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MTN NINE LESSONS AND CAROLS SLATED THIS FRIDAY

MTN Ghana is expected to host a number personalities at this year's Festival of Nine Lessons and Carol's. The event which is taken place this Friday 20th December, 2019 at the Fantasy Dome, Trade Fair Center will bring together MTN workers, customers and including MTN Republic, a special media group. The event will feature MTN Viva Voices, Winneba Youth Choir, Cina Soul, Eshun, Joe Mettle, Kelvyn Boy, Medikal and Kuami Eugene. According to MTN’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Noel Kojo-Ganson, the MTN Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols offers MTN the opportunity to celebrate Christmas with customers, staff and other stakeholders and to thank them for their support throughout the year.  Mr Kojo- Ganson said, “Having declared 2019 as the year of the customer, we deem it prudent to use all platforms to thank and celebrate our customers” He said, “It’s been a great year and we owe much of our accomplishments to our customers and stakeholders. Just like everything

PENTECOST UNIVERSITY WINS BEST COMMUNICATIONS SCHOOL AWARD

Pentecost University College (PUC) was adjudged the Best Private University for Communication Studies in Ghana for 2019 at the just ended 13th Annual PUSAG Congress held at the All Nations University College in Koforidua. The award is in recognition of the leading role PUC has played in the training of communication professionals for national development. According the Programme Manager for Communication, Dr. Albert Anani Bossman the recognition emphasizes the commitment of PUC to deliver the best graduates for both industry and academia. He noted that the communication studies unit has a rich blend of outstanding academics and industry players delivering practical based tutelage to students. “We emphasise both in-depth theoretical knowledge and excellent practical delivery. We have seminar sessions during which industry players are invited to share best practices with students and coupled with the theoretical details the students usually turn out well,” he stated. Pentecost Uni

Banks to build credit profile of borrowers

Bank of Ghana, the regulator of the banking sector has announced that commercial and universal banks in the country will soon be required to build conduct profile of borrowers. According to the central bank, this formed part of a number of macro-prudential and market conduct regulatory measures to help boost credit to the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs). The First Deputy Governor of the central bank, Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari said the move by the central bank is also to foster more competition in the banking sector and in the process help under lending rates. At a 2-day training workshop organized by the Journalists for Business Advocacy (JBA) in partnership with the Ecobank Ghana held in Accra, Dr. Opoku-Afari said as a result of the measures, banks will be required to develop and publish a clear framework on the risk premium build-up that impacts on an individuals borrower's credit profile. Apart from this, Dr. Opoku-Afari mentioned that central bank will dire