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Daouda Coulibaly, Managing Director of SIB (Société Ivoirienne de Banque)
Daouda Coulibaly gives an evaluation of the banking sector in Côte d’Ivoire, mentioning some of the challenges that the sector has to face. Mr Coulibaly also presents the SIB (Société Ivoirienne de Banque), his projects and vision for the future.
Hervé Boyer, Country Manager of Standard Bank Côte d’Ivoire
Hervé Boyer gives his evaluation of the banking sector in Côte d’Ivoire and presents Standard Bank, mentioning the group’s strategy in the country and in Africa as a whole. The Abidjan representation office was opened in January 2014 and acts as the hub for the region, covering the eight countries that form WAEMU.
Beige Capital is a savings and loans company licensed by the Bank of Ghana, which is part of the Beige Group, an investment firm that operates businesses across different sectors of the economy, such as banking, finance, hospitality, mining, real estate and logistics.
XDSData Ghana is a credit bureau licensed by the Bank of Ghana to offer credit referencing services. Its CEO, George K. Ahiafor, talks about the company and gives his assessment of the financial sector in Ghana. He also discusses competition and mentions partnership opportunities.
George K. Ahiafor, CEO of XDSData Ghana, a credit bureau licensed by the Bank of Ghana to offer credit referencing services, gives his assessment of the financial sector and discusses investments. Mr Ahiafor also talks about strategy and expansion plans.
Mike Nyinaku, CEO of the Beige Group, presents his company, an investment firm that operates businesses across different sectors of the economy, such as banking, finance, hospitality, mining, real estate and logistics.
Emmanuel T. Obeng talks about business in Ghana and presents his company, Jislah Financial Services. The company is a non-bank institution specialized in lending to small and medium scale enterprises and individuals. It has been in existence since 1995.
The financial services sector in Ghana is booming. The country has 28 commercial banks, 100 rural banks, 100s of non-banking financial institutions, etc. Still, not too many Ghanaians have bank accounts nor do any serious financial transactions.
Emmanuel T. Obeng talks about the benefits of globalization and gives an overview of Jislah Financial Services, a company that provides short-term bridge financing arrangements with flexible interest rates and repayment schedules for its customers.
With the economy booming at unprecedented rate the construction and contracting sector in Kurdistan experienced unparalleled boom over the past 5 years.
Citing just a few short facts in addition to the oil reserves: the region is tipped to hit a 12% contribution to the region’s GDP by 2013; the autonomous region boasts with 450 major projects valued at $21 Billion, of which at least 20% is being funded in part through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) .
