In the past 20 years, SEED has been supporting eco-inclusive enterprises: MSMEs that provide practical solutions to social and environmental problems. These enterprises create lasting collective impacts across their value chains, eliminating poverty as they serve communities at the base of the pyramid, while tackling environmental issues. Yet, when SEED...
In the ninth century, an Ethiopian herder named Kaldi noticed something odd. Whenever his goats ate the berries of a particular tree, they seemed to get a jolt of energy. His curiosity piqued, Kaldi took some of the berries to a monastery, where the abbot took a taste and,...
Insurers, as the primary risk managers for all spheres of the economy, must spearhead efforts aimed at building nation-wide resilience to economic shocks and drive the post-pandemic recovery process, Patience Akyianu, Group CEO, Hollard Group, has said. In her estimation, the commonly-used approach of government almost unilaterally bearing the cost...
..despite impressive growth of  sector  Head of Research at DataBank, Alex Boahen, has described the country’s financial stocks as grossly undervalued, noting that, there exists enormous potential for capital appreciation on the equities side of the market. The undervaluation, he noted, is even more pronounced in the financial sector, particularly among...
Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta says government remains fully committed to achieving the fiscal deficit target of 9.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) for this year, aimed at returning to the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) thresholds, by 2024. Provisional fiscal data for January to June 2021 from the...
The Atwima Mponua Rural Bank Limited at Toase in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of Ashanti Region in the midst of all the challenges especially coming from the external business environment has posted a remarkable operational performance in the 2019 year under the review. The Board in its quest to improve...
Telecommunications giant Vodafone Ghana has been named the best telecom company in customer service for the second year running by the Ghana Customer Service Index (GCSI) report 2020. In the GCSI Telecom sector rankings, Vodafone obtained the highest satisfaction score to emerge as best customer service provider for the second...
The Supreme Court has dismissed a case filed by the Association of Finance House challenging the Bank of Ghana for issuing corporate governance directives for financial institutions, ruling that the regulator’s action was lawful. The Association of Finance House, in November 2020, brought an action in the Supreme Court of...
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) have jointly appealed for government to address concerns surrounding cost of doing business in the country, while consolidating ongoing gains under the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) intervention. A recent survey conducted by KPMG echoes these concerns, with...
The country’s economic fortunes could receive a significant fillip as the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) weighs an additional US$1.706billion in transactions, according to the Ministry of Finance. This prospective financing commitment comes on top of Afreximbank's existing support for Ghana's public and private sectors, which currently stands at an impressive ...