more than 70% of overall market volume
Over-the-counter (OTC) transactions by the market leader – MTN – accounted for 71 percent of the volume of trades on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) in the first half of the year.
An OTC Market refers to a decentralised arrangement in which...
as Jospong Group signs MoU with RUDN University
Over 600 Ghanaian students are to benefit from scholarship packages from the Jospong Group of Companies to study at the RUDN University in Russia over the next five years.The scholarships awarded - in the areas of Agriculture, Information Technology, Integrated Waste...
A Community Development Officer of the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development, Linda Owusu Sekyere has urged parents and guardians to spend more time with their children to help model them into better citizens.
She said parent must show love and warmth to their children because such gestures make...
Banking Consultant Dr. Richmond Atuahene has warned that banks operating in the country could face insolvency if the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 is applied strictly, following their participation in the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).
Already, there are indications that foreign-owned banks, including South Africa-based Standard Bank and...
There are two recognized types of technologies for converting solar energy into electricity which are photovoltaic and concentrated solar power. Most energy supply facilities typically last several decades and technologies in these classes will dominate solar-powered generation between now and the future.
Solar technology has come a long way in...
The Food and Beverages Association of Ghana (FABAG) has hinted at the need for some reasonable concessions to be made by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) on FDA’s fees during the clearance of goods at the ports.
This call was made by the General Secretary of FABAG, Sam Aggrey,...
GVCA/Big 3 professional service firms collaborate on campaign
KPMG, PwC, and Deloitte, the three of the ‘Big Four’ Professional Service firms, namely, have officially launched a campaign aimed at increasing advisory and tax services, bolstering capital raising efforts for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) in Ghana.
The campaign is...
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has reiterated government’s commitment to enhance infrastructure and human resource development to boost socio-economic activities in the country.
“Without infrastructure and the provision of quality resource development, the policies of government cannot be achieved to bring about development to help reduce economic hardship.
Since we...
Participants at a lecture on new ideas for engagement with the African diaspora have called for the institution of a truth and reconciliation process to help settle and assuage the scourge of slavery and to hasten the integration of African-Americans and Afro- Caribbeans back to the African continent.
The event,...
To assume that elements of fragmentation across the continent would not threaten the successful running of AfCFTA, especially in its nascent stage, would be narrow-minded but these challenges are not insurmountable and outstanding impediments will crumble progressively, as the socio-economic benefits of the agreement become evident.
This is the view...