The high level of mistrust for banks has long been an issue of statistics placed at a very discouraging figure of 60 per cent, representing the unbanked of population of bankable Ghanaians. But it is a story of an elderly woman in Kpassa in the Nkwanta North District of the Volta Region that epitomises this … Read more
BESSFA Rural Bank Limited in the Garu District of the Upper East Region, has been named the overall best performing rural bank at the maiden edition of the Northern Investor Awards night held in Tamale. Fifty-six distinguished entrepreneurs, investors, social enterprise organisations and personalities in Northern Ghana, were honoured at the event which attracted business … Read more
The Bonzali Rural Bank has held its 10th annual general meeting at its headquarters in the Kumbungu district of the Northern Region on April 29, 2017. The forum witnessed the participation of the Board of Directors, management and staff as well as other shareholders of the bank. As part of activities to mark this year’s … Read more
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, has noted that, the government’s flagship programme for the agricultural sector, Planting for Food and Jobs, will fail if it is not properly restructured to target more small scale farmers, instead of large scale farmers. According to the Association, government among other things has selected the wrong beneficiaries who … Read more
A final year student of the Mando Senior High School in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District of the Central Region was found dead Sunday after a pool party. Prince Sam, 20, was said to have joined the party organized by a rural bank at the Nsaakoa Hotel in Ajumako Onwane. But fate did not smile on him … Read more
Every now and then, our friends from the other side of the political divide, NPP, accuse the Mahama government of being enmeshed in corruption. They are quick to point to some corruption scandals that have rocked this government which President Mahama and his team are using all legitimate process to address. The NPP present themselves … Read more
GNA Feature by Dennis Peprah Bui, (B/A), Sept. 5, GNA – Barely five years ago the Bui Power Authority (BPA), managers of the Bui hydro-electric dam in the Banda District of Brong-Ahafo Region resettled a total population of 1,216 fisher folks. They live at the shoulders of the 400 megawatts power generation dam. In all … Read more
Rural banks were first established in Ghana in 1976 with the mandate to provide banking services to the rural population, provide credit facilities to small-scale farmers and businesses and to generally complement Governments effort at addressing developmental challenges. Currently there are about 140 licensed Rural and Community Banks across the regions of Ghana supervised by … Read more