Direct participation by domestic retail investors on the equities market remains the most significant indicator of the level of confidence in the market, and concerted efforts are required to reverse the phenomenon locally.
This is according to a consultant to the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), David Ganesha Tetteh, who argues...
The Pan African Payments and Settlement System (PAPPS) is the intra-African trade and commerce payments, centralised payment and settlement system. With the participation of banks and fintechs, the deployment of this system is expected to contribute to solving the issue of low intra-African Trade.
Speaking at The Money Summit, Head...
The managers of GCB Bank have moved to allay fears over the sustainability of its loan asset quality as measured by its Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) ratio in the 2021 fiscal year.
Despite the impressive growth in the bank’s assets value and a corresponding rise in its net profit, the state-owned...
In-house professional doctors of the Vodafone Healthline Programme have cautioned that while oral sex does not directly cause oral cancer, recent studies have shown that it predisposes one to it - especially when one is engaged in such an activity with multiple sex partners, hence the need to take...
Amid controversies surrounding the electronic transactions levy (E-levy), the President appended his signature to the E-levy bill, turning it into law just two days after the moot approval of the bill by the majority group in parliament, as the minority group staged a walkout.
The E-levy, which is to cover...
Gold Fields Ghana Foundation, in collaboration with Ghana Health Service at the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality in the Western Region, has celebrated this year’s ‘World Malaria Day’.
The day offers a platform for individuals and institutions to educate the communities, churches, mosques, etc., on some simple and effective ways to prevent...
Daystar Power, the leading provider of solar power solutions to West Africa’s industrial manufacturers, announced that it has installed a 1.6 MW solar plant for Ghandour Cosmetic to power its operations with solar energy. It is the largest solar installation for a cosmetics company in Ghana.
The company is the...
In a bid to support the efforts of traditional authorities in Kwahu to revive the Easter celebration, MTN Ghana has extended its assistance to the people of Kwahu by cash and kind donation. MTN donated a cash amount of GH¢25,000, airtime worth GH¢2,500 and assorted drink-hampers worth GH¢4,000 to...
The Adansi North District Health Director, Mr. Isaac Awuku Odame, has revealed that there has been an uptick in malaria cases in the Adansi North District, recording 13,686 diseases in 2021.
According to him, in 2019 and 2020, the district recorded 12,000 and 11,354 malaria cases respectively; however, in 2021...
A report evaluating the work of AGRA in Ghana has commended the organization for its contribution to improving agriculture in the country.
The report by US-based data science company Mathematica, assessed the impact of AGRA’s Partnership for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa (PIATA) initiative. It concluded that the public policy...