Ghana Innovation Journal
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Fidelity Bank partners with Ghana Post to drive financial inclusion through its upgraded agency banking model.
To augment its financial inclusion infrastructure, Fidelity Bank has partnered with Ghana Post to outdoor an upgraded version of the Ghana Post agency outlets. The agent points, dubbed Agency Plus points, are located within key Ghana Post offices across the country and are designed to deliver an enhanced customer experience and an expanded array of
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2 Ghanaian Founders join the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2023.
Gregory Rockson (CEO, mPharma) and Peace Hyde (Co-founder, Mahogany Studios) have been selected as part of the Young Global Leaders (YGL) Class of 2023 of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The YGL is a community of individuals under 40 who the World Economic Forum recognizes for their outstanding leadership, professional accomplishments, and commitment to society
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15 young females graduate from Agro Kings’ Women in Agriculture Mechanization Programme
Agro Kings, the agtech company, has graduated 15 young women from the Women in Agriculture Mechanisation Programme, a four-week intensive training organised by Agro Kings in partnership with GIZ and the Sustainable Employment through Agribusiness (AgriBiz) programme. The training equipped the trainees with the skills and knowledge to pilot commercial drones and operate and maintain
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Kofa Technologies launches eight public battery swap stations across Accra for electronic motor bikes
Kofa Technologies, the mobility startup, has launched eight new public swap stations across Accra. The new station will enable electric motorcycle riders and battery users to swap depleted batteries for fully charged ones, eliminating the need to wait for the batteries to charge. Kofa is tackling how people access clean and affordable energy in urban
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Turntabl launches skills development opportunities for Ghanaian software engineering students and graduates
turntabl, the global based in London and Accra, has launched a graduate training program for software engineering students and graduates to advance their skills and network. The 14-week intensive graduate program will cover programming fundamentals in C++, Java, functional programming with Scala, test-driven development and unit testing, machine learning with Python, relational databases, cloud infrastructure
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2 Ghanaian Founders joins the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Class of 2023
Gregory Rockson (CEO, mPharma) and Peace Hyde (Co-founder, Mahogany Studios) have been selected as part of the Young Global Leaders (YGL) Class of 2023 of the World Economic Forum (WEF). The YGL is a community of individuals under 40 who the World Economic Forum recognizes for their outstanding leadership, professional accomplishments, and commitment to society
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The heathtech startup, Redbird, closes shop due to lack of funding
Following its inability to secure venture capital, the healthtech startup Redbird has closed down. “We needed to raise a new round of funding by the end of 2022, and our growth and the state of the investment market didn’t match up, according to the statement released by the CEO, Patrick Beattie. In 2021, they raised
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Izzy Obeng shortlisted for the 2023 Veuve Clicquot Bold Awards
The Veuve Clicquot Bold Awards, one of the most prestigious awards for female entrepreneurs, has shortlisted Izzy Obeng, founder of the entrepreneurship support organization, Foundervine, for the 2023 awards. Izzy is an entrepreneur, business coach and professional speaker who leads Foundervine – an international training consultancy specializing in start-up and scale-up acceleration programmes. She aims
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GCB completes first PAPPS client transaction
GCB Bank Plc, one of the largest banks in Ghana, completed the first Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) client transaction in Ghana. The transaction involved a Ghanaian incorporated entity initiating a supplier payment from GCB in Ghana Cedis to a beneficiary in Nigeria who received the payment in Naira instantly. This innovation revolutionalizes how
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Kola Market selected for the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Women Founders Cohort
Kola Market, the B2B fullstack e-commerce startup, has been selected for the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Women Founders Cohort. Led by Marie-Reine Seshie, the platform leverages AI and other digital tools to provide marketing, consistent sales and blended finance to SMEs across Africa. Their RaaS (Results-as-a-Service) intelligent forecasting uses machine learning and proprietary, predictive