The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation’s (UNIDO) Investment Technology Promotion Office (ITPO) in Tokyo, organised the Ghana-Japan Investment Seminar on 13th July 2021, to deepen linkages between the country and Japan’s business community.
The virtual event introduced Japanese private corporations and...
Prior to the ban on canning in basic and senior high schools, teachers used to punish students for a wide range of infractions, some serious, some extraordinarily minor. Some of these students’ misconducts are: making noise in class, truancy or absenteeism, bullying, fighting, stealing, disobedience or rudeness, and leaving...
Development bank has been described as a form of financial intermediary providing financing to high priority investment projects in a developing economy. It is a ‘’bank’’ in the business of development.
Development bank should protect its own financial position in the pursuit of socio-economic benefits. The main purpose of development...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reintroduced the Compliance Forum for its respective stakeholders, with the first edition organised for members of the Ghana Securities Industry Association (GSIA).
The forum aimed at providing clarity on issues of compliance and giving market operators a better sense of the SEC’s expectations...
Fuel prices at various pumps across the country will likely remain stable during the July second pricing window, despite unfavourable external factors, Institute for Energy Security (IES), has forecasted.
It said competition between the various oil marketing companies will cause players to maintain their prices from the previous pricing window, ...
Multi-specialist asset manager, Stanbic Investment Management Services (SIMS) has advised investors and investment firms to keep environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations high on the agenda when making investment decisions.
Speaking at a webinar on the theme ‘Investing Right, Investing for the Future: A Case for Applying ESG Principles...
The West African Reinsurance Corporation (WAICA Re) incurred a net claim of US$30.5million in its 2020 financial year, which translated to a 63 percent increase from the US$18.7million it recorded in 2019.
The claims were incurred across most of the nine countries it is operating from. The nine countries include:...
Formulating the Africa Advocacy Programme (AAP) forms an integral part of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants’ global corporate strategy, Director for ACCA Africa Jamil Ampomah has said.
Speaking during the virtual launch of AAP and inauguration of its Committee Members, Mr. Ampomah said AAP had been created to be a...
Ghanaian banks’ media visibility ranking study conducted by the Institute of Brands Narratives Analysis (IBNA), a strategic media intelligence agency in Accra, revealed that GCB bank topped the IBNA’s ‘Ghana Banks’ Media Visibility Index’ (IBNA-MVI) in the first and second quarters of 2021.
GCB Bank was the most visible bank...
Despite agriculture becoming the main pillar of support for the economy in this pandemic period, the 2021 Heifer International Report has revealed that only five percent of Ghanaian youth in the sector are engaged in agriculture processing.
The report indicated that even though the nation’s agricultural sector is well-placed to...
