Unannounced house-to-house checks by officials from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) saved the company some GH₵50million on power thefts last year. The sweeping exercise, which is an ongoing system losses reduction intervention, saw officers of the company visiting residential apartments to fish out illegal power consumers. “We went about communities...
Heritage Securities Limited (HSL), in partnership with the United States Friendship and Economic Development (FED) Group, has launched the first-ever Ghana-US Trade Hub to provide facilitation services for companies seeking to trade with the United States. Heritage Securities Limited, which is now a member of the US FED Group Consortium,...
Hello Readers, have you observed the latest catchy adverts on radio in respect of the new marriages between telephone companies (Telcos) and financial institutions? I find them very fascinating because barely two years ago, there was a turf war between the telco giants and banks, with so much suspicion...
The President, executives and members of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) wishes to extend our deepest condolences to the family of the late Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng also known as Ebony Reigns who passed away on Thursday night. Indeed, Ebony's death is not just a lose to the family or the music...
Ghana’s vision of becoming a world class financial hub in the sub region will soon become a reality as Ken Ofori-Atta leads a government delegation on a study tour of the financial sector of Hong Kong and Singapore from February 9-14, 2018. The delegation will also undertake a non-deal road...
The United Nations (UN) has over the years made a strenuous effort to push access to internet as a right seeing the numerous benefits that can be derived from access to broadband. Regardless, internet access in sub Saharan Africa remains largely a privilege or unavailable altogether due to variety...
In the wake of recent scandals plaguing the banking sector, the implementation of a deposit insurance regime is a timely intervention to renew confidence in the country’s financial system, Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Dr. Ernest Addison has indicated. Addressing stakeholders in the banking and finance sector at...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said rehabilitation work is ongoing to operationise dilapidated and abandoned cattle ranches, as part of immediate measures to address the perennial clashes between crop farmers and nomadic herdsmen. Presenting the State of the Nation Address to the 275-member Legislature yesterday, the President said: “We...
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), in collaboration with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), has organised a sensitisation workshop for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) on how to use sustainable reporting processes to drive productivity and growth. About 50 beneficiary businesses were taken through interactive sessions to understand...
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has said government is spending more on education in its quest to build a modern economy which, he said, is largely dependent on an educated and skilled workforce. “We need an educated and skilled workforce to be able to operate the modern economy we are creating....