Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans has picked two gender-related awards at the Sustainability and Social Investment Awards held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, in Accra. The two awards were Best Company in Promoting Gender Equality and Best Company in Women Empowerment Project.

The awards ceremony was on the theme “Celebrating impactful brands and their sustainable legacies” and saw 28 other institutions presented with various awards in various fields of endeavor, from a total of 55 nominations, towards the development of the country.

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One hundred and thirty brilliant, needy schoolchildren in 40 public and basic schools in the country have been granted scholarship totalling GH¢129,382 by Sinapi Aba, a non-banking financial institution.

A financial institution, Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans Ltd, has organized a training program for 75 female entrepreneurs in the Ahafo, Bono East, and Bono Regions in the country to equip them with skills to improve their work.

The board, management, and staff of Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans Ltd, raised over GHC 60,000 to support the operations of the Mother and Child Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. The fundraising was done in collaboration with Little Steps Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that supports the operations of the unit.

Three private schools out of the 600 private schools in the Ashanti Region have been presented with awards for coming tops in this year’s Jan Binder Green Environment Project. A ceremony to present the awards to the schools took place at Feyiase in the Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti Region. The scheme which was established four years ago had the three winning schools receiving cash, citations, plaques, and gifts for their efforts.