As creativity, innovation and machine intelligence become the currencies of the modern economy, Ghana must now begin to deliberately invest in the tools, talents, technologies and tactics of digital nation building. Projected by the World Bank, alongside Ethiopia and Tanzania, to be one of Africa’s fastest growing economies in 2018,...
Individuals and Businesses from this month are likely to have their interest charged on facilities they access from commercial banks in the country reduced, because the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has set its maiden Ghana Reference Rate at 16.82%. This will see the cost of borrowing by businesses, especially the...
When it comes to medical diagnostics devices, Africa is seen mainly as a consumer not a producer. But young African Scientists like Dr. Laud Anthony Basing, the Medical Laboratory Scientist behind the COVID-19 Rapid Diagnostic Test kits manufactured in Ghana, are determined to change that narrative as the continent,...
The African Network of Entrepreneurs (TANOE), through its flagship network, WomanRising has announced its 2017 WomanRising 100 Most Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs (100 MOWE) List. The list, which features Ghanaian women entrepreneurs was compiled by TANOE Research and follows TANOE and WomanRising’s work in promoting achievements and exceptional milestones by women...
As details of the Exxonmobile deal emerge, civil society actors are expressing alarm at the sweeping tax breaks the government of Ghana has granted the oil major, including a ten-year tax holiday which sets aside the five years allowed by the Petroleum Income Tax Act law. “The law provided that...
In part 1 of this article, I analysed the response of data collated in three tables namely gender of respondents, age range of respondents and occupation of respondents. In this final part, I will analyse data collated from three more tables’ namely educational qualification of respondents, responds to job...
The World Bank has said that measures such as lockdowns used to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by many advanced countries may not work in Africa, hence, the need for governments to design a model that will suit their systems. Some African countries including Ghana have resorted to...
  For many developing economies, local agricultural markets are the lifeline of smallholder agricultural production systems. Small holder farmers obtain substantial benefits through greater engagement in local markets. Marketing of farm produce of smallholders in many developing economies is beset with a number of challenges which reduce the benefits of smallholder...
The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has started processes to construct a new terminal building for the Kumasi Airport to bring the facility up to international standards and ensure the comfort of passengers at the facility. In a Request For Expression of Interest published on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, titled:...
Bank of Ghana (BOG) has today announced a reduction in its Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 200 basis points from the current 20% to 18%. The cut in the policy rate which is the biggest drop since November 2014, according to the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest...