Peter Martey Agbeko of the Ghana Standards Authority has been appointed a judge at the 2021 International Public Relations Association (IPRA) Golden World Awards (GWA). Peter Agbeko is Head of Public Relations at the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) and a member of the Executive Council of the Institute of Public...
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has commenced processes to shut down 49 Television (TV) stations for operating without Authorisations. This forms part of a continuous monitoring exercise conducted on various Satellite Free-to-Air Television platforms using the Broadcast Monitoring System (BMS) and the Radio Spectrum Monitoring System (RSMS). "The monitoring revealed that...
Are you always engrossed with work and a busy schedule, making it simply impossible to get yourself, your besties or that dear family member a meal that requires an in-person connection? Or perhaps you are the kind that loves to snuggle-up in bed over the weekend without having to...
On 30 March 2021, the government of Ghana announced a successful issuance of a $3.025 billion Eurobond to international investors in four different tranches, which was over-subscribed. The tranches include 4-year, 7-year, 12-year, and 20-year bonds at coupon rates of 0 percent, 7.75 percent, 8.625 percent, and 8.875 percent. The...
-Records over 2.7 million active members in 2020 The move to digitise the registration process of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is already yielding results, with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in the Ashanti Region recording some 2,902,306 in active membership for 2020, despite the impact of COVID-19...
Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, has stated emphatically that though Ghana is endowed with 53.2 billion cubic metres of water this does not give individuals or group of persons any excuse to destroy water-bodies. “It is our duty to ensure that we keep our rivers and...
… as BoG, NCA, Police et al set up a fraud control dashboard Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said government is waging an all-out war on cyber fraud, and as a result all relevant state and private institutions in the cybersecurity space have been brought together to form a...
In your teenage years, it is yours to learn… Imagine a group of countries so lucky in their national lives, to observe other nations as they present themselves as mock-ups of some sort, testing out policies, strategies for national development. A continent, comprising fifty-four independent states, all very much delayed at...
Tema Tank Farm Limited (TTF), the largest privately-owned petroleum storage facility in the country, has called on government to as a matter of urgency commence rehabilitating roads in the Tema industrial enclave. According to TTF, the part of Tema industrial enclave stretching from Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to Kpone -...
… responsible for 64% of global transaction value in 2020 As the world progresses toward more forms of digital payments, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) appears to have a firm grip on the mobile money segment as it currently holds 548 million of the 1.21 billion, or 46%, of global mobile money...

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