{"id":30363,"date":"2026-08-04T03:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T06:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=30363"},"modified":"2026-08-05T03:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T06:10:47","slug":"ghanas-national-lottery-authority-to-conduct-calbank-prize-draws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/ghanas-national-lottery-authority-to-conduct-calbank-prize-draws","title":{"rendered":"Ghana’s National Lottery Authority to conduct CalBank prize draws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Lottery Authority will independently conduct the prize draws for CalBank’s Abakade Promo, a three-month savings campaign offering cash prizes of up to GHS100,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ghana.- Ghana’s National Lottery Authority<\/strong> (NLA) will conduct the independent prize draws for CalBank’s Abakade Promo, a three-month savings campaign offering eligible customers the chance to win up to GHS100,000 (US$8,560) in cash prizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CalBank PLC<\/strong> is a Ghanaian commercial bank providing retail, business and corporate banking services. According to the bank, all winners will be selected through independent draws conducted by the NLA to ensure fairness and transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Akussah, who represented the NLA’s director-general at the launch, wished the bank “a successful campaign that strengthens customer engagement<\/strong> and creates lasting value for the CalBank brand,” according to a CalBank press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The campaign was launched on July 31 and runs from August 1 to October 31 2026. Eligible individuals who make a new deposit of at least GHS500 (US$43) into an active CalBank account and maintain the balance for a minimum of 30 days will automatically earn an entry into the campaign, while every additional qualifying GHS500 (US$43) deposit earns another entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The campaign will award five customers GHS5,000 (US$428) each at the end of the first month and another five customers GHS5,000 (US$428) each at the end of the second month before concluding with a grand finale<\/strong> draw in which one customer will win GHS100,000 (US$8,560). Winners will be contacted directly and announced on CalBank’s official digital platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CalBank deputy managing director Johnson Oware said the initiative reflects the bank’s commitment to rewarding loyal customers while encouraging a stronger savings culture. “The CalBank Abakade Promo is our way of giving back to our loyal customers. It reflects our resolve to make banking more rewarding<\/strong> while encouraging a good savings culture.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen Essien, head of consumer banking at CalBank, said the name “Abakade” was chosen because it is a familiar Ghanaian expression associated with excitement and celebration, reflecting the joy customers experience when patience, discipline and sound financial choices are rewarded.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The National Lottery Authority will independently conduct the prize draws for CalBank’s Abakade Promo, a three-month savings campaign offering cash prizes of up to GHS100,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":11636,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Ghana's National Lottery Authority (NLA) will independently conduct prize draws for CalBank's \"Abakade Promo,\" a three-month savings campaign offering cash prizes up to GHS100,000. This collaboration highlights the critical role of independent oversight in ensuring fairness and transparency for promotional campaigns, thereby strengthening consumer trust in financial services and setting a precedent for regulated prize-based initiatives.","focusai_entities":"National Lottery Authority, NLA, CalBank PLC, Charles Akussah, Johnson Oware, Stephen Essien","focusai_location":"Ghana","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.75), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"NLA's Expanded Regulatory Scope?","query":"What implications does the National Lottery Authority's involvement in a non-lottery financial promotion have for its regulatory scope and potential expansion into other prize-based verticals within Ghana's capital markets and iGaming sectors?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent for Promotions?","query":"How might this independent draw model influence regulatory compliance standards and governance frameworks for promotional campaigns across other regulated sectors, including iGaming, in Ghana or similar jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60022,60012],"tags":[67,72,74],"class_list":["post-30363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","category-west-africa","tag-casinos","tag-gaming","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30363"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30494,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30363\/revisions\/30494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}