Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited has today published its Impact Study Report assessing the socio-economic impact of its lending to infrastructure and manufacturing sectors in Ghana.
This is the second Impact Study and it explored an evolved approach to measuring the Bank’s Sustainability Aspirations by examining, quantifying and describing the...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) has organised a workshop to sensitise shippers in the Volta Region on how to do genuine online business transactions. The event was held in Aflao for members of the Volta Regional Shipper Committee (VRSC) during its third quarter meeting. A resource person from the...
“An unexamined life is not worth living” –Socrates
Dear readers, last week I examined some operational risk symptoms that are likely to affect a bank’s bottom line if not detected early by managers. Some of these are hidden and best known only to the sufferers. The fact that WHO has...
Government has suspended the launch of the Initial Public Offer(IPO) of the Agyapa Mineral Royalties Limited.
The decision, according to the Finance Ministry is to allow the Office of the Special Prosecutor time to conduct a corruption risk assessment on the transaction.
The Office of the Special Prosecutor recently requested for...
Dalex SWIFT is allowing customers to determine what interest rates they want to earn on their investments from October 5, 2020.
Dalex SWIFT is a leading fully digital investment product that provides clients with a credible, convenient, and competitive path to a better life with over 134,000 registered users.
Since its...
There are all indications that Ghana might be grooming its homegrown insurgency in the name of Western Togoland. What appeared to be a joke by a few disgruntled people is assuming alarming proportions; if what the so-called Western Togoland insurgents inflicted on some parts of Volta Region in late...
The President of the Canada Ghana Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) has observed the need for the Ghana government to help the informal sector to become more productive in order to benefit from the Continental Free Trade agreement.
Mr. Alexander Nortey says, “The informal sector is too large, and government needs...
The 2019 Banking Industry Fraud Report and a front-page banner publication in Business & Financial Times (B&FT) on Monday, August 17, 2020 titled “BoG orders police vetting of bank staff to curtail fraud” has precipitated a research into the issue and the publication of this article.
The Business & Financial...
The role of stakeholders in the agric sector is crucial to its development. Ecobank Ghana understands this and has made a commitment in this regard.
The 10th edition of the annual Pre-Harvest Conference and Exhibitions Billed for the Northern Regional Capital, Tamale will provide Ecobank Ghana with an opportunity to...
As Ivory Coast prepares to collect a record cocoa crop, the market is bracing for two key unknowns: the risk of political unrest disrupting supplies and the demand hit from COVID-19.
Bigger crops in West Africa would add to a global surplus at a time when consumption is under pressure...