Saturday, December 2, 2023
Have you ever wondered why some African Presidents who enter the job with the best of intentions and carry the hopes of a nation (or at least a majority) with them upon their arrival, fail so abysmally to achieve the outcomes that their citizens (including themselves) hope to achieve?...
As it provides AMC with US$5.7m loan The International Financial Corporation’s (IFC) Senior Country Manager for Benin, Ghana, Guinea and Togo, Kyle Kelhofer, has underscored the importance of access to quality and affordable healthcare for economic growth. Speaking at the signing of a partnership between the IFC and Accra...
NHIS, VAT flat rate up by 1% each New sanitation and pollution levy Fuel prices to go up by 5.7% Banks slapped with 5% extra income tax Road tolls revised New gaming policy introduced Government has introduced some new taxes and revised existing ones upward to generate more revenue...
At a time when the world is being compelled to embrace the new normal, Vodafone Ghana is leading the way in redefining the role of Telcos in the new world through a systematic programme of digitalisation at scale. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for an...
Speakers at the just-ended Ghana Youth Agriculture Summit have encouraged the youth and agriculture enthusiasts to shift from the old way of agriculture production and adopt technology in their quest to boost productivity. This has become necessary as the world keeps moving onto new technological and digital tools for efficiency...
New Crystal Health Services (NCHS) has secured a capital injection of approximately 5.7 million dollars, as it seeks to take its services a notch higher in the provision quality healthcare.  The capital injection comprises a loan of US$2.5 million from International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the...
The Nkoranman Rural Bank at Seikwa in the Tain district of Bono Region has posted satisfactory gains in its performance indicators to consolidate year-on-year-on growth. Amid the myriad of operational challenges that stemmed from the troubled macroeconomic environment, largely because of the coronavirus pandemic and the financial sector clean-up by...
To position the Bank to embrace opportunities available in the payments and financial space, Access Bank has brought together industry stakeholders to review the bank's payment strategy in relation to global trends and available opportunities at a workshop for management and selected staff at the Labadi Beach Hotel in...
From 100,000 new songs a day to the TikTokification of music and culture, 2022 was a year of change and new realities for music and the music industry. 2022 was rough, but it had a few key themes. The new normal of inflation is out of control. There has been...
…warns cybercrime is on the rise The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Slamm Technologies, Samuel Boateng has cautioned institutions against the use of pirated and illegally modified software applications for business operations as a means of protection against cyber-attacks. According to him, the use of such applications, whilst considered as a...