The recently awarded 10-year third single window contract to Ghana Link Network Services Limited is breeding confusion at the country’s ports, as operators say there was no stakeholder consultation in the selection of a third company to provide paperless services at the port. The paperless port - a project that...
MTN Ghana has launched an innovative product dubbed “aYo Recharge with Care” in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis for its subscribers. The aYo Send with Care, is an insurance products being offered to MTN subscribers. “Just by choosing to send mobile money with care, aYo charges 5% of the amount sent and...
A new report dubbed ‘Equipment Leasing in Africa’ has urged Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to leverage the opportunity offered by leasing, as it is becoming increasingly difficult for them to access finance through the banking sector. The report, which was jointly launched by Africa Lease and the International Finance...
Tax collection is being improved to ensure that domestic revenue mobilisation is improved. In fact, domestic revenue mobilisation is key to the agenda of a ‘Ghana beyond aid’. Thus, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stepped up its tax collection role and is introducing new measures such as the...
A stronger focus on human capital investments of children from those households with a particular focus on skills for future jobs will be key. (Photo: Arne Hoel / World Bank) Ghana was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) target of halving extreme poverty by...
  Dannex Ayrton and Starwin Pharmaceuticals company have donated items worth GH₵13,000 to the Tesano Police Station, Accra. The items are two motorbikes worth GH₵8,000, some pharmaceutical products worth GH₵2,000 and a sum of GH₵3,000. The donation forms part of the company’s corporate social responsibility and will aid in the station’s operations. Speaking...
Chief Executive Officer of Commerz Savings and Loans, Dr. Edem Bart Williams, has been awarded the Best Young Non-Bank Financial Entrepreneur for the year 2017 by the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana (EFG). He was adjudged a successful young entrepreneur who has a proven track record of entrepreneurial excellence and also...
In 2016, the World Bank reported Ghana’s urban population at 54.68% of the total population; the majority of which are based in Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi and Tema. A typical day in the life of a resident in any of the above urban centres and many others across the country is...
Pharmaceuticals producer Intravenous Infusions Plc has said it faces an existential threat from unpaid bills to the tune of over GH¢10m by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA). The company supplies a lot of medical facilities that are signed onto the National Health Insurance Scheme with IV medications - but...
The Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana has conferred the award of “Best Non-Bank CEO” on Mr. Samuel Sakyi-Hyde, CEO of uniCredit, leading Savings and Loans Company in Ghana. In a citation for the award of “Best Non-Bank CEO” for the year 2017, the Council of the 8th Ghana Entrepreneur and Corporate...