Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vodafone Ghana, Patricia Obo-Nai, has disclosed that the outbreak of COVID-19 in Ghana has seen the company’s operations and the demand for its services go up by 50%. According to her, the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has seen a surge and data traffic and an increase...
Emerging economies are wrought with fragmented payment infrastructure that operates in silos. Not limited to only emerging economies is the cost and time it takes to clear cross-border and interbank settlements using the SWIFT infrastructure. International settlements can take up to five business days, while transaction charges continue to erode the...
Health crises are not new in Africa. The continent has grappled with infectious diseases on all levels, from local (such as malaria) to regional (Ebola) to global (COVID-19). The region has often carried a disproportionately high burden of global infectious outbreaks. How cities are planned is critical for managing infectious...
The FAO has elaborated a comprehensive Response and Recovery Programme to overcome the impacts of COVID-19 through up-scaled and robust international collaboration As the impacts of COVID-19 take their toll on human health and well-being around the world, the imperative of producing and ensuring access to healthy food for each...
Blue Ocean Investment Limited, a leading bulk distribution specialist of petroleum products, has received three ISO certifications - ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management Systems), 1SO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management Systems), and ISO 45001:2018 (Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems) - making it the first bulk distribution company to be certified in...
VC Media, the organisers Ghana Cocoa Awards an industry scheme that recognises and celebrates excellence has opened nominations for the 2nd Ghana Cocoa Awards with over thirty awards up for grabs and scheduled to close on October 16, 2020. Ghana Cocoa Awards was instituted to shine the limelight on personalities...
Vodafone Ghana Foundation, the charity arm of Vodafone Ghana, has brought relief to 101 patients who are in financial distress in some medical facilities in the Southern Belt to mark this year’s World Patients Day. The beneficiaries from the Southern Belt out of the total 300 nationwide beneficiaries, comprised eight...
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has gone through a lot of barren periods in recent years. Between 2015 to 2019, the only year it returned a positive was in 2017 when the market gained 52.73%. The rest of the years has been negative. -11.77% in 2015, -15.33 in 2016, -0.29...
Patricia Obo-Nai, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vodafone Ghana, says the telecom company is more concerned with having a positive competition in a provided equal space that would collectively help to satisfy consumer needs. “We at Vodafone Ghana don’t have any problem so long as the actions of the...
The Policy Forum with Emmanuel OWUSU According to Regulation 128 (1) of Road Traffic Regulation Act LI 2180 the “Licensing Authority shall not register a motorcycle to carry a fare-paying passenger.” ... Section 128 (3) further stipulates that “a person shall not ride on a motorcycle or tricycle as a...