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Philip Sowah gives his views on the telecom sector in Ghana and mentions some of Airtel’s competitive advantages. He also talks about the challenges of the sector and shares his vision for the future of the company in Ghana.
Dr. Elhusain Benahmida, Chairman and General Manager of Misurata Free Zone
Misurata Free Zone is a company with a capital of 600 million Libyan Dinars. The economical area is divided into two sections stretching over an area of 3,500 hectares.
Volkan Vural, General Manager of Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel
Radisson Blu is planning on opening one more hotel in Libya. The group would like to grow and open new properties in Libya as they strongly believe in Libya. Their business is show business and instead of property Radisson Blu Al Mahary Hotel in Tripoli focuses on services. Mr Vulkan reveals Tripoli will certainly need more hotels in 2 or 3 years.
Kwabena Duffuor II gives his view of the banking sector in Ghana and discusses the issue of high lending rates. He also talks about the importance of the SME segment and shares his vision for the future of uniBank Ghana.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Deputy Minister of Information and Media Relations
Felix Kwakye Ofosu gives an overview of the media sector in Ghana, mentioning some of the challenges the sector is facing and his vision for the future. The Deputy Minister also talks about the role of the Ministry of Information and Media Relations in Ghana.
Bashir M. Elmadani, Managing Director of Libyan African Investment Company (LAICO)
LAICO at the present is well-known in Africa, because we are participating in over 21 countries in Africa. Our investments are mainly in the real estate and tourism sectors. The total of our current investments is approximately US $1.2 billion.
BSIC Bank (Banque Sahelo Saharienne Pour l`Investissement et le Commerce)
BSIC Bank is a regional bank in Africa and it has 14 affiliates in different countries in Africa. Four of them are Anglophone-Arabic affiliates and 10 are Francophone affiliates. The main currency of the bank is Euro. The authorised capital is about 750 million Euro. BSIC Bank is preparing to change its strategy and consolidate its commercial affiliates and start to do development banking through the head office.
Simon Dornoo talks about the informal banking sector in Ghana. According to him, the banking sector currently has between 3 and 4 million accounts, which translates into about 3 million customers, thus representing a huge opportunity for banks in Ghana.
SOFTtribe is a software development company, with vast experience in the design and implementation of computerized business application systems. SOFTtribe has been providing business solutions in Ghana and parts of the West African sub-region for the past 20 years.
David Kwamena Bolton has almost 20 years experience in the IT and ICT industry in the UK and Africa, and he is now responsible for the technical direction of IT company SOFTtribe, which is Ghana’s leading software developer.
