Most of us, on learning about electric vehicles assume it is a new invention. In fact, the electric car predates the internal combustion engine vehicles on our roads today (Robert Anderson 1832 and Carl Benz 1886 respectively). I will attempt to explain in this article, why the internal combustion...
While the country battles plastic waste pollution, some young enthusiasts and entrepreneurs have added their efforts to reduce the burden by making beautiful and fashionable accessories from recycled plastic. Notable among these young entrepreneurs who are seeing the brighter side of the challenge is Awurama Kena-Asiedu, founder of the Ramafrique...
Recognising the untapped potential of Ghana’s Chocolate industry, the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Afua Asabea Asare, has said that her firm has taken good steps to enrich the chocolate industry. In view of this, GEPA has collaborated with organisers of the prestigious Wines of South...
Vodafone Ghana received three prestigious awards at the 2022 Marketing World Award (MWA) ceremony held over the weekend. Vodafone won Most Innovative Product, Most Creative Advert of the Year, and Regional Campaign of the Year. Vodafone’s outstanding free Mobile Money Interoperability (MMI) service, which allows Vodafone customers to send money to...
Starting the National Electronic Pharmacy Platform (NEPP) makes Ghana a part of the booming new global pharmaceutical digital economy, which had a market size valued at US$52billion in 2021 and is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 19.5 percent from 2022 to 2030. NEPP, according to the...
The localisation policy of MTN Ghana is positively impacting the domestic equity shares on the stock market, deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange, Abena Amoah, has revealed. The nation’s largest telecommunication company is due to localising its ownership by 30 percent for both arms of its operations –...
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and government of Japan have signed an agreement to enhance the competitiveness of Ghanaian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in pushing for economic and social development in the country. Targetting over 100 firms in the Ghanaian agribusiness space, the US$3.5million partnership is...
In a bid to solve the incessant pollution of water-bodies by illegal mining activities, also known as ‘galamsey’, government says in the coming days it will introduce the use of speed-boats and river guards to clamp down on the perpetrators of such activities. River-bodies have been officially declared ‘Red Zones’...
Amid the debate over efficacy of the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) Inflation Targetting approach to reining-in the current rate of inflation, the Executive Head of Research, Media, Business Intelligence and Market Conduct at the Ghana Association of Banks (GAB), Dr. Ebenezer Ashley, is suggesting the adoption of Average Inflation...
Statehood has been largely unintentional. The act of a group of people coming together to forge into the oneness of nationhood, has in retrospect, not been as intentional as our present form may seem to suggest. This has been the case, worldwide. And this is an assertion we will...