Without proper adherence to ethical guidelines such as the Ghana Banking Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, banks and businesses will be doing great a disservice to their businesses specifically and the economy in general, Julian Kingsley Opuni, Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, a leading indigenous lender, has said. “Ethics...
…Kwaku Appiah-Menka appointed Managing Director SIC Life Insurance Company, the nation’s second-largest premium income earner has inaugurated a seven-member Board of Directors. The ceremony was held at the Ministry of Finance conference room last week Friday. The board members sworn in that day by Justice Sophia Bernasko Essah are: Akwasi...
The newly reconstituted board of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has emphasised its commitment to bring to bear high level individual expertise in curbing wastage in all operations of the company, and ensure efficiency in production and service delivery. Speaking to the B&FT, Board Member, Surv. Prof. Forster Kum-Ankama Sarpong,...
Despite the Cash Waterfall Mechanism (CWM), which seeks to clear power sector-related debt by distributing the revenues from the sale of electricity proportionately among the relevant energy sector players involved in the electricity supply value chain, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is only able to pay for about 50...
The Chief Executive Officer of Tullow Oil Plc, Rahul Dhir, has said that Tullow’s renewed Corporate Strategy and purpose is to build a better future through responsible oil and gas development that creates value for host nations, investors, staff and communities. Mr. Rahul Dhir disclosed this when he led...
Ghana is to receive 530,000 doses of AstraZeneca’s Covishield vaccine from the governments of Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Germany. It is expected to a arrive in Accra via the COVAX facility on October 6. With this donation, the four governments jointly support Ghana’s vaccination effort to reach 20 million adult...
Vodafone Ghana Foundation through its annual Homecoming initiative has discharged 375 financially challenged patients facing insolvency from various health facilities across the country. The 2021 version which was similar to last year was divided into three phases to help pay the medical bills and other ancillary medical costs of patients...
I welcome myself back to this column after a two-year break!  Its great to see the many changes the world has seen in this period, including the Covid. I didn’t start my financial services career with the passionate love for pension and retirement matters.  However, as I discovered how critical...
A digital road safety platform has been launched to help reduce the carnage on Ghana’s roads and promote sustainable transportation. The platform, named Drifan, was developed by the Ghana Driver & Road Safety Foundation (GDRS Foundation) with the backing of the National Road Safety Authority and Driver & Vehicle Licensing...
COCOBOD, from October, 2022 will begin the issuance of electronic cash to farmers for all cocoa purchases, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Dr. Emmanuel Opoku has said. Currently, COCOBOD buys all cocoa with physical cash from farmers across the country, but the trend of paying hard cash to farmers...