Odelia Ntiamoah takes over the reins of business programming at the Multimedia Group. The position was formerly occupied by Emma Morrison who later became the General Manager of Joy Cluster. The Head of Joy Business position, which spans Joy and Adom Clusters, will require Odelia to interface with the business...
Despite advancing credit in excess of US$70 million in 2020, primarily to domestic businesses in the country, Standard Chartered Bank PLC (Stan Chart) says the demand-side appetite for credit has been on the decline, ostensibly as a result of the disruptions to supply chains caused by the pandemic.
Speaking at...
The country could substantially strengthen its foothold as Africa’s top gold producer if issues concerning insecurity at mines, delays in obtaining permits and railway infrastructure are addressed, the Ghana Chamber of Mines, has said.
The Chamber’s Chief Executive Officer Sulemanu Koney said these issues have been identified as having the...
In January 2020, sixteen allegations of ethical misconduct were levelled against Adesina by a group of whistleblowers
A much-awaited report by an Independent Review Panel has completely exonerated the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, of any ethical wrongdoing.
The Independent Review Panel was set up by the Bureau...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged government to focus the Ghana Coronavirus Alleviation and Revitalisation of Enterprises Support (Ghana CARES) programme on few sectors that can make immediate impact on recovering the economy, rather than taking a multiple sector approach which will be difficult to finance.
The Ghana CARES...
Plan International Ghana in partnership with the MTN Ghana Foundation have sponsored 50 young people on a fully-funded mobile phone assembling and repairs training in Suhum under the second phase of the Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Project (YEEP).
Two months ago, the YEEP trained some 50 young people in the Nsawam Municipality also in the...
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on commercial contracts is inevitable. Issues of inability to perform and inadequacy of performance of contractual obligations as a result of the conditions brought about by the pandemic would be prevalent among contracting parties in the coming months.
In all these, parties to commercial...
Even though the rollout of the mobile money platform since a decade ago has been largely successful, as it has widely gained acceptance, most transactions are still cash driven, a situation Bank of Ghana’s Director and Head of Payment Systems, Dr. Settor Amediku, says requires more collaboration of both...
The Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) is pushing the Bank of Ghana to direct commercial banks to loan out excess liquidity derived as a result of COVID-19 interventions introduced by the Central Bank to only businesses affected by the outbreak of the pandemic.
“Bank of Ghana should redirect that excess funds...