Ghana's 20 under 40

In two years, after joining SA backed IZWE LOANS, in 2013, Bismarck had successfully navigated the SA backed finance house through Ghana’s financial meltdown, grown its asset base by 416% to GHC155, increased branches from five to nine, replaced all its foreign investments with domestic investments to protect the company from foreign exchange shocks, and acquired a provisional licence from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to expand into a Savings & Loans Company.

Now the company is poised to do secured lending to include the informal and private sectors; hitherto all credits it offers are to public sector workers only.

1.       He’s binge spending time with his kids, when not travelling.

2.       He’s a fanatic Catalan (Barcelona FC) fan.