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Old Mutual ,175 Years Of Doing Great Things Across Africa And The World

By Albert Ludwig Botchway, AmCham Communications
By Albert Ludwig Botchway, AmCham Communications
Albert Ludwig Botchway is the Communications Officer at the American Chamber of Commerce in Ghana (AmCham Ghana), where he leads the Chamber’s communications strategy and brand visibility. He drives stakeholder engagement, media relations, and content initiatives that strengthen U.S.–Ghana business relations. His work supports trade, investment, data protection awareness, and innovation across the Chamber’s activities

Old Mutual ,175 Years Of Doing Great Things Across Africa And The World

Old Mutual Ghana is a Life Insurance and Pension Trust Company that provides life assurance and great pension services to customers in Ghana.

The Group was established in Cape Town in 1845 as South Africa’s first mutual life insurance company, offering financial security in uncertain times.

Their purpose is to help customers thrive by enabling them to achieve their lifetime financial goals while investing their funds in ways that will create a positive future for them, their families, their communities and broader society.

In this way, Old Mutual significantly contribute to improving the lives of customers and their communities while ensuring a sustainable future for the business.

Old Mutual now employ more than 30 000 people and operate in 14 countries across two regions:

Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, and eSwatini)

Asia (China)

Old Mutual has been operating in Ghana since 2013, having acquired a majority stake in Provident Life Assurance. The company operates as Old Mutual Life Assurance Company (Ghana) Limited and Old Mutual Pensions Trust Ltd.

Their purpose is to help customers thrive by enabling them to achieve their lifetime financial goals while investing their funds in ways that will create a positive future for them, their families, their communities and broader society.

This they do with an excellently assembled leadership team who are poised to take the business to the lofty heights that Old mutual is noted for.

For the last 175 years, they have delivered value to people, their families, businesses, communities and the countries in which they operate,

These are a few things Old Mutual has done for their customers and stakeholders:

  • built their dreams and fund their ambitions with them (savings, investments)
  • secured their futures (retirement, pension funds)
  •  protected them from the inevitabilities of life and built their legacies (risk, short term insurance)
  •  taught their children (education/investments plans, responsible business education initiatives)
  • supported their passions (sponsorship initiatives)
  • uplifted their communities (corporate social investment)
  • and preserved our environment (water plant, responsible investment)

We have delivered great outcomes for our customers and the public and we will indeed celebrate our heritage with them.

After operating for such a long time, you can be rest assured that all that experience will be passed on to the Ghanaian market.

We’ve seen it all. And, if we’ve learnt anything in this time it’s this:

THE IMPORTANT THINGS TO PEOPLE (AND TO OLD MUTUAL) HAVEN’T CHANGED. ‘WHY’ WE DO THINGS IS CONSTANT. IT’S THE HOW THAT CHANGES AS THE WORLD DOES.

You can trust us to champion our customers and be their most trusted lifetime partner, passionate about helping them achieve their financial goals.

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