SOCIETE GENERALE GHANA REFURBISHES 6TH FLOOR OF KORLE BU SURGICAL DEPARTMENT

2023/10/09
SOCIETE GENERALE GHANA REFURBISHES 6TH FLOOR OF KORLE BU SURGICAL DEPARTMENT
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PRESS RELEASE

SOCIETE GENERALE GHANA REFURBISHES 6TH FLOOR OF KORLE BU SURGICAL DEPARTMENT

Accra - Ghana, Friday 6th October, 2023

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Figure 1: Management of SG Ghana and Korle-Bu cutting the ribbon to commission the newly refurbished floor

The 6th floor of the Korle Bu Surgical Unit has undergone a transformative refurbishment bringing it up to modern standards and making it a conducive environment for the rejuvenation and healing of patients. The entire refurbishment was undertaken by Societe Generale Ghana PLC as part of activities to mark the bank’s 20th anniversary celebration. The project was a manifestation of the anniversary theme “20 years with You”, a testament to the bank’s commitment to customers and the Ghanaian society at large.

 

The renovation works which took 5 weeks, covered a new bulkhead ceiling for the reception and lounge of the surgical block, retiling of washrooms and reception area replacement of all water closets and wash hand basins, retiling the reception area, renovation of offices and wards. Additionally, were the installations of a fire alarm system, wireless nurse call system, air conditioners in all wards and offices and supply of new furniture for wards, offices, reception and lounge.

Figure 2: Management and staff of SG Ghana and Korle-Bu

In an impressive handing over ceremony which was graced by Mr. George Wega, Societe Generale Group’s Deputy Head of International Retail Banking for Africa, Mediterranean and Overseas (AFMO), the Managing Director of Societe Generale Ghana, Mr. Hakim Ouzzani, expressed the bank’s joy to be able to support Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. He reemphasized the banks obligation to support the community through its social responsibility. “Thank you for what you do every day for the Ghanaian population and thank you for what you do to make the country better, we are proud to be with you as we celebrate our 20th anniversary.”

 

On his part, the Chief Executive Officer of KBTH, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, was extremely grateful for Societe Generale’s support. He noted that Korle Bu was the hospital of last resort for many Ghanaians and needed to be in optimum condition to meet the demands of the Ghanaian populace. He mentioned Korle Bu was on the threshold of celebrating its 100th anniversary and looked forward for more organizations adopting projects in the hospital as part of their anniversary celebrations. He was positive the renovated floor will lead to more better healthcare delivery for the unit and lauded Societe Generale Bank for being aligned with the needs of society.

 

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is important to the bank's operations because the community is its focus. At SG Ghana, CSR means Care, Share, and Respect, and this initiative follows this DND. The bank is optimistic that this rehabilitation project would enhance and sustain health care delivery in Ghana.

 

Societe Generale Ghana… The Future is You!

Societe Generale Ghana as part of its support for the country’s developmental agenda and Government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative has financed the new Premium Foods factory located at Kwaso-Ejisu in the Ashanti Region to the tune of $12million. The new Kwaso Factory of Premium Foods was commissioned by the President, His Excellency, Nana Akuffo-Addo on Thursday 17th June 2021. The Bank provided Premium Foods with loans totaling 12 million USD for the factory, key among which was the 2.5 million USD loan to finance the Company’s 2 megawatts solar farm under the Bank’s Green Financing initiative.

The company’s new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Kwaso, with a capacity to blend over 96,000 metric tonnes of maize, soybean, sorghum and millet annually is among the few of its kind with this capacity in the West African Sub-Region. The new factory has directly provided 120 jobs and impacted the lives of over 15,000 out-growers and rural farmers in the region. It is expected that the new Obaasima Project from this new factory will provide over a 100,000 jobs in the value chain.

Welcoming the distinguished Guests and the Media to the event, the Managing Director of Premium Foods – Mr. Tom Gambrah stated that, “This innovation will greatly improve the Agricultural Value Chain especially in the Rural Folk within the region.” Mr. Gambrah said that the company had partnered the Government under the 1-District-1-Factory initiative to expand the new factory’s capacity and reach.

Speaking at the event, His Excellency President Nana Akuffo Addo, stated that “The new factory is a concrete manifestation that the new paradigm of economic development of insisting on value addition industrial activities within a conducive and business friendly environment is making headway.”

“The launching of this new factory is in fulfilment of the promise by government, in partnership with the private sector, to set up at least one medium to large scale enterprise in every district of Ghana” He added.

The Honourable Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Alan Kyerematen commended the collaboration between the Canadian Government, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), USAID, AGRA, DFID and the John Agyekum Kufuor Foundation and the local financial partners, which included Societe Generale Ghana Plc for providing financial and technical support respectively.

Premium Foods Limited, which has been operating for over 25 years, has supplied blended fortified and non-fortified products and ingredients to global organizations over the years. International Relief Organizations, and Multinational Food and Beverage manufacturing companies across Africa including “Feed the Future” programme, under the US Government’s Global Hunger & Food Security Initiative are some of the beneficiaries.

The company now has 2 factories at Jachie and Kwaso with a combined operating capacity of 133,440 metric tonnes annually to blend maize, soya and millet.

For Societe Generale Ghana, this project is a concrete achievement of our strategy to provide support to local businesses and a typical illustration of our focus on financing projects with positive impact: job creation, sustainable energy and affordable food for rural communities.