FINASTRA, a financial technological company has introduced its app, FusionFabric.cloud to Ghana’s Information Technology (IT) firms and banking industry. According to the company, the FusionFabric.cloud, is FINASTRA‘s platform-as-a-service (PaaS) solution, that champions collaboration and encourages innovation by opening up core systems so third parties can develop applications on top by...
Over 1,000 residents - from Inchaban, Aboadze, Abuesi, Dwomo and Shama in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and Shama district respectively in the Western Region - have benefitted from a health outreach programme organised by the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo). “These communities house our pipeline onshore, and in a conversation...
Maternal mortality is one of prevalent causes of death amongst pregnant women. According to the World Health Organisation, for every woman who dies of pregnancy-related causes, 20 or 30 others experience acute or chronic morbidity, often with permanent sequelae that undermine their normal functioning. In Ghana, maternal mortality ratio is still as...
Over 1,000 residents - from Inchaban, Aboadze, Abuesi, Dwomo and Shama in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis and Shama district respectively in the Western Region - have benefitted from a health outreach programme organised by the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo). “These communities house our pipeline onshore, and in a conversation...
Per Capita GDP, which in principle is a measure of the total economic output of the country divided by the number of people, has reached a four-year high of US$1,632 or GH₵7,110 at the end of 2017, the statistical service has revealed. The figure is an 8.2 percent increase over...
Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has said that 50% of the national assets of Ghana is being managed and controlled by State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) hence the need for a policy framework that will require real time reporting to keep track of SOE debts and other related performances. “The role of SOEs...
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has said it is confident it will by May 1, 2018 implement the EasyPASS programme - a voluntary trade facilitation scheme, aimed at ensuring that products imported into the Ghanaian market are of the required quality standards to protect public health and save the...
Aviation industry regulator, the Ghana Civil Aviation authority (GCAA), is to meet all dormant airlines by the end of this month to ascertain the cause of their inactivity and collectively decide on a roadmap for resumption of their operations. “We are meeting them to find out their current situation so...
New study points to strong subscriber and mobile broadband growth in West Africa The mobile industry in West Africa is forecast to contribute more than US$50billion annually to the region’s economy by 2022, according to a new GSMA study published at the ‘Mobile 360 – West Africa’ event being...
Land, as we all know, is a very valuable asset known to appreciate in value over time. Most Ghanaians will testify to the fact that the price at which they bought their plots of land some years ago is not the same currently; were they to buy a plot of...