GCB Bank, this week, hosted a delegation from Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank (ZICB), led by Dr. Manyando Sikanda, Head of Operations at its Head Office in Accra. The visit focused on understanding the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) in anticipation of Zambia's potential involvement. GCB Bank's successful PAPSS implementation has...
Delta Air Lines will fly its state-of-the-art Airbus A330-900neo on nonstop service from Accra to New York-JFK effective October 27, 2024. The new aircraft will add approximately 30percent more capacity between Ghana and the United States. Speaking to journalists at a media roundtable in Accra, Matteo Curcio, Delta's Senior Vice...
By Eddie Poku In 2002, my pal Jerome Tabiri and I, eager young minds at the time, participated in the Ghana New Ventures Competition (GNVC), a business plan and mentorship competition. Full of ambition, we pitched two business ideas: a community ISP and a motorcycle training school. Despite our passion,...
By Prosper KAY Bolt, the leading on-demand mobility company in Africa, has unveiled its latest safety feature, rider verification, to enhance driver safety in Ghana. This is part of Bolt’s ongoing investment in enhancing safety features on its platform, strengthening driver-rider trust and incentivising drivers to accept more orders, which...
By Enock Yeboah-Mensah Understanding of financial statements is a core course that every business student is required to take in a business school irrespective of one’s major. In fact, it forms part of the first semester curricula in almost all MBA programs globally. In Ghana and in most parts of...
By Juliet Aguiar DUGBARTEY, Takoradi Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AmaliTech has trained 106 youth across the country in Cloud computing. This, is to enable them gain employment in the digital space. Cloud computing, is the practice of using network of remote servers hosted on the internet to store, manage and...
Smart Infraco Limited is partnering with the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) and global cybersecurity leader Trend Micro to fortify Ghana's digital infrastructure. This partnership, which was signed on 24th April 2024, aims to empower government organisations with robust cybersecurity solutions, ensuring a secure and resilient digital ecosystem that...
Hope for Future Generations (HFFG) has called upon the government to make significant financing investments towards achieving immunization sovereignty, as part of the 2024 Immunization Week celebration. Under the theme "Humanly Possible: Saving Lives through Immunization," this year's celebration highlights the profound impact of immunization on human life. As the...
…despite another DDEP impairment charge and loan write downs …sets the foundation for dramatic profit increases from 2024 onwards By Toma Imirhe After posting its first ever financial loss in 2022 – a direct result of the dire effects of the recently concluded Domestic Debt Exchange Programme on the entire banking industry...
By Mohammed AWAL ([email protected]) The Director-General of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), Richard Okyere-Fosu, has disclosed a concerning statistic: 60 percent of government systems lack sufficient antivirus protection, posing potential security risks. He said his outfit’s assessment reveals that just over 30 percent of government systems and end nodes (computers)...