{
  "id": 6767516,
  "title": "CBG to take PWD finance nationwide – Deputy Managing Director",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/cbg-to-take-pwd-finance-nationwide-deputy-managing-director-6767516",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-11T14:02:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Joy Business",
    "slug": "joy-business",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/cbg-to-take-pwd-finance-nationwide-deputy-managing-director/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sheila Azuntaba, Deputy Managing Director of Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG), announced plans to expand the bank's pilot financial inclusion initiative for persons with disabilities nationwide. Azuntaba emphasized the importance of moving PWD support from grants towards sustainable access to finance, describing the event as particularly significant to CBG as financial inclusion is considered a basic human right. The initiative aims to equip PWD entrepreneurs with practical financial knowledge and access to credit, addressing both knowledge gaps and financing constraints that can limit the growth of PWD-owned enterprises. CBG's approach includes basic financial literacy, bookkeeping, and understanding of credits and debits, with goal of creating sustainable opportunities for beneficiaries to participate in the formal financial system. The bank is working to structure the facilities with lower interest rates than market rates to make funds more affordable. Ms Azuntaba hopes to transform the pilot into a revolving line of credit, allowing repaid funds to be made available to additional beneficiaries. The bank intends to roll out the initiative across Ghana, ensuring PWD entrepreneurs can access financial guidance from any CBG branch, regardless of location. The bank aims to position PWDs as entrepreneurs, customers, and potential borrowers, providing loans rather than grants to enable sustainable enterprises and demonstrate responsible repayment.",
  "summary": "Deputy Managing Director of Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited (CBG), Sheila Azuntaba, says the bank plans to expand its pilot financial inclusion initiative for persons with disabilities across the country, stressing the need to move PWD support beyond grants towards sustainable access to finance.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}