The most prestigious Ghana Entrepreneurial honours, for the first time, would be held virtually. After nine prestigious editions, Entrepreneur Foundation of Ghana (EFG) will present Ghana’s first ever virtual Award show that recognizes Corporate Entrepreneurship due to the ban on conferences and social activities announced by the President to...
Ghana continues to make strides in its efforts to bring the situation of COVID-19 under control. The global health crisis has undeniably affected the country, with restrictions on key activities put in place to contain spread of the virus.
There is now a stronger need for corporates to respond to...
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is largely an informal sector activity, with limited access to information on responsible mining practices and sustainable production.
Most small-scale mining operations in Ghana are in remote areas, which makes deployment of interventions to improve the sector challenging. This is because existing intervention models are...
Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative supports global movement for malaria elimination in Africa
Ecobank Group confirmed its commitment to support ending malaria, launching the first-of-its-kind Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative in partnership with Dakar-based not-for-profit strategic communications and advocacy organization, Speak Up Africa, and the UN-hosted RBM Partnership to End...
Appruve, a global tech company, is set to begin the publication of analytical reviews on onboarding financial service providers’ tech-based channels.
Many financial services claim to adopt an omnichannel approach - but more often than not, the reality is that whether the user is being on-boarded via the website, mobile...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), working in partnership with GIZ, has handed two mobile laboratory vans to the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR) toward scaling-up testing of potential COVID-19 patients - particularly in ‘harder to reach’ communities.
To support government’s commitment to stop and contain spread of the virus...
This year’s International Day of the African Child has been held in Tamale, the Northern Region capital, with a call on African heads of state to implement child-friendly laws in order to improve children’s access to justice. Despite the fact that child-rights have been recognised in many of African states, their implementation...
The Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) has inducted 44 senior engineers into the fold of the institution online via Zoom.
The senior engineers who were inducted online included 10 Civil Engineers, 24 in the Mechanical/Agric/Marine Technical Division, five in the Chemical/Mining Technical Division and five in the Electrical/Electronic Technical Division.
The...
Government attributed and commended the strong performance of Ghana Reinsurance Company to the Board, Management and Staff of the company at its 17th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Accra last week.
Ghana Re announced a group composite (life and general business) gross premium income for 2019 of GH¢253.37m compared to...
As part of efforts to increase cocoa productivity to over one million metric tonnes, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has commenced a hand-pollination exercise across all production areas for the 2019/2020 season.
COCOBOD has therefore increased recruited and trained youth for the human-induced cross-fertilisation programme from 20,000 in the previous...