In an effort to consolidate the gains made in fighting the outbreak of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, the Ghana Exports Promotion Authority (GEPA) has presented assorted items to artisans in Sunyani to help control spread of the virus at their workplaces. The items were made up of Veronica...
Access Bank Ghana Plc. has appointed its first female Executive Director to lead the bank’s Retail and Digital Banking. Pearl Nkrumah, the newest addition to the nine-member Access Bank Ghana Board, assumed duty in early February 2022. Pearl brings a wealth of banking experience to the board, with over twenty-three...
A ruling by the International Court of Arbitration ordering the government to Ghana to pay to “GPGC the full value of the Early Termination Payment, together with Mobilisation, Demobilization and preservation and maintenance costs” is quite disconcerting, to say the least. In effect, the International Court of Arbitration has awarded...
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...
PETROSOL has donated specialised Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and medical consumables worth GH¢100,000 to 10 selected hospitals across the country for use by frontline medical workers. The items include 1,000 pieces of N95 facemasks, 5,000 pieces of surgical facemasks, 12,000 pieces of latex gloves, 140 pieces of surgical gowns, 75...
Businesses across the continent will soon enjoy a convenient and affordable mode of payment, as the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat readies to introduce a pan-African payment and settlement platform. When introduced, businesses will no longer have to worry about the high cost involved in making cross-country payments...
The Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Dr. John Kofi Mensah has emerged as the most visible Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in the Ghanaian Banking Industry according to the Institute of Brands Narrative Analysis (IBNA) Media Analysis 2020 survey report. According to the report in the year 2020,...
Pandemic! COVID-19! You will agree with me that the virus was first detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019. The World Health Organization (WHO) led by its Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus initially declared it a public health emergency of international concern on 30 January, 2020 and later, declared it pandemic...
Focuses on revitalising and transforming the economy Targets total revenue and grants at GH¢89.1billion for 2022 Total Expenditure is projected at GH¢128.3billion Overall budget deficit is projected at 7.9% Government, through the Ministry of Finance, has begun the process of preparing the 2022 budget, which keenly focuses on promoting...
GH¢5m in cyber fraud GH¢8m in fraudulent withdrawals and forgery of documents GH¢9m in ATM/POS fraud The number of fraud cases which occurred in banks in 2019 have increased over what was recorded a year ago, with some of the cases largely perpetrated by staff, thereby,...