The Payment Systems Department of Bank Ghana organized a workshop for key stakeholders to review the financial inclusion documents that had been developed with CDC Consult Ltd. These included the Holistic and Coordinated Financial Inclusion and Regulatory Framework, and Financial Literacy Framework that Promotes Inclusive Finance in Ghana. It took place from 10th - 13th January 2023 [...]
Following the end of the previous programme phase in 2022, the Component Manager, Mrs. Cynthia Odonkor and new Programme Manager, Dr. Christian Jahn for the Support to the Private and Financial Sector Programme (PFS), met with the secretariat heads of the various Microfinance Associations and GHAMFIN. The purpose of the meeting was to pay a courtesy call[...]
As the new programme “Support to the Private and Financial Sector-PFS” started in January 2023, it necessitated an engagement with the relevant stakeholders to get them to sufficiently understand the goal and indicators of the programme as well as the intervention areas so as to help with the planning of appropriate activities to aid in the achievement[...]
The Ghana Microfinance Institutiins Network (GHAMFIN) organized the 2nd Microfinance Forum under the theme ‘Building Resilient and Sustainable Non-Bank Financial Institution’s Sector in the Wake of Current Economic Challenges’. It took place on Tuesday, 4 th April 2023 at Holiday Inn Hotel, Airport. Participants at the forum included representatives from Ministry of Finance, Bank of Ghana, Microfinance[...]
A training was organized by GHAMFIN in collaboration with CapPlus for all Microfinance Associations’ secretariat staff and some staff of the banking and non-banking unit of the Ministry of Finance on Emotional Intelligence: An Effective Tool for Leadership, Improved Productivity and Staff Wellbeing. The consultant was Mr. James Kwesi Addison of Addison International Center for Emotional Intelligence.[...]
This training was organized with the support of GHAMFIN in collaboration CapPlus for member companies on Liquidity Management. Participants included credit officers, account officers, recovery officers, internal auditors, managing directors, finance and administrative managers as well as operation managers. The training covered Introduction to Liquidity Management, Sources of liquidity, Uses of liquidity, Identifying and managing liquidity risks[...]
This forum was themed Beyond Silos for Scale and Impact. It was held on Wednesday, 27th June 2023 at La Palm Royal Beach Hotel. The program started with remarks from Bank of Ghana and Ms. Rosy Fynn, Mastercard Foundation’s Country Director, Ghana. There were presentations from FIRST+ financial institution partners about the transformations underway in their organizations[...]
Through the leadership of the Ministry of Finance and GHAMFIN with support from GIZ, the need for a Microfinance policy was agreed upon. In view of that, engagements began towards the development of the policy. Workshops were held to solicit the ideas of Microfinance practitioners on key issues that have come up in the Microfinance sector that[...]
In line with Bank of Ghana’s Corporate Governance directive, there was a need to build the capacity of member companies to better understand the directive, the need for it and enlighten them on how to adopt the needed measures for compliance as well as improve the operational capacity of their companies. The training was organized with the[...]
Following the passing of the new Companies Act, there was a need to build the capacity of member companies to better appreciate the Act and help them adapt to the new provisions within it. The training was organized with the support of GIZ and Purple Almond as the facilitator. It is worthy to note that the lead[...]