Ghana International Bank plc (GHIB) is expanding its banking services for affluent Africans through a strategic partnership with Daniel Ford International and the Berkeley Group, aimed at connecting prospective property buyers with selected residential developments in London.
The collaboration is expected to provide high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, entrepreneurs, business owners and senior executives across Africa with access to information on selected UK residential properties, alongside specialist property advisory services and UK-based banking solutions.
The initiative comes amid growing interest in international wealth management and cross-border investment among Africa’s affluent population.
According to the Africa Wealth Report 2026 by New World Wealth, the continent is home to just over 127,000 US dollar millionaires, with Nigeria accounting for approximately 8,100 and Ghana recording an estimated 2,600.
GHIB believes the growing affluent population presents an opportunity to expand its personal banking services and support customers with increasingly complex international financial needs.
Established in London in 1959, the bank has spent more than six decades facilitating trade, investment and corporate banking relationships between Africa and the United Kingdom.
Through the new partnership, prospective buyers will receive information about selected residential developments in some of London’s sought-after locations within the Berkeley Group’s portfolio.
Daniel Ford International will provide the property-related advisory services, while GHIB will offer banking solutions to eligible customers seeking to manage their UK financial requirements.
Commenting on the initiative, GHIB Chief Banking Officer, Ophelia Attobrah, said the partnership responds to the growing international banking needs of African professionals, entrepreneurs and business leaders.
She explained that the bank’s Premier and Classic Accounts were designed to help customers manage cross-border financial transactions, including banking requirements that may arise when considering property acquisitions in the UK.
Attobrah stressed, however, that GHIB’s role would remain strictly within banking services, with decisions on whether to purchase property and which development to choose resting entirely with customers.
She added that although the initiative was being launched in Ghana, it was open to existing and prospective customers across all African markets served by the bank.
The bank sees opportunities to deepen its presence across West Africa and other parts of the continent as demand for international banking services continues to evolve.
GHIB said the collaboration forms part of its broader strategy to develop tailored financial solutions for Africa’s growing affluent population by leveraging its London presence and longstanding connections with the continent.
The bank has also clarified that it will not provide property, investment, mortgage, tax or legal advice, nor recommend or endorse any particular property purchase.
All property-related advisory services will be handled separately by Daniel Ford International and the relevant property providers, while access to GHIB accounts will remain subject to the bank’s eligibility requirements and standard onboarding procedures.
