At least 1000 businesses in all 16 regions of the country have benefited from government’s the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme Business Support Scheme (CAP BuSS).

The support which was initiated by the government in May 2020 to support businesses which have been badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and distributed by the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has reached all corners of the country in its disbursement.

In total, about 237,518 businesses have so far benefited from government’s stimulus package under the CAP BuSS of which 185,000 of them are in the microeconomic sector.

Below is a regional breakdown of beneficiaries:

1. Ashanti Region - 52, 182
2. Greater Accra Region – 40, 549
3. Eastern Region – 33, 614
4. Central Region – 25, 497
5. Western Region – 17, 928
6. Northern Region – 10, 994
7. Volta Region – 10, 558
8. Western North Region – 7, 912
9. Bono Region – 7, 512
10. Upper East Region – 7, 290
11. Ahafo Region – 5, 450
12. Bono East Region – 5, 342
13. Savannah Region – 3, 833
14. Upper West Region- 2, 826
15. Oti Region – 2, 242
16. North East Region – 1, 451

NBSSI continues to support businesses badly hit by the Covid-19. Last week, application for the Nkosuo program, introduced by NBSSI in partnership with MasterCard Foundation came to a successful end recording over 400,000 applications.