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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Richard Kwame Asante, Chairman, National Pensions Regulatory Authority from The Report: Ghana 2012
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Samuel Ashitey Adjei, Managing Director, Ecobank Ghana from The Report: Ghana 2012
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Mahathir Mohammad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia from The Report: Ghana 2012
Articles & Analysis | Mobile coverage: Sector players are increasingly turning to alternative distribution channels to reach more potential customers from The Report: Ghana 2012
In the past year Ghana has hosted two pilot programmes that have turned mobile phones into new distribution channels for microinsurance policies. Two carriers launched these services in conjunction with partners from the insurance sector in early 2011, and they are now being introduced in other countries on the continent. The demand has proved that...
Articles & Analysis | Market makeover: New products and platforms are likely to increase activity and liquidity from The Report: Ghana 2012
Characterised by relatively low liquidity and limited activity on the equity side, Ghana’s capital markets have a moribund corporate debt market, though the government bond market is more active. However, transaction values have been rising and pension reforms being undertaken in 2012 are set to inject significant new funds into the market, which...
Articles & Analysis | Lines of credit: Although borrowing remains expensive, access to finance is improving from The Report: Ghana 2012
Lack of access to credit and high borrowing rates are significant problems for Ghanaian businesses and for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular. These issues are a result of factors such as the high cost of doing business for banks, competition from government borrowing and problems particular to SMEs, such as lack of collateral...