Wilmar Africa Limited, producers of Frytol Vegetable Oil and Fortune Rice won two awards at the just-ended Women’s Choice Awards Africa 2023, held on Friday, December 1, 2023. Wilmar Africa Ltd., a leading player in the food industry, secured two coveted titles – 'Food Manufacturing Company of the Year' and...
…domestic tourism will continue to be on the increase In recent weeks, there has been talk of a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic following easing of restrictions and people not adhering to the COVID – 19 protocols. It is a fact that many people especially in Ghana have relax...
In a ground-breaking collaboration, Oxford Business Group (OBG) and the Africa Prosperity Network (APN) are joining forces to spearhead the APN initiative to identify and address bottlenecks in manufacturing, adding value, and trading within the African continent. This strategic partnership signifies a commitment to shedding light on Africa's economic...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with Vodafone Ghana and Access Bank, has trained 60 local women in the Upper East Region on strategies of safekeeping their business earnings in their respective communities. The move, according to the implementing bodies, seeks to holistically help women achieve and accelerate...
The Sophisticated, High-Networth & Excellence (SHE) Global Awards, a Dubai-based, annual business ceremony to honour successful women change-makers, has selected Accra-Ghana as the destination to host the fifth edition of the prestigious event slated for 12th -13th April, 2024. The awards, which are organised by the publishers of Ladies in...
Digital literacy as a fourth literacy has become necessary to talk about in education and eLearning. Although reading, writing, and mathematics are respected as the basis of being literate, literacy in this day is not complete if a person is not capable of accessing and creating digital information. Education as...
According to a 2022 report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), women occupy 40 percent of jobs in the photovoltaic (PV) solar sector. In Ghana however, anecdotal evidence suggests the number of women working in the sector is significantly lower than the global average. Dutch & Co., the leading...
On November 23, Russian senators, academicians, researchers and experts gathered to discuss the export of non-commodities to Africa at the interactive webinar, organized by Federation Council of Russia, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia, and Business Russia Association. According to the organizers, the meeting was to identify funding for...
The Women's Forum of Stanbic Bank Ghana, Blue Fusion, has donated reading and learning materials worth GH¢30,000 to Serwaa Nyarko Girls’ SHS in Kumasi. This forms part of their mission to inspire, educate and uplift young girls and women on International Women’s Day and beyond. Speaking at a brief presentation...
“The agriculture sector is among the most vulnerable. Agriculture is important not only for food security issues but also for inter-regional food integration,” African Development Bank Director of Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research, Hanan Morsy, said during a news conference on the opening day of the African Economic Conference...