60% of Ghanaians not saving for retirement – Report
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Approximately 6 out of 10 Ghanaians are not saving for retirement, according to the 2023 Old Mutual Financial Services Monitor.
This is significantly higher amongst informal sector workers, younger and lower-income earners.
The report also said only 18.0% are very confident that they have enough savings for retirement.
Only 37.0% of respondents have started saving for retirement.
Again, 7 out of 10 Ghanaians are hoping that their children may support them when they are old.
There are no significant differences across age and income levels. Significantly lower expectations amongst Ghanaians (11%) that the government will look after them when they are unable to support themselves.
For life cover, 88% of respondents said they do not currently have life cover.
In terms of the reasons for not having a life cover, 24% of the respondents pointed out that life cover is not a priority. Eighteen percent said they do not see the importance.
Meanwhile, consumers use a multitude of ways to save from formal to informal depending on needs.
The top savings channels mentioned are at a bank, Mobile money, Susu, or Unbanked cash.
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ABOUT: Nana Kwesi Coomson
[email protected] An Entrepreneur, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Communications Executive and Philanthropist. Editor-in-Chief of www.233times.com. A Senior Journalist with Ghanaian Chronicle Newspaper. An alumnus of Adisadel College where he read General Arts. His first degree is in Bachelor of Arts - Political Science (major) and History (minor) from the University of Ghana. He holds MSc in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Energy with Public Relations (PR) from the Robert Gordon University in the United Kingdom. He is a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied at Clark Atlanta University in USA on the Business and Entrepreneurship track.
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