Several ground-breaking innovations have been birthed during this pandemic as companies and industries are at their wits’ end, figuring out how to lessen the financial burden on their customers. One of the most pioneering initiatives during the period was introduced by Vodafone Cash as part of its comprehensive support for...
The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) has called on government to give clear directions to Ghanaian businesses to enable them take full advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), based on the country’s comparative advantages in trade. The National President of CIMG, Dr. Daniel Kasser Tee, made...
The increasing spate of development of buffer zones by private developers in the Ashanti Region poses a huge threat to Agriculture as well as the ecology of the region, the Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said. The situation while it significantly undermines agriculture development,...
Axis Pensions Trust has begun processes to ensure it full operations within the informal sector, General Manager for Axis Pension Trust, Paa Kofi Ankomah has said. In an interview at an open forum held by Axis Pensions Trust, the General Manager said: “We have a strategy to go into the...
The Union of African Shippers' Councils (UASC) and the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help facilitate the movement of goods on the continent in a quicker manner. The MoU seeks to set the legal framework which binds both parties to support...
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, (MESTI), Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has hinted government is considering a plastic waste management policy that will impose certain levies on consumers who use plastic products. The policy, which is at a consideration stage, according to him will capture the inputs of all...
The Ghana Fixed Income Market (GFIM) continued it bull run in June 2021 as trading activity shows consistent growth month on month, data from the Ghana Stock Exchange has shown. The data, which summarized market activities in June 2021, shows that volumes traded on GFIM increased by 10.63 percent to...
Sustainable Use of Natural Resources & Energy Financing (SUNREF), a green finance label developed by l’Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) and supported by the European Union (EU), has launched its energy-financing programme in Accra. The programme is a unique and innovative financial offer with a credit line of €30million from...
The Governing Council of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) has appointed Ing. David Kwatia Nyante as Executive Director of the Institution effective July 1, 2021. He takes over from Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, who has successfully completed his term of service Ing David Kwatia Nyante has about 3 decades...
For the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to achieve its main objectives of creating a single market for goods and services, promote industrial development and sustainable and inclusive socio-economic growth, African governments have been advised to embrace digitisation heavily. Eric Osiakwan, the Managing Partner of Chanzo Capital, gave the...