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- May 16, 2022Kosmos Innovation Center and Mastercard Foundation launch KIC Business Booster acceleration programThe Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation has launched the KIC Business Booster – an acceleration program aimed at scaling...
- May 13, 2022Two Ghanaian technology companies to expand access to quality digital training for young women and menLaunched in 2021, the I&P Education to Employment program, a partnership between Investisseurs & Partenaires and the Mastercard Foundation, aims to strengthen the resilience...
- April 12, 2022Launch of the Impact Investing in Ghana: unlocking private sector capital for profit and impact reportImpact Investing Ghana (IIGh), Ghana’s representative to the Global Steering Group for Impact Investing has launched a report on ‘The Impact Investing in Ghana:...
- March 8, 2022Equity investment and equity investors – a guideThis guide is an output from Investment Promotion in Agribusiness. Investment Promotion in Agribusiness is part of the European Union funded Technical Assistance to...
- February 7, 2022Impact Investing Ghana receives RISA funding to support Research and IndustryImpact Investing Ghana receives RISA funding to support Research and Industry Impact Investing Ghana (IIGh) has received GBP 109,536 from the Research and Innovation...
- December 13, 20213000 start-ups in Africa to get financial, technical supportA total of 3000 start-ups from 13 African countries, including Ghana are to benefit from financial and technical support to create decent and sustainable...
- December 2, 2021IIGh Appoints New Board MemberImpact Investing Ghana, the National Advisory Board for Impact Investing in Ghana is pleased to announce the appointment of Mirabelle Moreaux, Investment Director of...
- November 17, 2021Impact Investing Ghana and Ashesi University benefit from Catalytic Capital Consortium’s Grantmaking ProgramImpact Investing Ghana and Ashesi University benefit from Catalytic Capital Consortium’s Grantmaking Program Impact Investing Ghana and Ashesi University have received a grant from...
- September 20, 2021Small and growing businesses make the biggest impact on economies, and they need more supportThere is an urgent need to unlock more financing for small and growing businesses (SGBs), particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. A focus on de-risking the...
- July 16, 2021Moving from subsistence to mechanized farming – Heifer Ghana Report shows the wayHeifer International has launched its ‘Youth and Smallholder Farmers in Agri-Tech In Africa Report’, which focuses on an assessment of the role of the...
- July 15, 2021Hubtel, Expresspay, IT Consortium deserve national awards for designing Ghana.gov – Finance MinisterFinance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has recommended national awards for three Ghanaian Fintechs, Hubtel, Expresspay and IT Consortium for designing and managing the Ghana.gov platform to stop...
- July 12, 2021Electric vehicles draft policy to be ready by end of year – Opoku PrempehA comprehensive draft document on technical regulations and policy framework that tackles all technical issues on the mass deployment of electric vehicles in Ghana...
- July 5, 2021Ghana plans to issue Africa’s first social bonds with $2B saleGhana would be pioneering social bonds in Africa, seizing on an instrument that’s boomed since the COVID-19 pandemic. Ken Ofori-Atta, Ghana's finance minister, told...
- May 25, 2021ONLY TOGETHER CAN SPARKS OF IMPACT INVESTING IN AFRICA LIGHT THE WAY FORWARDFrom Addis Ababa to Accra, Lagos to Lusaka, ground-breaking examples of impact investments are flourishing. The steady growth in this asset class, however, belies...
- May 6, 2021IIGh Appoints New Chief Executive OfficerImpact Investing Ghana and its National Advisory Board for Impact Investing is pleased to announce that Amma Sefa-Dedeh Lartey has joined the organisation as...
- March 26, 2021Stakeholders meet to review Ghana’s draft Social Enterprise PolicyStakeholders in Ghana’s social entrepreneurship space have met to review the draft document of the Ghana Social Enterprise Policy (GSEP) developed by the Ministry...