The SMEs in a group photo
BARCLAYS BANK Ghana
— part of the Absa Group — is facilitating business trips to
China and Turkey for Ghanaian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to explore
and leverage business opportunities.
The trade trips,
which are under the Barclays Business Club initiative, will enable Ghanaian
business owners to hold trade discussions and networking sessions with their
foreign counterparts on how to collaborate to enhance their businesses.
According to the
Business Banking Director at Barclays Ghana, Mrs. Grace Anim-Yeboah, apart from
the exposure that the trip provides, the SME customers would also meet some key
business owners from other African countries to share ideas and experiences.
Mrs. Anim-Yeboah
said the bank’s Business Club members on the trip would also visit some key
industrial and tourist cities in China and Turkey.
Mrs. Antoinette
Kwofie, Finance Director at Barclays Ghana, in a pre-departure briefing with
the customers at the Kotoka International Airport, urged them to take full
advantage of the opportunities provided by Barclays through the SME Business
Club to grow their businesses in a sustainable manner.
“As we prepare to
change from Barclays to Absa, we will continue to demonstrate our commitment towards
supporting SMEs to grow by delivering relevant tailor-made solutions and
capacity building programmes that will help our SME customers to run sound and sustainable
businesses,” noted Mrs. Kwofie.
The Barclays
Business Club initiative enables SME clients to benefit from capacity building
and business operations training programmes, as well as trade trips and
business networking opportunities, amongst many others.
