The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) has described as unacceptable and frustrating the challenges of the paperless ports clearing system under the management of Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) that have contributed to avoidable delays in cargo clearing. “We have gone back to the situation of printing all documents....
… calls for the immediate opening of schools Executive Director of Child Rights International (CRI), Bright Appiah, has expressed concern over the closure of schools, indicating that Ghana's social system is too weak to entrust children in it until 2021. He said there would be so many repercussions for school children...
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations is pushing for a mandatory labour based planning document to be attached to all government projects moving forward. According to the ministry, the move will afford the government the opportunity to track the number of people each of its projects employ and uses the...
In light of the disruptions caused by the ongoing pandemic and the uncertainty regarding the full extent of its cost, financial and otherwise, as well as the possibility of another disruptive event, globally or locally, leading recruitment solutions firm Jobberman has called for mandatory inclusion of Remote Working Policy...
The Ghana Oil and Gas Insurance Pool (GOGIP) raked-in a gross premium income of about GH¢302million (US$63million) in 2018 and GH¢267million (US$48million) in 2019, representing a dip of about 12%. According to latest reports from the National Insurance Commission (NIC), GOGIP is made up of 22 non-life insurance company and...
… at Chapel Hill Denham’s webinar Chapel Hill Denham, a leading investment firm, is set to host a webinar on Wednesday, September 9, 2020 on the theme ‘Developing our Capital Markets for Sustainable Economic Growth’, with the express aim of deliberating on the opportunities in the capital market for...
With the highest mobile penetration in West-Africa, Ghana recorded mobile adoption of 55% by the end of 2019 – this value is higher than the regional average for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), which is 44.8% according to GSMA Intelligence. There were 16.7 million unique subscribers by the third quarter of 2019;...
Allianz Life Insurance has been adjudged the Fastest Growing Company at the third edition of the Ghana Insurance Awards held over the weekend. The company which commenced its operations in 2018 picked up the award for the inroads it has made in the highly competitive Ghanaian insurance industry. Commenting on the...
Ministry of Communications, through its partners has upgraded the GH COVID-19 Symptoms Tracker App – launched five months ago. The upgraded version comes with enhanced features to deliver better and more user friendly services in the quest to battle the outbreak of the virus in the country. The upgraded app is...
I feel very honoured and at the same time humbled to have this rare opportunity to address this august gathering of the National Executive Council of our Great Union at its maiden meeting in the first half of the first year of the Union’s 12th Quadrennial period commencing today...