Ghana’s Central Bank has lauded the African Development Bank’s Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA) initiative for its role in equipping women-owned businesses to drive the country’s economy.
“This partnership between AFAWA, the African Guarantee Fund and the Ghana Association of Banks is timely and urgent…We believe it will go a long way in helping our economy recover from the current macro-economic challenges it faces and indeed make it more resilient,” said Elsie Addo Awadzi, second deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana, during the recent AFAWA Finance Series workshop held in the country’s capital Accra, to reaffirm the business case for bolstering women’s access to finance.
The Finance Series, jointly organized by theAfrican Guarantee Fundd, offers an introduction to AFAWA’s partnership services for African finance ministers, central bank governors and financial institutions.
The three-day series addressed the country’s gender financing gap, the importance of gender-smart investment approaches, and how to increase business opportunities by building products and services to serve women entrepreneurs.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Kwabena Nyarko Abronoma
