Exit of foreign companies from Ghana gives opportunity to local entrepreneurs – Yankah

Founder of the Pan African Heritage Museum (PAHM), Kojo Yankah, has called for support for indigenous businesses in the wake of reports of expat companies exiting Ghana.

In his view, the exit of foreign companies presents an opportunity for local entrepreneurs.

“Foreign companies leaving Ghana?

Let’s support local entrepreneurship The Founder of the African University College of Communications (AUCC) wrote on his Facebook page.

After nearly 20 years of operations in Ghana, French bank Société Générale has decided to withdraw from Ghana.

Société Générale has engaged investment bank Lazard to explore potential buyers for its operations in Ghana, Cameroon, and Tunisia.

There are indications that Absa Bank is seriously contemplating acquiring these subsidiaries, sources say.

The departure of European banks from Africa, including Société Générale, is primarily attributed to the high cost-to-income ratio.

For his part, an Economist, Professor John Gatsi, expressed concerns about the exit of some multinational companies from the Ghanaian economy.

The Dean of the University of Cape Coast School of Business lamented the rising cost of doing business and the Cedi depreciation as hostile to businesses.

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Gatsi observed that the trend should be a worry for all Ghanaians, as the departure of these companies largely leads to job losses.

“The entry of international companies into the country was received with gladness because of the positive effect on employment, revenue generation and also because it signaled to other companies of a favorable business environment.

“The recent exit or planned exit from Ghana by multinational companies must be a worry for all Ghanaians.

I thought the government should be telling us what is going on,” he wrote in a post on Facebook on Saturday.

He noted, “I bought a dollar for GHS13.70 from a Forex bureau two weeks ago.