Dr. Strive Masiyiwa, founder of Econet and the Higherlife Foundation has said innovation and education are key to building a successful growth process. Speaking at a forum in Accra on ‘Education and Partnership’ organised by the Higherlife Foundation and Yale University, the celebrated businessman and media-giant asked educationists to create...
The Impact Hub in Accra, will become the first business in the West African country to benefit from ecoligo’s fully financed solar-as-a-service solution. For the latest project on the crowdinvesting platform ecoligo.investments, private investors will refinance a solar battery system which fosters innovation and entrepreneurship in Ghana. Investors will receive...
Imagine this scenario; you are the Chief Executive or Founder of a company. It may be new, in the growth phase, or mature and established. I offer to give you money, technological infrastructure, access to new markets, training for existing staff, and I bring in some other experts for...
The World Bank’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Ms Sandie Okoro has arrived in Ghana for a four-day mission Ms Okoro’s mission is expected to enable her to get a better understanding of how the Banks financed programs and projects are working in Ghana It is also expected to afford...
Polytanks (Gh), the leading producers of plastic storage tanks in Ghana, has supported Safe Water Network, a non-governmental organization, to organize the 2018 Beyond the Pipe Forum. This forum is designed to bring stakeholders together to deliberate on scaling up Small Water Enterprises (SWEs). Polytank Ghana being one of the biggest...
In its quest to industrialise, Ghana must first lay a solid foundation in agriculture, not only to be able to produce enough food and raw materials, but to free up extra labour to support its industrialisation programme, Prof. Emmanuel Akyeampong of the Harvard University Center for African Studies has...
…signs MoU with FSD Africa The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with FSD Africa (FSDA) for the implementation of a Credit Market Development Programme in Ghana. The signing ceremony took place on March 8, 2018, at the Bank of Ghana. The Credit Market Development Programme is aimed...
Yale University is collaborating with the Ghana Health Service, the University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research to create a stronger research base in tropical diseases, build capacity and break barriers in medicine. The concept, captured in a three-part Memorandum of...
Ghana and the African Development Fund (ADF) last week Thursday signed a US$39.01million loan agreement to support government’s Flagship Programme in Agriculture: Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ). Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, signed on behalf of the Government of Ghana, while Dr. Yero H. J. Baldeh, Ghana...
…as Parliament approves Financial Account Information bill Parliament has given legal backing to a new bill that will enable the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to exchange information with other tax administrations in the world regarding certain financial accounts of entities or individuals, in a bid to curb tax evasion. The bill,...