To set the context right, the Cocoa-Chocolate industry is worth US$131bn yet when you break it down, the smallholder cocoa farmers who own est. 4,500,000 cocoa farms in the world with over 36,000,000 dependents are given only 6% to 6.6% of the industry’s ever-growing annual worth/value to share, whereas...
After a year of consistently supporting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), the National Board for Small Scale Industry (NBSSI) now known as the Ghana Enterprise Agency (GEA), believes it has enough data to draft deliberate plans to accelerate the growth of businesses.
Kosi Yankey-Ayeh, the agency’s Executive Director said...
Enterprise Life Assurance Company (Nigeria) Limited, a few months after receiving its operating licence from the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), has opened its doors to the general public. It will be recalled that in November 2020 the company, which is a subsidiary of Enterprise Group PLC with headquarters in...
Ishango, a social enterprise creating highly skilled jobs in Africa and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Africa’s first and largest network of centres for innovative post-graduate training in mathematical sciences, have announced a partnership to connect top African data scientists with international work experience opportunities.
The partnership will...
The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) and Asoko Insight have announced their launch of the TDB Renewable Energy DealRoom, to accelerate financing of renewable energy projects in the region served by TDB.
Building on Asoko’s extensive database of African private sector players and the power of...
Ghana’s post-independence history has been characterised by long periods of military rule. In the late 1980s, after nearly one decade of quasi-military rule under the PNDC, strong internal and external pressures on government led to the promulgation of a liberal constitution in 1992, and the inauguration of a multiparty...
Last week, we examined the changing role of the branch manager of today. The present-day branch managers, sometimes known as Business Managers or Branch Sales and Service Managers, are no longer the stereotype of an unseen and illusive boss behind a closed door. The image of the bank manager...
Newmont Ghana’s Women and Allies Network has donated protective wear and sanitary supplies to three schools near the company’s Akyem mine to support COVID-19 relief efforts in its host communities.
The beneficiary schools – Ntronang Presby School, Afosu D.A. School and Mamanso Presby School – received nose masks, paper towels,...
The women at Hollard Ghana, fondly called ‘Hollardite Women’ have a purpose to enable more people to create and secure a better future. With the company’s moral compass, ‘The Hollard Way’ as their guiding light, Hollardite women across various departments, roles and locations are leading the charge to ensure...