Also known as: DBG
Development Bank Ghana — provides long-term funding to financial institutions supporting businesses in agriculture, manufacturing, and services, including a Women's Lending Programme launched at its fifth anniversary in 2026.
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The Chronicle
The Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has unveiled a Women’s Lending Programme; a dedicated financing initiative designed to expand access to affordable, long-term capital for women-owned and women-led businesses across Ghana. …
Development Bank launches Women’s Lending Programme to mark fifth anniversaryJoy Online
Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has launched a dedicated women’s lending programme aimed at expanding access to finance for women-led businesses, describing female entrepreneurs as one of the country’s most underserved but economically impactful groups. …
DBG launches women’s lending programme to boost female-led businessesJoy Online
Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has celebrated its fifth anniversary with a customer appreciation and business dialogue event for entrepreneurs, while unveiling a new flagship initiative to boost women-led businesses across the country. …
Development Bank Ghana marks five years with customer dialogue, launches women’s lending programmeDaily Guide
… It will require long-term financing from institutions such as GIRSAL, Development Bank Ghana, EXIM Bank, pension funds, private investors and export-focused financiers. …
Avocado: Ghana’s Next €2bn Export WinJoy Online
… It will require long-term financing from institutions such as GIRSAL, Development Bank Ghana, EXIM Bank, pension funds, private investors and export-focused financiers. …
Avocado: Ghana’s next €2bn export winBusiness & Financial Times
… It will require long-term financing from institutions such as GIRSAL, Development Bank Ghana, EXIM Bank, pension funds, private investors and export-focused financiers. …
Avocado: Ghana’s next €2 billion export winBusiness & Financial Times
Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has launched activities to commemorate its fifth anniversary, highlighting its contribution in expanding access to long-term finance and supporting private sector growth since its 2021 establishment. …
DBG marks five years of supporting private sector growthThe Ghanaian Times
Development Bank Ghana (DBG) yesterday launched activities to mark its fifth anniversary with the pledge to help transform Ghana’s oil palm industry from smallholder farms into processing giants. …
DBG pledges to help transform oil palm industry… as it launches 5th anniversary celebrationJoy Online
Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has announced plans to commemorate its fifth anniversary at a media launch held on June 16, 2026. …
Development Bank Ghana marks five years of catalyzing private sector growthBusiness & Financial Times
… Our local development finance institutions, the Development Bank Ghana, GIIF and Venture Capital funds can be tasked to deploy risk capital into priority projects. …
Why we need a CEO-Gov’t Compact to accelerate economic transformationThe Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has unveiled a Women's Lending Programme to expand access to affordable, long-term capital for women-owned and women-led businesses across Ghana. The launch was part of the bank's fifth-anniversary celebrations and highlights DBG's support for entrepreneurs through a network of participating financial institutions.
13 July 2026 · The Chronicle →
The Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has unveiled a Women's Lending Programme to expand access to affordable, long-term capital for women-owned and women-led businesses across Ghana. The launch was part of the bank's fifth-anniversary celebrations and highlights DBG's support for entrepreneurs through a network of participating financial institutions.
13 July 2026 · The Chronicle →
Development Bank Ghana has launched a women's lending programme to expand access to finance for women-led businesses, which the bank describes as an economically impactful but underserved group. The initiative, unveiled during DBG's fifth anniversary celebrations, aims to address structural barriers such as collateralisation requirements and formalisation challenges that prevent women from accessing loans.
10 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Development Bank Ghana celebrated its fifth anniversary with a customer dialogue event in Kumasi and unveiled the "DBG Women's Lending Programme," a facility designed to address barriers faced by women entrepreneurs. The event featured testimonies from borrowers and discussions on Ghana's financing ecosystem, with the bank's CEO stating that DBG was established to close the financing gap for Ghana's most productive businesses.
9 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's avocado sector, with about 150,000 acres under structured commercial cultivation, could generate between €1.5 billion and €2 billion annually and create more than 150,000 direct and indirect jobs if developed as an industrial value chain rather than just farming.
26 June 2026 · Daily Guide →
Ghana's avocado industry, with about 150,000 acres under structured commercial cultivation, could generate between €1.5 billion and €2 billion annually and create over 150,000 direct and indirect jobs if developed as an industrial value chain rather than just a farming activity.
22 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's avocado value chain, with about 150,000 acres under structured commercial cultivation, could generate between €1.5 billion and €2 billion annually and create more than 150,000 direct and indirect jobs across farming, nurseries, irrigation, and harvest operations.
22 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Development Bank Ghana, established in 2021, has channelled GH¢2.5 billion through partner financial institutions to businesses across the country, with more than half benefitting women-led enterprises in sectors including agriculture, manufacturing and services. The bank is marking its fifth anniversary with celebrations culminating in a two-day event scheduled for November 16-17, 2026.
18 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Development Bank Ghana launched its fifth anniversary celebration and pledged to help transform the oil palm industry from smallholder farms into processing giants, aiming to drive industrial growth, job creation, and exports while increasing production and consumption of locally grown and processed palm oil.
17 June 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Development Bank Ghana is commemorating five years of operations with a two-day celebration in November 2026, highlighting its role in providing long-term funding to financial institutions and supporting lending across agriculture, manufacturing, and services sectors.
16 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's restored macroeconomic stability—including Cedi appreciation, 3.3% inflation, 6% GDP growth, and 45.3% debt-to-GDP ratio in 2025—creates the foundation for a structured partnership between government and business to drive economic transformation.
8 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Development Bank Ghana is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a focus on expanding lending to women-led businesses and young entrepreneurs to create jobs and improve livelihoods. The bank's CEO noted that lending to women-owned businesses has resulted in job creation and sustainable livelihoods, and the bank plans to increase such lending as a catalyst for economic growth.
5 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Senior financial sector figures at The Money Summit 2026 agreed that Ghana has restored macroeconomic stability after a difficult adjustment period, with inflation falling to 3.4 percent and interest rates declining significantly, but warned that significant structural weaknesses continue to threaten the recovery's sustainability.
3 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Development Bank Ghana is distributing over 10,000 sanitary pads to public school girls, with about 8,000 already distributed to Junior and Senior High Schools in the Upper East, Northern, and Ashanti Regions, as part of its corporate social responsibility and to support the government's national Free Sanitary Pads Policy.
1 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The Development Bank Ghana donated more than 10,000 sanitary pads and conducted menstrual health education at three secondary schools in the Ahafo Ano North and Tano South municipalities as part of a Menstrual Hygiene Day campaign aimed at dispelling cultural taboos that label menstruation as "unclean."
29 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghanaians aged 18–35 can now apply for start-up business loans ranging from GH₵5,000 to GH₵500,000 under the government's 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development Programme, which also offers free digital skills training and guaranteed internships.
13 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Money Limited says digital lending has rapidly expanded across Ghana and Africa, improving credit access for first-time borrowers, but calls for stronger consumer protection measures, transparency in pricing, and financial discipline from both lenders and customers.
11 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
The Association of Ghana Industries cautions that Ghana's recent economic stability and investor confidence, supported by the IMF programme, may face pressure after the country exits the programme. The AGI emphasises the need for policy discipline, strengthened domestic production to reduce import reliance, and improved access to affordable financing to sustain progress.
28 April 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues Ghana's economic reset requires BIG PUSHCAS (Capital Allocation Strategy) to fund production and scale exports through equity participation in industry, reviving a historic National Investment Bank-Nestlé model that built sustainable industrial growth rather than short-term debt cycles.
27 April 2026 · Joy Online →
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's economic reset requires BIG PUSHCAS (Capital Allocation Strategy) to fund production and scale exports, with equity participation in industry—modeled on the historic National Investment Bank–Nestlé partnership—positioned as key to creating 500,000 jobs and unlocking $5–10 billion in exports.
27 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →