The Ghana Chapter of the African Association of Young Insurance Professionals has been inaugurated in Accra. The inauguration took place over the weekend as part of the events at the Chartered Insurance Institute Ghana’s Insurance Excellence Awards, 2023 edition held at the Movenpick Hotel. YIP is a convocation of...
…despite COVID-19 effects The contribution of travel and tourism in percentages to Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product (% of GDP) is expected to stay within five percent by end of December this year, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has indicated. The percentage of tourism’s contribution to...
The fifth edition of Ghana Beverage Awards (GBA) has been successfully organised with Awake Purified Drinking Water emerging winner for the ultimate award, Product of the Year. Other winners included Storm Energy Drink, Blue Skies Fruit Juice and Coca Cola. Being organised virtually for the second year running, the awards...
-GhIPSS boss tells shop owners Businesses are being encouraged to find innovative ways to get their customers to choose electronic payment channels over cash. This is to enable such businesses to have less cash on them and reduce their exposure to robbery and pilfering. There are concerns of robberies on the...
An alleged US$36 million procurement fraud, relating to the supply of single and three phase electric meters by L & R Investment and Trading Company, is casting doubts over the management of the country power supply sub-sector. The company, incorporated in China, in 2016 entered into a contract with government...
…as they endorse FDA PLS initiative Multinational retail shops in Ghana are keen to increase the volume of local products on sale in their various supermarkets to consolidate gains from the Food and Drug Authority’s Progressive Licencing Scheme (PLS) certification initiative. Most are targetting a range of Made in...
The Executive Director of Child Rights International (CRI), Mr. Bright Appiah, has appealed to politicians seeking various positions in this year election to avoid using children or minors as their campaign tools in securing votes from the electorate. He said it would very irresponsible and demeaning for any political party...
Global consumer electronics and smart manufacturing company with smartphones and smart hardware connected by an IoT platform at its core, Xiaomi, has opened its first-ever shop in Ghana. The office located on the Spintex road in Ghana’s capital, Accra is the first by the Chinese company in West Africa. Xiaomi is...
The executives of the 2019/2020 batch of the National Service Personnel, numbering 481, whose tenure was somewhat shortened by the Coronavirus pandemic have presented some items as a token of their gratitude to the Port Authority for the opportunity given them. The items include 2 branded benches for the Transport...
Seyram Kawor, a Senior Lecturer of the School of Business, University of Cape Coast recently won the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Campus Culture Excellence Award as the Global Champion, 2020 at the first-ever CIMA Excellence Awards virtual ceremony on 11 December 2020. This award recognises faculties and...