GEXIM participants with the India facilitators
Some 30 staff of EXIM Bank Ghana have undergone capacity training to enhance their skills and competencies in their areas of operation.
They were taken through topics such as financing programmes, loan products, credit due diligence, risk management, architecture and risk management practices during a four-day programme in Accra on the theme, “Institution Capacity Building for Export Credit in Ghana.”
Facilitated by a three-member Technical Team from the Export and Import Bank of India, led by Suidatta Mandal, Chief General Manager, the staff training exercise formed part of the third and final phase of engagement agreed under a Letter of Intent between Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) and Export-Import Bank of India, which was executed on November 16, 2017.
Patrick Nsiah-Yeboah, General Manager of Risk Management said, “It has deepened our knowledge and understanding of risk management and the necessity for an effective risk governance structure, especially in light of the recent events within the banking and financial landscape which has been attributed mainly due to laxity or inadequacy of risk governance within the sector.”
Other members of the India delegation were Dharmendra Sachin, General Manager and Madheswarah Anhasekarah, Assistant General Manager.
A similar training session was also held for the staff of IT Department recently under the same International Cooperation Agreement where participants were exposed to topics such as Data Center Management, Email and Security Management and Server Management.
Other topics treated were Back-up and Portal Management, Change Management and Application Security and Core Banking Transformation, among others.
EXIM Bank Ghana came into force on 29th March, 2016 with the passage of an Act of Parliament, the Ghana Export-Import Bank Law (Act 911, 2016).
The object of GEXIM was to support and develop directly or indirectly trade between Ghana and other countries and to build Ghana’s capacity and competitiveness in the international market.