HFC Bank Ghana, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Ghana to provide support in the beautification and soft landscaping of the Recreational Quadrangle and J.B. Danquah Avenue of the university. Giving a brief background to the partnership, Dr. Benjamin...
The African Development Bank has called for global support for Africa’s young farmers and “agripreneurs”, highlighting how agribusiness is the answer to the continent’s youth employment. In collaboration with the Initiative for Global Development, the Association of African Agricultural Professionals in the Diaspora (AAAPD), Michigan State University, Iowa State University,...
The economy’s transformation depends largely on government embracing technology and viewing it as the panacea to challenges confronting the country, said CEO of MOBEX Africa George Spencer Quaye. “We believe that if we have to be a successful and a prosperous nation, one of the most critical things to do...
Right Consult (RC) Ghana has in collaboration with UR Fog introduced the UR Fog product range of anti-theft security gadgets onto the Ghanaian market, to curb the increasing spate of robbery in homes, offices and banks. UR Fog is an anti-theft security system that is designed to protect lives and...
Parliament is expected to task the regulatory bodies in the financial sector – Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – to not hesitate in dealing with recalcitrant players to maintain sanity and trust in the industry. A source close to the Finance Committee of Parliament...
The Executive Director of Enterprise Life, Jacqueline Benyi, has said industry will have to invest in academia if the link between the two is to yield mutually beneficial results. “We acknowledge the fact that universities and companies have different business models; however, we are very much aware that some investment...
More than five hundred girls of the Odorgonno Senior High School have been left to make do with an old three-seater toilet facility after an oil cash-funded 18-seat facility constructed alongside a girls’ dormitory broke down after barely four months of usage. The facility was inaugurated in October last year,...
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) may struggle to meet its objective of serving Ghanaians better if a debt of GH₵840m owed it by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and domestic customers is not paid in the near-future. Addressing stakeholders at the launch of GWCL’s e-billing system in Accra, the...
The one hundred and forty-one rural and community banks in the country have almost the same operational ideologies with similar concepts offering identical products, but with different board composition and management. The industry has made very significant financial impacts since its inception about forty years ago, and has brought financial...
Government has placed an embargo on the construction of new gas and petrol stations across the country till further notice. This directive is part of new regulatory measures to enforce safety in the handling of LPG and petroleum products in the wake of the Atomic Junction gas explosion. In a statement...