The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has said the Otumfuo Commemorative Coin is an honour he shares with the country. He said for more than two decades since he ascended the Golden Stool, he has not concentrated his peace initiatives in only Asanteman but also ensured that the entire country...
Ghana innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem summit is set to take place tomorrow, the 25th of November 2020 in Accra to engage industry players on innovation and entrepreneurship in the country. Dubbed: ‘Accelerate 2030’, the event which is organised by the SDGs Advisory Unit of the Office of the President, will bring together...
CapitalPlus Exchange (CapPlus) has announced the winners of its 2022 Sales Champion Challenge in recognition of their exceptional demonstration of new mindsets and practices to increase lending to small businesses. The Sales Champion Challenge is a competition among banks participating in the Financial Institution Resilience and Strengthening (FIRST+) programme which aims at...
Professor Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, the former President of Mauritius and Laureate of the 2007 L’Oréal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science, delivered a trenchant address at the African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) fifth annual Babacar Ndiaye Lecture on “the importance of science, technology and innovation in the transformation of African economies”. She called...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has yet to decide a roadmap for the eCedi roll-out, despite a successful completion of the pilot last year, Head-FinTech and Innovation, BoG, Kwame Oppong, has said. The uncertainty surrounding official introduction of the digital currency, he explains, is due to the crunch economic conditions in...
The First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has inaugurated the state-of-the-art lounge facility put up by the First Atlantic Bank (FAB) at the premises of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The facility christened-‘The Atlantic Lounge’  is intended to provide a modern, comfortable waiting space for families and friends of...
As we went through profiling at Kotoka International Airport (KIA), Gideon from Adansi Travels quipped: “The check-in procedure in this COVID-19 era has become like a doctor trying to diagnose a sickness”. Anyway, the last-minute upgrade to Business Class at the boarding gate made that experience quickly slip into oblivion....
I began my career at Tropical Cable and Conductor Ltd. 20 years ago, in June 2000. I had just turned 37 that year. That year was the beginning of a new millennium, and the age of technological advancements that would change our daily lives as we knew it (high...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is scheduled to present the 2020 Mid-Year budget on 23rd July, 2020 in accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and the Public Financial Management Act 921. The 2020 budget is themed ‘Consolidating the Gains for Growth, Jobs and Prosperity for all’, with the...
The Northern Regional Office of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has said negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the closure of 82 hotels and accommodation units by management of those facilities due to low patronage. The resultant effect of the closures, according to the GTA, has negatively...