Stanbic Bank Ghana has presented brand new Lenovo laptops to five journalists in the Ashanti region.
The recipients include Kingsley E. Hope (Ghanaian Times), Sebastian R. Freiku (The Chronicle), Nicholas Osei-Wusu (GBC News), Isaac Justice Bediako (EIB Network) and Mr. Vanderpuye (GBC TV).
The gesture is in appreciation of their active collaboration with the bank over the years and an affirmation of the bank’s commitment to deepening partnership with the media in the Ashanti Region, promoting capacity building and long-term impact, and helping the beneficiaries enhance work output at their various workplaces.
The presentation ceremony climaxed a day’s financial wellness training programme in Kumasi for 20 selected journalists in the Ashanti region.
The financial fitness programme was designed by the Stanbic Bank Ghana, following a request by the leadership of the media in the region to equip journalists with financial literacy and personal wealth management at the Workshop.
The initiative forms part of the bank’s broader effort to support media professionals with practical tools to improve financial stability and long-term independence.
The two main facilitators, Messrs Nabil Abubakar Hussayn, Head of Employee Value Banking and James Otchere, an investment advisor, took the participants through practical strategies for moving from financial stress through financial stability to financial freedom.
The training covered areas including savings and investment planning, debt and asset management, the effective use of financial tools and investment opportunities.
The participants were also taken through Good and Bad assets, Creating and Building Wealth and effective mapping of financial life journey to ensure debt free by practitioners.
The Head of Communication and Reputation Management at Stanbic Bank, Mr. Derick Romeo Adogla, said the training was designed to help journalists to better manage their finances as well as strengthening their professional output.
Mr. Adogla noted that the workshop is part of a wider initiative by the bank to promote financial literacy across different sectors.
He described the training as timely and impactful, stressing that financially stable journalists are better positioned to uphold ethical standards and deliver high-quality public-interest journalism.
Mr. Adolga emphasised that the bank will maintain its partnership with the media stressing the importance of the well-being of journalists.
The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr. Kofi Adu Domfeh, on behalf of his colleagues, applauded Stanbic Bank for the support over the years.
He described the workshop as a game changer and called for more of such engagements in the future to build the capacity of journalists for the benefit of society at large.
