In spite of the annihilative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the country’s local currency, making it record its highest depreciation against the US dollar since the beginning of the year, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it expects the cedi to gain stability as pressure on it has...
The CH Foundation, an independent non-profit organisation has presented a cheque for  US$100,000 to the Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund at a ceremony in Accra. The donation is in support of the construction of Ghana’s first-ever infectious disease isolation and treatment facility. Cynthia Darko Acquaye, Group Chief Operating Officer of CH...
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) can offer the economy more in terms of job creation, revenue and economic growth, but only if the government can work to improve access to and cost of credit, as well as sustainably provide support to build resilience, the Association of Ghana Industries...
Nigerian banks plan to restructure over a third of loans after running into repayment problems due to the coronavirus pandemic, a member of the central bank monetary policy committee said. A total of 17 banks have submitted requests to restructure over 32,000 loans for businesses and individuals, representing 33% of...
As part of its commitment to making the purchase of insurance products easier for its numerous clients, agents and brokers, RegencyNem Insurance Company has formally gone live on digitisation to provide Technology Based Insurance Services to its numerous clients through USSD. To this end, the company launched RegencyNem’s i-tranzakt...
Insurance Group, Hollard Ghana has partnered Melcom Ghana to make insurance more accessible to Ghanaians and widen insurance penetration. The partnership will see Hollard provide insurance, starting with life insurance and savings policies to customers of the retail giant, Melcom Ghana, via an in-store Hollard-on-the-go booth. “We continue to do our...
Huawei has announced the global release schedule of EMUI 10.1. First introduced during the launch of the Huawei P40 series in March this year, EMUI 10.1 is built upon Huawei’s distributed technology model, offering users a seamless all-scenario experience across multiple devices. As we move towards a smarter future,...
Green Gold Farms Ghana, an Accra-based agribusiness, has secured lands at Sekpe, in the Mion Districts in the Northern Region for soybean production. The a 50-year lease of 40,000 acres of land released by the chief and traditional leaders of Sekpe at an estimated value of US$20 million is to ensure...
 The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is extending health promotion, public outreach and awareness on coronavirus to vulnerable populations, including persons with disability and people living with HIV in hard-to reach communities. The goal is to ensure that 500,000 vulnerable women and 250,000...
The Italian Trade Agency, an Italian government agency that supports business development, partnerships and collaborations between Italian companies and their local counterparts, has launched the first E-Lab Innova educational training programme in Ghana to, among other things, help improve the technical and managerial skills of Ghanaian agribusiness companies in...