The Canadian High Commission is supporting women’s rights organisations with an additional GH¢1.3million to enable them develop effective gender-responsive policies amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The project, which falls under the ongoing Canadian Women’s Voice and Leadership Programme, is to help reduce the negative impact of COVID-19 on the rights of...
The performance of stock markets, especially in the United States, during the coronavirus pandemic seems to defy logic. With cratering demand dragging down investment and employment, what could possibly be keeping share prices afloat?
The more economic fundamentals and market outcomes diverge, the deeper the mystery becomes, until one considers...
Ghanaian consumer confidence declines by 15 points
Nigerian sentiment also experiences a significant decline
Against a backdrop of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, West African consumer sentiment has experienced a sharp drop in the Nielsen Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) for Quarter 2, 2020. Ghana’s figures show a substantial decrease of...
Ejuuma, an online recruitment platform that uses digital technology including cutting edge AI and a job-matching algorithm to accurately match job applicants with employers has launched in Ghana.
Ejuuma provides an instant, accessible, time and cost-saving mechanism that addresses some of the critical recruiting considerations such as eliminating the risk...
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) is expected to release new transport fares this Saturday, after the Ministry of Transport approved a 15 percent hike in fares across the board. The decision was arrived at after a meeting between the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), GPRTU, the...
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, is pleased to announce the appointments of Ayoku Liadi and Oliver Alawuba as Deputy Managing Directors in charge of UBA’s Nigeria and Africa businesses respectively.
Creation of the new positions - reporting to Group CEO, Kennedy Uzoka, represents...
tighten tax laws on public servants’ benefits
curtail unwanted exemptions
The Tax Justice Coalition Ghana (TJC-Ghana) has called on government to intensify its efforts at mobilising domestic revenue to help fill the revenue gap, considering the big financing gap that has resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the coalition,...
The Vodafone Group has invested in one of the world’s largest subsea cable projects - known as 2Africa, as part of an international consortium. The transformative subsea cable project is in line with Vodafone’s commitment to build a resilient future of connectivity and digitalisation for the African continent.
2Africa is one of...
The Exclusive Men of the Year Africa Awards (EMY Africa Awards) has named Mrs. Abiola Marufatu Bawuah - the Regional CEO West Africa-United Bank for Africa - as Woman of the Year at the 5th Annual EMY Africa Awards held last weekend.
The EMY Africa Awards is a Father’s Day-related...
…as NPLs begin to inch up
Banks and other financial institutions face the risk of seeing their loan defaulters increase this year, as data from the Bank of Ghana shows the Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) have started rising due to the challenging business environment brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
After declining...