The Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture has entered into a partnership agreement with Fundación INCYDE, a Spanish entity, to train 150,000 people in Ghana’s tourism value chain.
The training will start in November 2021 and focus on skills development for staff of restaurants, hotels, travel and tour companies, tour...
In calculating the tax payable by individuals, tax laws take into consideration the person’s personal circumstances in life. For instance, a married individual who has three children, in school, this individual provides the necessaries of life of his aged relatives. Such a person is likely to be hard pressed...
Amid the ongoing concerns about COVID-19 and anxiety around a 3rd wave, age-old industries have rethink daily operations and adapted new ways, especially when it comes to payment of goods and services.
Visa, especially its contactless payment platform has stood the test during the pandemic to the point that today,...
Spotify, the world’s most popular global audio streaming subscription service, is now available in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda as of 23 February.
With a worldwide community of more than 345 million monthly active listeners, Spotify will offer a world-class audio listening and music discovery experience to listeners. The...
Izwe Savings and Loans Plc (Izwe) has formed a partnership with the Greater Accra Regional Secretariat of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) to finance 20 brand new Toyota Hiace minibuses to be procured in tranches of 10 buses at a time.
This is part of a broader strategy...
– Ghanaians told on International Mother Language Day
This year’s celebration of the UNESCO-proclaimed International Mother Language Day was tagged with a strong call on Ghanaian parents not to sacrifice their native languages in favour of other languages in the upbringing of their children and the younger generation.
Speaking at a...
…targets US$100m to SMEs for next half-decade
The Chief Executive Officer of the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF), Yaw Owusu-Brempong, has cited absence of a consistent, adequate and sustainable source of funding as the biggest constraint his outfit has faced in its 17-year existence.
A phenomenon he says has inhibited the...
focus to shift toward settlements
calls on fintechs to look beyond processing payments to grow
After years of modest evolution, the banking fraternity and its ‘playbook’, as we know it, will experience significant changes in the near future - propelled by developments brought about by fintechs, as many retail...
Banks in the country have called for more consultations ahead of the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) decision to implement the e-cedi currency. The electronic currency, among other reasons, is aimed at enhancing low transaction costs, improving security of payments, as well as ensuring higher monetary transaction limits.
Even though the...
Upon attaining independence in 1957, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah the new leader of the country found energy as an enabler to economic liberation, having achieved political liberation.
Osagyefo saw the need for adequate, accessible, consistent, and affordable electricity to help boost agriculture, increasing trade, improving transportation, expanding industries; serving as...