The University for Development Studies (UDS) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Open Labs NIIT-Ghana, an Information Technology (IT) education centre, to provide digital learning programmes for regular and distance-education students. The partnerships will also help train students in acquiring IT-knowledge to meet industry requirement after school. It is hoped this move...
Two words describe the launch of the 3rd Women in Food and Agriculture Leadership Training Forum and Gold in the Soil Awards, organised by Agrihouse Foundation on Tuesday, 23 March: Inspirational and Impactful. Inspirational because of the stimulating stories of hard work, determination and innovation the agri-women shared about their...
…as Exchange promises review of set-up to attract more listings Pesewa ONE Plc, an incubator for businesses, has been admitted to the parallel market operated by the Accra bourse, the Ghana Alternative Market (GAX). The incubator was admitted in a listing by the introduction of five million (5,000,000) ordinary shares at...
UBA America, the United States’ subsidiary of Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has pledged its continuous commitment to facilitate trade and investment between North America and the African continent. Speaking on Thursday from the Bank’s office in New York, the Chief Executive Officer, UBA America,...
The grounding of an ultra large container ship in the Suez Canal brought traffic on the central shipping route between Europe and Asia to a standstill. In this Q&A, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) Global Head of Marine Risk Consulting, Captain Rahul Khanna looks at some of the...
The British Council, in collaboration with the Council for Technical and Vocational Education Training (COTVET), has held a workshop on the enforcement of Ghana’s first National Apprenticeship Policy which is intended to provide capacity building for some apprentices in the country. The training, held on last week Wednesday, is set...
Last week, I created an awareness of the need for banks as corporate bodies as well as individual bankers to pay closer attention to the paradigm shift in banking and have a serious change of mindset, as a pre-requisite to moving on. This period of self-reflection is to identify...
Government has directed the Forestry Commission not to issue forest entry permits for mining purposes until further notice. The directive, according to the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, forms part of measures to regulate small-scale mining and to reduce adverse effects of the activities on the...
For the past 30 years, we have seen acclaimed sustainable certification organisations, telling the whole world that there is a need to fight for fairer trade for farmers across the Globe. One of such certifications is Fairtrade, which have indicated in their mission statement, as committed to connecting disadvantaged...
Around the world, March 30th is celebrated each year as World Bipolar Day (WBD) - a day set aside to bring awareness of bipolar disorders and to eliminate social stigma. WBD happens on the birthday of Vincent Van Gogh, who was posthumously diagnosed as having bipolar disorder. 3Foundation, the Corporate...

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