has spearheaded the creation of online election polls in Ghana to gauge opinions and perceptions of Ghanaians on the most pressing political and economic issues, as well as current events leading to the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
This scientific poll is powered by GhanaWeb and the Africa Consumer...
…Banks and institutions that seek to revamp their digital frontiers with bouquet of digital platforms will cruise with efficiency, speed, consistency and appreciable returns
The world is evolving and things happen when you are not looking (interesting). Leadership researchers affirm that we are living in constant crises. Thus we live...
The MultiChoice Group is proud to announce its latest initiative in the fight against COVID-19. The group has supported several initiatives in the fight against the spread of the pandemic which continues to wreak havoc across the globe, and it is being acutely felt across Africa.
Early in the spread of...
Navigating the storms of the new normal with digitalisation in the wake of COVID-19; a test case for indigenous banks
“No product is made today, no person moves today, nothing is collected, analyzed or communicated without some ‘digital technology’ being an integral part of it. That, in itself, speaks to the overwhelming,...
A campaign to create awareness on the novel coronavirus pandemic, food safety, clean cook stoves and cooking fuel sanitation among others with the aim of bringing sanity into various markets across the country has been undertaken within three marketplaces in the Greater Accra Region.
The exercise which was on the...
MTN Ghana has partnered Samsung Ghana to present 500 Samsung Galaxy A2 Core Smartphones to support government and the Ghana Health Services as they lead the fight against COVID-19 through enhanced Contact Tracing.
The phones come with 500 MTN SIM cards and a total of 3,000GB data. Each of the phones...
“It's entirely unacceptable for digital banking to displace the customer/financial institution relationship… The goal is building customer loyalty and extending the trusted relationship from the physical realm of brick and mortar to the digital realm.” ….. Mark Kilpatrick.
I dedicate this article to all banks, finTechs and telcos who are making...