Former Finance Minister Seth Terkper has charged government to build up the Sinking Fund to retire the zero-coupon bond that will mature in 2025, as this will free-up resources for whichever government succeeds the present one. The terms of the zero-coupon bond do not oblige government to make periodic interest...
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is calling on the Ministry of Food & Agriculture (MoFA) to change the focus of agriculture in the country, to move beyond food security and focus more on supplying strategic raw materials to industry. The AGI noted that the current situation wherein agriculture is...
Data from the Internal Audit Agency (IAA) has revealed that, in 2020, GH¢211,245,050.33 savings were made for the country after it detected infractions amounting to GH¢522,915,562.26 at various Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) as well as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) nationwide. The data explained that the IAA reviewed...
After an assessment of its assets and liabilities, the Finance Ministry and the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA) have agreed to push investments into AirtelTigo to make it profitable, the Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said. According to the minister, government is aware of the high...
The job of an HR Professional certainly does not end after hiring the right person for a particular job role. Managing employee performance has become an increasingly popular topic lately. Large and small businesses alike are taking a special interest in measuring and improving productivity and performance. In this write-up,...
The Turkey-Ghana diplomatic and economic relationship has gone from strength to strength over the last several years. Not only has the growing relationship led to several notable Turkish companies setting up in Ghana to provide crucial goods and services to Ghanaians as well as investing heavily in key sectors...
Access Bank, in partnership with ScaleUp Africa will present the Pan-African Women’s Conference under the theme, Choose to Challenge to boost women’s empowerment, innovation and entrepreneurship. The virtual conference is part of a strategic partnership to boost the economic contribution and resources available to women in business and professional careers. The program...
A total of 500 vulnerable and marginalized women in the Bono Region are expected to benefit from basic entrepreneurship and vocational training project. The five-month project dubbed “Women Empowerment and Enterprise Development” (WEED) is aimed at promoting women inclusion in decision- making as well as advocate gender-sensitive and equity at...
Kandifo Institute, an analytical policy think-thank, has expressed satisfaction with the annual growth rate in connection to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in the country. According to Kandifo, it is amazing to see the annual growth of the SDG hovering around 17 percent considering how economies were impacted...
Mutual funds and unit trusts have been popular investment vehicles in Ghana from the nineties. The lure of starting with little and being able to watch our investments grow as we add periodically to them has added to the growth of collective investment schemes in Ghana. Currently, there are about...

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