The Big Picture with Marc Faber
An exclusive interview with Marc Faber, Editor and Publisher of “The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report”.
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An exclusive interview with Marc Faber, Editor and Publisher of “The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report”.
John Awuah believes that the future holds many opportunities for the UMB, which is set to move aggressively into the tier one bank quartile by 2020.
Esther Cobbah discusses the story and mission of Stratcomm Ghana, the best communication agency and the top PR consulting firm in Ghana.
“I would like Laurus to have a West African profile, but still based in Ghana because I think it is one of the best environments to set up a regional operation for many reasons.”
According to Frank Brako Adu Jnr, Ghana’s banking industry has always been vibrant and robust, however “it is a very painful 2015.”
“The Egyptian economy requires all sectors to be moved. Infrastructure, power and energy. Most of the deals have now been launched in the energy sector in particular.”
“We had been reforming the banking sector from 2003 to 2010. These reforms saved the banking sector in Egypt during the dry years. It was very difficult to manage our reserves in the past few years. The performance of the Egyptian banking sector, its survival and its role as the backbone of the economy in those tough years, has now become a case study in the best universities in the world. “
“Several developers were keen to invest money and start building their own company, but because of the revolution, they have just put a stop to these projects. Now, these kind of positive trends are again on the rise.”
“Corporate banking is considered the fastest-growing portfolios in the whole country. The portfolio was acquired in 2008 by Banque Swiss, so we have a very clean portfolio since we’ve started.”
“We are one of the leading banks in the syndication market. We have a number of milestone transactions in hydrocarbons, energy, power generation, fertilizers etc. We are the leading bank in the SMEs proposition as well.”