Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Elsie Addo Awadzi, has assured that the Bank will provide the needed guidelines and policies to spur economic growth: especially as the country finds ways of recovering from the on-going pandemic and the war between Russia and the Ukraine.
Speaking at the...
The implementation of a centralised payment and settlement infrastructure is expected to contribute in addressing the low intra-African trade, particularly with the integration of banks and fintechs, Country Manager of AZA Finance, Nana Yaw Owusu-Banahene, has said.
Intra‐African trade stands at around 10 percent compared to 60 percent, 40 percent,...
The Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is poised to incorporate all regulated payment and settlement outlets across participating countries into its framework, and in the process ensure that no segment of the economy is left out.
In Ghana, banks and non-bank financial institutions - including saving and loans...
Not long ago, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), acting within the education sector, kicked against the government’s plans to implement a policy that will wean-off public tertiary institutions from its payroll, outlining the implications of such an action, and recommending alternative solutions.
Barely a month after that call for the government...
The electronic transfer levy, as assented to on the 31st march, 2022, is said to be imposed on electronic transfers to enhance revenue mobilisation by broadening the tax base and provide for related matters.
The Act regulating this levy, The Electronic Transfer Levy Act, 2022, Act 1075, spells out its...
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Classroom tantrums can come in the form of screaming, throwing oneself on the floor or even hitting others
Knowing and reading in between the lines for triggers is a good start for managing classroom tantrums
For the purposes of this article, the words: tantrums, meltdown and...
calls for review of the appropriation process
The Executive Director of African Education Watch (Eduwatch), Kofi Asare, has stated that the Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) is unresponsive to the needs of the students, hence, the need to review it.
According to him, for the SLTF to be fit...
Ghana’s largest privately-owned indigenous bank, Fidelity Bank, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with six real estate developers to enable customers access mortgage loans.
The agreement will see Fidelity and the real estate developers - Integral Associates, GHS Housing, Adom City Estates, Priority Homes, Blue Rose Developers and New...
Consolidated Bank of Ghana (CBG), the second-largest bank in Ghana by branch network has been accepted to join the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, a major Commonwealth organ created by the 54 Commonwealth Heads of Government to promote Trade, Enterprise and Investment within and across the Commonwealth of Nations.
CBG...
Revenue generation and sources of development funding are the most topical issues dominating public discourses today in Ghana. Various development stakeholders are therefore required to assist policy-makers in search of innovative solutions to the nation's economic and financial heartaches.
It is against this background that some of us, working in...