Stanbic’s ‘Inspire Ghana’ series begins

Stanbic Bank is set to raise the bar on thought leadership within Ghana with the institution of a new series dubbed Inspire Ghana.

The headline speaker for the inaugural session which comes off today and tomorrow is Vusi Thembekwayo, the youngest director of a listed company in South Africa.

The ‘Inspire Ghana’ Series is a thought leadership programme designed to challenge leaders, entrepreneurs, professionals and the youth, to achieve a greater level of excellence. 

Stanbic’s aim in instituting the series is to promote strategic thinking and entrepreneurship among the youth and induce new ways of business thinking within the business class.

Mawuko Afadzinu, Head, Marketing and Communications of Stanbic Bank, is optimistic that Vusi’s presentation would strongly communicate the bank’s desire and interest in ensuring its clients’ businesses thrive.

“When businesses hit a plateau and people are suffering from monotony, a radical shift in behaviour is needed to improve results,” he said.

“Vusi’s presentations are unparalleled and they give managers and leaders real tools for real change.”

Vusi will interact and mentor students of the University of Ghana Business School in a talk on ‘Realising the potential in you’ after which the series will be climaxed with another talk to the business community on the topic ‘Business without limit’.

According to Afadzinu, the bank is planning to make the ‘Inspire Ghana’ series an annual event where global business icons will be given the platform to share with Ghanaians the blueprints of their success stories.

Vusi Thembekwayo, the youngest director of a listed company in South Africa is the headline speaker for the programme.

Vusi is a business speaker who empowers his audience with new knowledge, research findings and tools that they can apply in their businesses to achieve sterling results.

By age 17, Vusi had been ranked first in Africa for public speaking and went on to place third at the English Speaking Union International Competition.

At 21, he ran a 26 million dollar division in a multi-billion dollar enterprise. He is currently the MD of a boutique investment and advisory firm. He speaks in four of the seven continents to over 350,000 people each year.

The Inspire Ghana series is supported by Joy FM, Graphic Communications Group, South African Airways, Labadi Beach Hotel and Eurostar. — GB