Aside from the various trends discussed in my last piece, there are many others which have happened since the arrival if COVID-19 and its constraints.
They most important lesson to note as industry players, and those hoping to get in, is that e-commerce is a demand-led industry wherein customers push...
Welcome to another week of financial learning. I believe we are all well and staying safe in these abnormal COVID-19 times!
COVID-19 officially hit the shores on Ghana in the early part of March 2020. Events after the first announcement led to full and partial lockdowns, a ban on the...
South Africa’s Shoprite Holdings will lay off 115 staff and close another Kenyan store, less than a year after its opening as part of the supermarket’s expansion into the east African country, a letter seen by Reuters shows and the company confirmed.
In the letter, addressed to the Kenyan Union...
Stationery suppliers in the country have decried the devastating effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on their businesses as schools and educational institutions remain closed.
The third quarter of the year – July to September – which has traditionally been the high season for stationery sales as it precedes a...
To support businesses come out of the pandemic’s quagmire and hasten the so much needed economic recovery, some reforms aimed at lessening the tax burden on businesses must be implemented, global auditing giant Deloitte has proposed.
In its post-Mid-year Budget analysis report, the auditing firm has proposed a raft of...
A Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Dzifa Abra Attah, has advised the youth to gain a firm control over the uncertainties surrounding the COVID 19 pandemic. While admitting that the pandemic presented a very challenging time for individuals, especially the youth, she said they had the ability to adjust to changes...
Parliament has approved the request from the Finance Minister for the suspension of the Fiscal Responsibility due to the dire effects of Covid-19 on the economy.
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in his mid-year budget presentation to Parliament requested that the Act which requires the country’s fiscal deficit to be kept...
Key findings of Ghana PMI
New orders rise, but companies continue to lower activity
Employment scaled back again, but at a reduced pace
Purchase costs increase at the fastest rate since January
Business conditions in Ghana's private sector were broadly stable again in July, mirroring the picture seen in June,...
Banks in the country are ready to finance projects and programmes in the private and public sectors with potential to revive the economy irrespective of COVID-19 prevalence, panellists at the fifth edition of the B&FT-organised Ghana’s Most Respected CEOs Breakfast Series, have said.
The panel, made up of bankers, economists...