There is more good news for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) which have been hit hard in amid the COVID-19 economic challenges, as the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has said it will be disbursing the GH¢90million secured together with the Mastercard Foundation. The disbursement will happen right...
Mrs Kosi Yankey Ayeh, the Executive Director of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), said the application process for the COVID-19 Alleviation Programme (CAP) is free hence no one should pay any fee for it. The caution comes on the back of reports that some of the applicants...
International impact investor Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) has said it is looking forward to supporting more small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) that are vital to Ghana’s long-term economic growth. The firm has invested €3million in a leading private healthcare provider, New Crystal Health Services (NCHS), to make quality...
Eight entrepreneurs from across sub-Saharan Africa, including Young at Heart Ghana’s Josephine Marie Godwyll, have been awarded funding to harness the engineering and business skills of their organisations to help tackle the spread of COVID-19. With UK government funding through the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), Project...
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has said that one of the major goals of the GH¢1 billion stimulus package is to afford businesses the opportunity to retain their human resource as a means to help reduce the number of layoffs that may ensue due to COVID-19...
Yes, we know the coronavirus pandemic has one way or another affected the lives of everyone negatively. But in every situation – be it good or bad – there is an opportunity that comes out of it. This week, B&FT’s Inspiring Startups focuses on how the pandemic has positively...
The aim is to assist African businesses remain relevant and fulfil their potential by embracing digital capabilities Ecobank Group ,the pan-African Bank, in collaboration with Google is helping to equip African SMEs with the necessary digital skills to navigate the rapidly evolving business world. The aim is to assist African...
Businesses all over the world have been impacted negatively by the coronavirus. For some businesses, waiting for the wounds created by the virus to totally heal before resuming operations will rather lead to their collapse. So, some of them, including startups, have started finding opportunities in the challenges of...
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is recommending that the stimulus package should match the estimated output loss in terms of decline in the growth of GDP. “We would like to add that the national economic response must be proportionate to the scale of the human, economic and social costs arising...
The Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has  launched the Integrated ICT System that automates all the operations of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) in the country. He said this is an information technology solution that will address payment and the settlement challenges of MASLOC and bring an air of...