rale sg type public traded as gse sg ssb industry financial services founded 1975 headquarters ring road central accra greater accra ghana key people kofi ampim 1 chairman gilbert hie 2 managing director jose rebollar 3 chief operating officer products loans checking savings investments debit cards credit cards revenue aftertax us 15.4 million ghs 30.3 million 2012 4 total assets us 554 million ghs 1 088 million 2012 5 website www.sg ssb.com.gh societe generale ghana limited sg is a bank that is based in ghana previously known as soci t g n rale social security bank sg ssb . the bank is part of the soci t g n rale banking group . the bank is based in accra and its stock is listed on the ghana stock exchange . it is a component of the gse all share index . according to its website it is the 4th largest bank in ghana and has 45 networked branches in ghana . 6 contents 1 history 2 overview 3 soci t g n rale group 4 ownership 5 branches 5.1 greater accra region 5.2 ashanti region 5.3 brong aharfo region 5.4 central region 5.5 eastern region 5.6 northern region 5.7 upper east region 5.8 volta region 5.9 western region 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit sg began in 1975 as security guarantee trust limited and the next year changed its name to social security bank limited or ssb . in 1994 ssb and the national savings and credit bank merged under a world bank program . the next year the government of ghana divested its 21 % share of the bank and it was converted to a public limited liability company and subsequently listed on the ghana stock exchange . in 2004 the bank rebranded as sg ssb after societe generale acquired a 51 % controlling interest in the institution . 7 and in 2013 rebranded as sg to conform with the group name soci t g n rale . 8 overview edit according to its website the bank is the 5th largest commercial bank in ghana by assets as of december 2011 . 9 as of december 2010 update the bank s total assets were valued at approximately us 423.4 million ghs 685.9 million with shareholders equity of approximately us 71.9 million ghs 116.2 million . 10 the bank markets the sika program including the sika card a credit card and the sikatext initiative program . the bank is actively investing in internet banking . soci t g n rale group edit the bank is one of the soci t g n rale subsidiaries . out of these seventeen 17 are in africa in the countries of algeria benin burkina faso cameroon chad c te d ivoire egypt ghana guinea equatorial guinea madagascar mauritania morocco senegal south african republic and tunisia . 11 ownership edit the bank s stock is listed on the ghana stock exchange and is traded under the symbol sg ssb . major shareholders in the bank include the following corporate entities and individuals 12 sg ssb stock ownership rank name of owner percentage ownership 1 soci t g n rale financial services holding 52.24 2 ssnit 22.14 3 daniel ofori an individual 07.31 4 others 08.31 total 100.00 branches edit as of december 2011 update sg ssb maintains a network of thirty eight branches in all regions of ghana . 13 greater accra region edit accra new town branch faanofa branch kasoa branch kaneshie main branch spintex road branch osu branch east legon branch lotteries agency pig farm spot bank agency north industrial area branch accra main branch okaishie branch premier towers branch ring road central branch tema main comm 2 branch tema fishing harbour branch tema motorway spot bank agency tudu branch madina branch ashanti region edit adum branch asafo branch kumasi central branch suame branch tepa agency kejetia branch brong aharfo region edit berekum branch sunyani branch central region edit cape coast branch dunkwa branch eastern region edit akim oda branch koforidua branch northern region edit tamale branch upper east region edit bolgatanga branch volta region edit ho branch western region edit adabokrom agency bibiani branch takoradi branch akontombra agency tarkwa branch see also edit list of banks in ghana economy of ghana references edit sg ssb 2012 financial annual report gilbert hie appointed managing director of sg ssb sg ssb 2012 financial annual report sg ssb 2012 financial annual report sg ssb 2012 financial annual report 1 ssb rebrands as sg ssb sg ssb now societe general fifth largest ghanaian commercial bank by assets 31 december 2010 audited financial report soci t g n rale institutional website shareholders in sg ssb location of branches of sg ssb external links edit sg ssb homepage research on sg ssb from gold coast securities in ghana in pdf format profile at alacrastore the 20 major shareholders in sg ssb v t e economy of ghana currency ghanaian cedi banking offshore private capital bank national investment bank prudential bank limited unibank retail savings agricultural development bank of ghana cal bank gcb bank ltd home finance company ut bank savings and loan abii national savings and loans company insurance enterprise group sic insurance company 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