One of Ghana’s leading technology content platforms, Techgh24 has rebranded to Techfocus24 to reflect the real scope of the platform’s content, which is global. The rebranding comes almost three years after the platform was set up in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in Ghana. Three years on and Techgh24...
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has emphasised that the government will not be complacent about the country’s current 20 percent Gross Tertiary Enrolment Ratio (GTER). Although the 20 percent is almost three times above the sub-Sahara African average of seven percent, he said the target is to...
By Ebenezer M. Ashley (PhD.).One of the essential “tools” identified as constituting an integral part of financial and economic trade in all countries across the globe is interest rate. The latter influences the extent to which individuals, households, businesses and economies are able to access loans and funding from...
Standard Bank Group, the parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana, for the second consecutive year has been ranked as the most valuable banking brand on the African continent. According to a new report from leading brand valuation consultancy, Brand Finance, the bank also increased its brand value by 10%...
One of the best ways to assess the efficacy of any plan is to test it. BCP Testing/Exercising helps organizations ensure that their continuity and recovery plans are effective and that they are prepared to respond to disruptive events. Testing is the means through which an organization’s Business Continuity...
Renowned health expert, Professor Margaret Lartey, has called on individuals and governments to take action against environmental triggers that can cause allergies and other health-related problems. Globally, allergies affect 30-40 percent of people, with serious impacts on individuals, families, and healthcare systems. In Ghana, healthcare workers and allergic individuals perceive...
The past couple of years have been brutal for the African continent. We’ve been through COVID-19 and now we’re living through turbulent socio-economic times, with high inflation and rising prices causing untold consumer hardship in most countries. But despite this, the fintech industry is booming - thanks largely to...
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has given final approval for the transfer of the 70% majority shares in Vodafone Ghana held by Vodafone Group Plc to the Telecel Group. The final approval follows the satisfaction of conditions outlined in the conditional approval of the transfer of the shares, “including the...
Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Ursula Owusu Ekuful, is expected to attend this year’s Ministerial Alliance for Digital Nations in London, United Kingdom.  The event which is scheduled to take place from 21-22 February 2023, is being organised by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation.  Mrs Owusu-Ekuful will during the event participate in a...
The country’s food security balance sheet, according to data from the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG), has hit a negative two percent. CAG's Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Selorm Morrison, explained that food security - considering the food in storage or reserves, vis-à-vis volume of food imported and compared to national...

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