2023 Graphic Business /Access Bank SME Fair ends in Accra
This year’s Graphic Business-Access Bank SME Fair has been held in Accra.
Organised by Graphic Business, the authoritative niche business newspaper of the Graphic Communications Group Ltd (GCGL), and Access Bank, the multinational universal bank which supports SMEs, the two-day fair on the theme: “Running sustainable business in a challenging economic landscape”.
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Over 150 exhibitors and merchants displayed their products and services at the fair which started three years ago to support small and medium enterprise (SME) development.
Speaking at the event, the Managing Director of GCGL, Ato Afful, charged the entrepreneurs to change the narrative about indigenous Ghanaian businesses in the country by tapping into the experiences of the partnership between the two companies to sustain their businesses.
In spite of challenges, Mr Afful urged the SMEs to come to the edge with their businesses.
In a speech read on his behalf, the Managing Director of Access Bank, Olumide Olatunji, said since the fair was launched three years ago, Access Bank had been intentional and consistent in promoting the cause of SMEs.
As a result of the partnership, he said over 170,000 SMEs had been equipped with digital and vital soft skills to impact their businesses.
He added that the bank had also provided working capital support in excess of GH¢300 million to boost SMEs' capital base and aid their expansion.
“As a go-to bank for SMEs, we remain committed to fostering the sustainable growth of SMEs in Ghana,” the Access Bank MD said.
