Multi award-winning actor and farmer, John Dumelo, has advised the youth interested in venturing into agriculture to start small and not await huge capital. In an exclusive interview, the farmer cum politician stated that even though farming is a lucrative industry, most of the youth feel discouraged to chart that...
The Bank Hospital has made its ambulance service available for the coordination and provision of emergency medical care and transportation of the sick or injured persons who need immediate medical care. The Bank hospital provides world-class advanced life support (ALS) ambulances equipped with ICU medical equipment such as the and...
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has handed over the Children’s and Mobile Library located at the Airport Residential Area in Accra to the Ghana Library Authority (GhLA). The multi-purpose facility was handed over to the authority during a short ceremony in Accra. The library, which is one...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) has intensified its campaign on the payment of demurrage – fees charged for overstayed containers. The campaign, dubbed: ‘Demurrage is Avoidable’, is to help shippers plan their operations to be able to clear their cargoes from the port in time and reduce their operational cost. According...
Effective procurement and supplier development initiatives and government policies that help SMEs to meet the needs of large industries and economies can give the economy the much-needed boost, newly-elected President of Ghana Institute of Procurement and Supply (GIPS), Simon Annan, FGIPS, has said. Speaking to journalists shortly after assuming his...
The Head of Community of Wanis International Foods, Paul Harrison, paid a visit to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Exim Bank (GEXIM), Rosemary Beryl Archer, at the bank’s head office at the Africa Trade House in Accra. Accompanying Mr. Harrison was Dennis Tawiah, the Chief Executive Officer of Akwaaba UK...
…as Oct. 30 deadline looms With less than 10 days to the October 30, 2022 deadline for banks and financial institutions to register their information technology (IT) infrastructure as Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) with the Cyber Security Authority (CSA), only 28 percent of the nation’s universal banks have done...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison is confirmed to join other Governors, Finance and Economy Ministers at the 2022 edition of the Africa Financial Industry Summit. The Africa Financial Industry Summit (AFIS), a platform that promotes the emergence of an inclusive, innovative and modern pan-African...
The Micro-Credit sector has posted massive gains in 2021 with total assets increasing by 146.79percent year-on-year to GH¢410million as at end of December 2021, compared to 36.3 percent growth in 2020. The increase in asset growth was attributed to the gradual rebound in economic activities after COVID-19 and increase the...
The Ghana Fintech and Payment Association has welcomed the recently launched Bank of Ghana’s Regulatory Sandbox, noting that the new initiative goes to further enhance the BoG’s stance on openness and commitment to ensuring a stable financial sector. President of the association, Martin Kwame Awagah, said: “the Bank of Ghana...