Captain Planet Foundation, renowned global environmental non-profit organization, has appointed Timothy Karikari to its board of directors. His appointment makes him the first African to be appointed to the board of the US based foundation. Speaking to the press on his appointment, Mr. Karikari said: “This appointment is strategic as...
Airports Council International (ACI) World has adjudged the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) as part of 140 airports globally that listened before drafting COVID-19 measures to ensure traveling is not impeded with outbreak of the pandemic. This was entailed in the 2020 ‘The Voice of the Customer’ report by the...
debts linger for two years Fertiliser suppliers for government’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative have said the programme is under threat over debts owed by government, with some of the monies dating back to two years. The suppliers said though the initiative had been successful in the first...
Some farmers and aggregators, also known as middle-men, in the Northern Region have refused to release maize unto the market, hoping to see prices increase before they do so, thereby, creating artificial shortage. Observation made by the B&FT in various warehouses in the Tamale Metropolis, Sagnerigu Municipality, Savelugu, Walewale, and Yendi...
The manufacturing and service sectors, including agribusiness but excluding trade, recorded an estimated GH¢158.4billion financing gap in 2020 - about 40 percent of GDP according to the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta. Despite the huge gap, Mr. Ofori-Atta is however confident that it can be plugged by the soon to...
The Visibility Collins Dictionary defines visibility as ‘how much is seen or noticed by other people’.  Visibility is very important in corporate-brand communication; it hinges on who sees your corporate brand and the level of the brand’s attributes retention and retrieval among your targeted consumer segment. On the other hand, corporate brand...
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has announced that government will not seek additional funding and supplementary budget for the next half of the year to contain the country’s debt stock and avoid fiscal slippages. Mr. Ofori explained that even though the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged many economies around the world,...
Purple Park, the real estate arm of Spektra Global Limited, has unveiled an affordable housing unit dubbed Seed Gate, with the ultimate objective of addressing housing deficit in the country. The Seed Gate apartments, located at Tema Community 25, comes in two to three bedrooms detached and semi-detached designs, giving...
Solidaridad, an international civil society organization, has launched its ‘RECLAIM Sustainability!’ programme aimed at promoting inclusive growth and sustainable supply chains in the cocoa and oil palm sectors in Ghana. The five-year programme, launched in Accra, is implemented by Solidaridad and TrustAfrica with funding from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign...
The board is responsible for protecting shareholders’ interests, providing oversight and also making decisions that are in the best interest of its stakeholders.  Through independence of judgement, its duly authorised members are expected to provide thought leading knowledge, expertise and experience to the board.  According to various Companies Acts...