play videoKyle Kelhofer is the IFC’s Country Manager for Ghana and Liberia
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is calling for sustained efforts to strengthen Ghana’s lending environment, stressing that a stable and transparent system is essential to driving private sector growth and job creation.
Speaking in an interview with GhanaWeb Business on October 8, 2025, the IFC’s Senior Country Manager for Ghana and Liberia, Kyle Kelhofer, underscored the need to enhance the lending environment to benefit both financial institutions and businesses.
“By providing more finance, and by helping those with great ideas get more finance, we’re just trying to create an environment to help Ghana create more and better jobs,” he said.
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He emphasised that financing must be made available to entrepreneurs and businesses with promising ideas, while also highlighting the importance of reducing risks for lenders in the face of everyday business challenges.
“And so that’s what we’re trying to do—de-risk the business environment here. We want to have a system in place such that when you hit a bump in the road and you can’t pay me next month, but we’re pretty sure you can pay me by the end of the year, you’re less risky as a lender,” he explained.
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