{"id":324354,"date":"2017-06-01T10:52:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T10:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=324354"},"modified":"2017-06-01T10:52:47","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T10:52:47","slug":"citi-business-festival-launch-underway-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/citi-business-festival-launch-underway-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Citi Business Festival launched [photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 2017 edition of the Citi Business Festival has been launched at the head office of MTN in Ridge, Accra.<\/p>\n
The festival will include a series of on-air and outdoor events on different areas of the economy.<\/p>\n
Some personalities at the launch included the Minister of Business Development Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center, Yofi Grant, CEO of Ghana Tourism Authority, Mr. Akwesi Agyeman, and Investment Banker\u00a0Iddrisu Mahama among others.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n The first in the series of the business fora will focus on how to enhance financial inclusion in Ghana in partnership with the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS).This will come off at 3:30 pm at the Holiday Inn Hotel.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Giving an overview of the month long event, the Director of News Programming at Citi FM, Mr. Bernard Avle explained that the second outdoor event will be held on the 6th <\/sup>of June with the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC).<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis event will focus on repositioning Ghana as the most attractive investment destination. It will come off at Alisa Hotel at 9am,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n He pointed out that this year\u2019s edition of the Sales Revolution will be held on the 15th<\/sup> and 16th<\/sup> of June at 8 am each day at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel, Accra.<\/p>\n \u201cThis two-day sales training programme is a paid for event at a cost of 450 cedis. The programme will provide adequate opportunities for sales persons and marketing executives on the dynamic trends and methods of sales and marketing. The event will assemble the best sales experts in the country who will make presentations on modern trends in the industry. The target is to boost the capacity of participants to positively impact their organizations,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cBetween the 18th<\/sup> and 24th<\/sup> of June, will be the Management Boot Camp at the Volta Hotel. Another paid for event, at a cost of 5,800 cedis. The weeklong residential executive education programme is targeted at senior managers and businessmen. The carefully selected faculty of facilitators with a blend of rich academic and practical expertise will take participants through a wide range of contemporary management and strategic issues,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n For the lovers of tourism, Mrs. Lokko stated that the festival will have an Akwaaba forum which is slated on the 22nd<\/sup> of June at 9 am at Alisa Hotel is in partnership with the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA).<\/p>\n