GIRSAL and NBC to begin 7th Cohort of Agriculture and Agribusiness Lending Training Course
GIRSAL Ltd, in collaboration with the National Banking College, will begin the 7th cohort of the Agriculture and Agribusiness Lending Course for Staff of Financial Institutions on 9th August 2022. Three cohorts of the training program have been planned this year with funding support from Development Bank, Ghana (DBG). The course is designed to enhance […]
GIRSAL Launches Stakeholder Platform to Champion Agricultural Development
The Chief Executive Officer of GIRSAL Ltd, Mr. Kwesi Korboe, is calling on private sector actors in the agricultural sector to take charge in deciding what is relevant to the sector and influence the direction of agricultural sector policy. Speaking to the media at the re-launch of the GIRSAL Scheme and the launch of the […]
Agriculture Stakeholder Convening Platform Launch
GIRSAL Ltd to launch Agriculture Stakeholder Convening Platform Launch through its Agribusiness Forum on 29th June 2022 at the Kempinski Hotel Accra. Ghana’s agricultural sector is characterized by challenges limiting its potential, which requires continuous efforts to improve the sector. GIRSAL has designed an Agriculture Stakeholder Convening Platform dubbed “Agribusiness Public-Private Partnership Platform.” It is […]
GIRSAL Partners ARB Apex Bank to De-Risk Agricultural Lending by Rural Banks
GIRSAL Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with ARB Apex Bank to de-risk Agricultural Financing for Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) in Ghana. The collaboration aims to optimize the expert resources of both parties to promote investment in the agricultural sector and provide institutional capacity for Rural and Community Banks in Ghana. Through this […]
GIRSAL and GCX Sign MOU to Advance Financing for Agric Value Chain Actors.
GIRSAL Ltd and Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) signed a memorandum of understanding to help de-risk agricultural financing and to support affordable financing for agricultural value chain actors in Ghana. The Chief Executive officer of GIRSAL, Mr. Kwesi Korboe, and Chief Operation Officer of GCX, Mr. Robert Dowuona Owoo signed the agreement on Friday, 25th February […]
GIRSAL Awards Partner Financial Institutions for Increased Lending to Agribusinesses
GIRSAL, through its Bank Rating Scheme, awarded 4 of its best performing participating financial institutions and other partners for their contribution to increased lending and capacity building to the agricultural sector at the 2021 Agric Lending Partner Financial Institutions Awards event. This initiative, introduced by the CEO, Mr. Kwesi Korboe, recognizes the contribution of financial […]
GIRSAL Support the 37th National Farmers Day Celebration-2021
GIRSAL donated an amount of twenty thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 20,000) to the Ministry of Agriculture in support of the 37th National Farmers Day celebration. This gesture was to appreciate the efforts of our gallant Ghanaian farmers, as well as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility. The check for the donation was presented by […]
Unlocking finance to boost the F&A Sector in Ghana – Rabo Partnerships supports GIRSAL and its Partner Financial Institutions
Rabo Partnerships, with support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ghana assisted GIRSAL to provide technical support on F&A credit knowledge (capacity building) by providing technical support to staff of agribusiness and related departments of GIRSAL’s partner financial institutions. Rabo Partnerships and GIRSAL worked on three thematic areas namely: 1) technical […]
Bank of Ghana approves a Zero-Risk Weighting of Credit Exposures Covered by GIRSAL’s Credit Guarantee Scheme
Bank of Ghana has approved a zero-risk weighting of credit exposures covered by GIRSAL’s Credit Guarantee Scheme. This gives Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) the stand to immensely benefit from this development. What does the Zero Credit Risk Weight Mean for GIRSAL and its Partner Financial Institutions? This is a major milestone for GIRSAL because it […]
Agriculture and Agribusiness Lending Knowledge Portal Launch
Financial institutions are often averse to financing the agricultural sector due to perceived high risks of agriculture activities and insufficient ready information. After many dialogues and consultations with the various stakeholders of GIRSAL, a platform that can host different agricultural financing information for financial institutions to learn and access information to guide their loan assessment […]