The event powered by Citi FM, will see about 50 companies compete in different sporting disciplines for trophies and bragging rights.

Some of the sporting activities include 7-aside-soccer competition, 50 meter dash, lawn tennis, arm wrestling, scrabble, volley, table tennis, lime and spoon race, swimming, tug-of-war, basketball among others.

IFS Financial Services won the most trophies at the 2016 Citi Business Olympics with Omni Bank’s Managing Director, Philip Oti-Mensah winning the CEO’s/MD’s Challenge of scoring the most goals within sixty (60) seconds.

This year’s Citi Business Festival is sponsored by Premium bank, Shell Helix Ultra and StarTimes.

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The “Rep Your Friday” event was to show the station’s affiliation with the coverage of the 2017/ 2018 Premier League on Citi FM as one of the sponsors.

All members of staff were seen in the shirts of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City as these clubs command a large following in the country.

There was even space for one member of staff to show up in a Watford shirt.

No one actually knows which team this gentleman supports

Deputy Managing Director of Premium Bank, Jacqueline Benyah, said that Citi FM’s status as the leading business radio station in Ghana and the bank’s ambitions of capturing the business and entrepreneurial space made joining the Premier League “a natural fit”.

Deputy MD of Premium Bank, Jacqueline Denyah, (2nd from left) with some of her staff. They are soldiers in the Chelsea army

Citi FM’s Sales and Marketing Manager, Omane Mensah Bonsu, Sales Executive, Dela Woolams, and Citi Sports editor, Nathan Quao, then met with officials of the bank to discuss the partnership of the two entities in terms of the Premier League for the 2017/2018 Premier League season.

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The announcement which was made by the Managing Director, Mr. Kwasi Tumi, during a special business forum and networking cocktail held in honour of the 100 most outstanding startups in Ghana, who were announced as members of the first cohort of the Ghana Startup Club 100 at the recent Ghana Startup Awards.

In a special interaction with Ekow Mensah, CEO of The African Network of Entrepreneurs (TANOE), curators of the Ghana Startup Club 100, he mentioned the intentions of Premium Bank is a prayer answered for most startups in Ghana, and hopes startups will make the best use of the opportunity to expand their businesses to become more innovative and globally competitive.

Beyond the integrated credit facility, Premium Bank will also be providing digital solutions to the various startups to aid their online financial transaction.

The Ghana Startup Club 100 (GSClub 100) is an annual ranking of the top 100 most outstanding start-up companies in Ghana, spearheaded by The Startup Network, a network under TANOE.

Prestigious and coveted; the Ranking celebrates Ghana’s entrepreneurs and innovators.

It offers a unique chance for small to medium scale businesses to be recognized for their hard work, commitment and of course, success.

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More than 150 startups in Ghana are up for awards in various categories including Media, Agriculture, Health, Education, FinTech and Technology.

[contextly_sidebar id=”IgYvlKBcvkTZQPSZS5vK8uGbxXH2rQIP”]10 companies have been shortlisted for the ultimate award; ‘Startup of the Year award.’

The Premium Bank sponsored event will be held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.

The Premium Bank Ghana Startup Awards which is in its 2nd year is designed to recognize and reward the works and contributions of startups to the Ghanaian economy and also create a thriving community of startups collaborating and empowering the Startup Ecosystem.

This year’s awards event will be preceded by an exhibition, dialogues, pitches and speed workshops.
Public voting was opened many weeks ago and closed on closed on Monday 3rd July, 2017.

The awards which is being sponsored by Premium Bank is in partnership with The HelpStation, KPMG, IConceptsPR, Avance Media, Edel Consult, Kumasi Hive, HapaSpace, MEST, GhanaThink Foundation and TentMaker Ghana.

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