Ghana

THE COMPANY: Guinness Ghana Breweries (GGBL) was formed through a merger between Guinness Ghana and Ghana Breweries (formerly a subsidiary of Heineken Ghanaian Holdings) in 2004. It is Ghana’s largest brewer, with a market share in excess of 60%. The company is ultimately controlled by Diageo, with a 52%...

THE COMPANY: Ghana Oil Company (GOIL) is a public company, listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange, controlled by the government of Ghana with a 51.1% stake. GOIL is one of the “big three” oil and gas marketing companies in Ghana. The company’s product offering includes the marketing of gasoline, gasoil,...

While a number of Africa’s banking sectors have been buffeted by ills both global and local in nature over the past few years – such as Nigeria’s, where the fallout from the sub-prime slowdown and a domestic margin lending crisis led to the last-minute nationalisation of several banks – Ghana’s banking industry has remained fairly stable and enjoy...

THE COMPANY: Ghana’s second-largest bank by total assets, GCB Bank (GCB), operates the widest branch network in the country, with 150 branches and approximately 2000 employees. GCB is listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange, with the government of Ghana holding a 21.4% stake. GCB has maintained a strong market...

The insurance industry is a very critical sector in the nation’s socio-economic development, and therefore pledges the government’s support to the insurance industry in particular and the financial services sector as a whole. Conservative figures put the rate of insurance penetration in Ghana at about 1%, compared to South Africa with a...

THE COMPANY: Fan Milk International A/S is a leading dairy and juice production and distribution company with operations across West Africa. Founded in Ghana in 1960, the group now boasts operating subsidiaries in six regional countries: Nigeria, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Liberia, and Benin.