The German Development Corporation (GIZ) together with its partners has launched the Aya Institute for Finance and Management, an international training centre.

The German-Ghanaian training centre is expected to contribute to the improvement of employees of the financial sector by offering training adapted to the local content, while based on international standards.

Speaking at the launch, Executive Director of the Institute, Abena Kesewaa Brown, disclosed that her outfit seeks to train at least 1,500 people in the financial sector and 150 graduates. 

“Aya is actually an institute, the missing word is training institute. Basically what we want to do is to provide learning experience to participants. We look forward to contributing to increasing performance of teams in the financial industry.”

“There are many institutions that support the financial industry which is made up of banking, insurance etc. therefore we want to make sure to introduce world class training or learning experience,” she said.

According to the United Nations Capital Development Fund, financial inclusion is positioned prominently as an enabler of other developmental goals in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Head of Sustainable Economic Development at GIZ Ghana, Gerald Guskowski explained that in empowering Ghana to achieving these goals with the rest of the world, the institute was launched.

“In Ghana, GIZ is implementing 16 different development projects covering a huge variety of sectors, topics and activities ranging from health, automotive and financial sector. We strongly believe the financial sector plays a crucial role as a backbone to Ghana’s socioeconomic growth.”

“For a truly healthy economy, functioning and locally present financial institutions are needed which in turn works according to international standards and are networked accordingly. Aya is a joint project the GIZ implemented with its partners,” he highlighted.

The Aya Institute for Finance and Management is open to institutions and individuals in the financial sector however, there are modules designed to train the average Ghanaian.