A lecturer at the Ghana Banking College and CEO of Universal Capital Management, Dr. Richmond Atuahene, has said the new minimum capital required of banks partly explains why they did not lap up the ESLA bond. As of Friday, October 30, which was supposed to be the deadline for subscription...
The agriculture sector, which is the leading employer in the country, is still very far from the stage where it can attract needed funding from the private sector, Alhassan Andani, Managing Director of Stanbic Bank, has said. According to him, banks and financial service providers are cautious of lending to...
The first ever Keratoprothesis eye surgery has been conducted in Ghana by the Dr. Agarwal Eye Hospital. Keratoprothesis is a surgical procedure where a diseased cornea is replaced with a partial artificial one. It is reserved for patients for whom traditional penetration keratoplasty – PKP, that is other forms of...
Speed Medical Centre (SMC) joined Chalé Foundation to provide holistic health care examination and screening for beneficiaries of the Aboom Special School in Cape Coast. The event, which took place on Saturday, the 7th of October, 2017 at the school’s premises had over two hundred individuals screened. These...
The National Service Scheme has launched a 12- month insurance policy package for all National Service Personnel (NSP) across the country. The package covers death, injury, medicals among other serious implications that may affect the wellbeing of personnel during the year of service. According to the agreement, insurance company like Glico...
National boxing legend and former WBC featherweight  and WBC super featherweight champion, Azumah Nelson, has held discussions with the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)–the aviation industry regulator–about establishing an airline. www.aviationghana.com sources say, the discussions took place months ago and the boxing ‘professor’ and his business associates are now expected to submit some...
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications and the GSMA on Wednesday 25th October 2017, organized the Ghana Child Online Protection Conference in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications under the Cyber Security Week 2017. The Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful graced the occasion as mobile operators showed commitments to drive further discussion that guides...
With increasingly more corporate organisations becoming targets for cybercriminals, Nobuhle Nkosi, Head of Financial Lines Africa, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), has said businesses would be better off transferring the risk associated to cybercrime to insurers. According to her by 2020, the number of cybercrimes recorded globally would hit...
Power producer, Sunon-Asogli and other local independent power producers would have produced a combined megawatt of 560MV of power as against 230MV from Ameri Energy, Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko has suggested. “We would have been better for example pushing to make sure the Sunon- Asogli project was completed and then...
MTN Ghana has launched its 10th year anniversary in Accra. The foundation over the years invested and embarked on various social responsibility initiatives in education, health and entrepreneurship. Over the 10-year period, the foundation has invested $13 million in building school blocks, libraries and ICT centers, enhancing teaching capabilities, constructing...