As of this year, there are south of 600 million registered mobile money accounts registered around the world with transactions valued at US$600 billion. While this is, on the face of it, a tremendous business opportunity, it amounts to a lot more than mere dollars and cents, it is...
Three students N'Adom Darko-Asare, Mychelle Kumah, and Janice Nketsiah are in the USA to compete in the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The students, who emerged winner, first, and second runners-up respectively of the 2023 edition of The Spelling Bee - GH will be representing Ghana (and the African...
The Pan-African e-Commerce Initiative (PeCI) of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Ghana in partnership with the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) and e-Crime Bureau have successfully commenced a series of capacity building workshops for the e-Commerce Industry in areas of e-Commerce fraud prevention and cyber security. Among other...
Tourism as a high economic driver is the movement of people from one location or country to another for the purposes of sight-seeing or a particular facet of tourism.
Ghana, with its rich history, culture and tourist sites, undeniably has the potential to become the number-one tourist hub in the...
Ghanaian consumers are grappling with frustration and discontent as they encounter soaring prices in the marketplace for essential goods and services. From local markets to grocery stores and street vendors, the cost of basic necessities has skyrocketed, leaving consumers perplexed and dissatisfied. This prevailing trend raises the pressing need...
Adanwomasehene, Nana Ntiamoah Panin II, has inaugurated a 3-unit classroom block for Adanwomase Roman Catholic Primary School to support the education system in the traditional Area.
The project forms part of the traditional areas' development plan and intends to relieve congestion in the current classroom buildings.
In his remarks, Nana Ntiamoah...
Prior Action 1. Enact any legislation and/or executive order necessary to achieve the 2023 fiscal objective -- an adjustment of the non-oil primary balance (measured on a commitment basis) of at least 2 percent of GDP, with revenue measures that will permanently improve the non-oil revenue-to-GDP ratio by at...
Undertaking business with an agenda to go the extra mile for your patrons can be counter-productive at times but truth be told, it is in wowing your clients with your service and products that they will be hooked onto you. This seems to be exactly what FBNBank has done...
A Ghanaian company, Virtual InfoSec Africa (VIA), has successfully built Africa’s first financial industry command security operations centre (FICSOC) for the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia commissioned the FICSOC for the BoG on May 24, 2023, as the country's best bet for dealing with cybersecurity threats...
The Chief Executive Officer-Ghana Association of Banks (GAB), John Awuah, has said there is a pressing need for collaborative efforts to aggressively address challenges facing the country’s credit environment.
Speaking during a webinar on sustaining confidence in the financial sector, Mr. Awauh expressed concern over the seemingly low loan-to-deposit and...