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Zeepay tops them all at Ghana Club 100 2022 Awards

 


Ghana’s leading fintech and non-telco mobile money firm, Zeepay Limited emerged as number one on this year’s Ghana Club 100 list.

This is the first time Zeepay has entered Ghana Club 100 and it entered at the top, toppling telecom giant MTN Ghana, which held the number 1 spot in 2021, but has dropped to number 5 this year.

The list was announced at the 2022 Ghana Club 100 Awards held on Friday, 15th October at the plush Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra.

The event was the 19th edition anchored by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) under the theme “Ghana’s Private Sector, a Catalyst for Post-Pandemic Economic Transformation“.

The Senior Presidential Advisor, Yaw Osafo-Marfo, who was the special guest of honour presented the award to ZeePay with support from Yoofi Grant, the CEO of GIPC Ghana.

Ghana Club 100 Award is about corporate excellence therefore establishments making it into the list are to serve as role models for the private sector and provide a forum for corporate Ghana to interact with the government at a high level.

Zeepay is a unique cross-border digital payments platform that terminates remittances from all over the world directly into mobile money wallets in Ghana and parts of the world.

In August this year, Zeepay raise US$10 million in a Series A funding (medium term debt) to support a bid to augment its fast growing remittance to wallet business.

The raise was led by Symbiotics BV with US$9 million and supported by a Mauritius-based fund with US$1 million.

Andrew Takyi-Appiah, Zeepay CEO

Founder and Managing Director of Zeepay, Andrew Takyi-Appiah I, said at that time, that “the raise comes at the time when we are planning to increase our annual turnover from US$1.5 billion in 2021 to US$200 billion over the next five years.”

Zeepay, which is fully registered in the UK as a payment service provider, also has footprints in parts of Africa and elsewhere through strategic acquisitions and partnerships.

This year alone, the company has entered into separate sponsorship partnerships with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and leading football club, Kumasi Asante Kotoko to support to development of football in Ghana. The GFA deal was worth GHS500,000 and that of Kotoko was GHS1 million.

Zeepay also has very unique reward and support packages for its staff, which has been a reason for them attracting some of the smartest brains in the industry.

Below is the full list of winners at the 19th Annual Ghana Club 100 Awards as held in Accra, Ghana by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC).

CompanyOverall Rank
Zeepay Ghana Limited1
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited2
Multipro Private Ltd3
Gold Fields Ghana Limited4
Scancom Plc5
Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited6
Amanex Co.Ltd7
Express IDS Consult Consult Agency Limited8
Newmont Golden Ridge Limited9
GCB Bank PLc10
ASA Savings and Loans Ltd.11
EcoBank Ghana Plc12
Nestle Ghana Limited13
IT Consortium Limited14
Polytank (Ghana) Limited15
Sage Distribution Limited16
Amenfiman Rural Bank Limited17
Absa Bank18
Abosso Goldfields Limited19
Benso Oil Palm Plantation Plc20
AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine21
Access Bank (Bank) Plc22
Tropical Cable and Conductor Limited23
Forever Living Product (Ghana) Limited24
Wilmar Africa Limited25
Delta Paper Mill Company Limited26
Enterprise Trustees Limited27
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Plc28
Federated Commodities Limited29
Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited30
Letshego Ghana Savings and Loans Plc31
Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited32
Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited33
Crop Doctor Ghana Limited34
CAL Bank35
First Atlantic Bank Limited36

 

CompanyOverall Rank
MiLife Insurance Company Limited37
Priority Insurance Company Limited38
Melcom Limited39
Zonda Tec Ghana Limited40
Amansie West Rural Bank Limited41
DHL Ghana Limited42
Enterprise Life Assurance Ltd43
Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Limited44
Ahantaman Rural Bank Plc45
United Bank for Africa (Ghana) Limited46
StarLife Assurance Company Limited47
KEK Insurance Brokers limited48
M&G Pharmaceuticals Limited49
Total Petroleum Ghana PLC (Total Energies)50
New Crystal Health Services Limited51
Chase Petroleum (GH) Limited52
Fiaseman Rural Bank Limited53
GLICO General Insurance Company Limited54
FBNBANK Ghana Limited55
Societe Generale Ghana Plc56
Enterprise Insurance Limited57
Acacia Health Insurance Company58
DE United Foods Industries Ghana Limited59
B5 Plus Limited60
GOIL Plc61
Nyaho Healthcare Limited62
Prudential Bank Limited (PBL)63
Sunu Assurances Ghana Limited64
Mumuadu Rural Bank Limited65
Obsidan Achernar Limited66
Activa International Insurance Company Ltd67
Kasapreko Company Limited68
Microfin Rural Bank Limited69
Ghana Rubber Estates Limited70
Juaben Rural Bank Limited71
Guinness Ghana Breweries Plc72
Nsia Insurance Company Limited73
NMH Nationwide Medical Insurance Company Limited74
Papaye Fast Food Limited75
Otuasekan Rural Bank76
Nexans KabelMetals (Ghana) Limited77
Star Assurance Company Limited78

 

CompanyOverall Rank
Crocodile Machets (Ghana) Ltd79
Sefwiman Rural Bank Limited80
Riali Consult Limited81
GLICO Life Insurance Limited82
L’Aine Services Limited83
VFS (Ghana) Private Limited84
Advans Ghana Savings and Loans Limited85
Kintampo Rural Bank Limited86
Reiss & Co. (Ghana) Limited87
Quantum Terminals Plc88
Fan Milk Plc89
Broll Ghana Limited90
Country Links Travel & Tours Limited91
Bayport Savings and Loans Plc92
Izwe Savings and Loans Plc93
Olam Agri Ghana Limited94
U-Save Car Rental Limited (AVIS Ghana)95
Zeal Environmental Technologies Limited96
DDP Outdoor Limited97
GLICO Health Care Limited98
Leasafric Ghana Plc99
Land Tours Ghana Limited100

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