I always have had a fair understanding of what this word means; basically, to allow or give permission to be a part of something, or to agree for something to be done to you. You can crosscheck with your dictionary, and my loose meaning should be somewhere in there....
When Liverpool FC opened the 2023/24 English Premier League football season with a pulsating 1-1 draw at Chelsea FC, the anticipation of nine months of competitive football could be felt in Accra - 5000km away from the action at Stamford Bridge in London. A cocktail of energized clients and...
Plendify B2B Marketplace and Ecobank Ghana Plc have recently signed a partnership to assist Ghanaian businesses and suppliers on the Plendify marketplace platform import their goods from Asia and provide access to various financing solutions. By this agreement, Plendify, one of the leading eCommerce platforms in Ghana, and Ecobank...
A mere 0.5 percent of the informal sector’s active workforce is currently enrolled in the tier-one scheme, statistics from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) have revealed.
This raises serious concerns about the majority of informal sector workers’ financial security in the country.
Out of approximately 600,000 individuals working...
Have you heard about investing in a hotel apartment? What is a hotel apartment? Or better, Cautious about investing in a hotel apartment? In this article we have put together reasons why we believe this subject deserves a second look.
Hotel apartments guarantee high return real estate ventures and should...
Ghana and the European Union (EU) have inked two grant financing agreements totalling €42million.
The agreements aim to address key challenges in the areas of sustainable development, public financial management and private sector growth.
The first agreement, valued at €27million, is named the ‘EU action for Sound Public Financial Management and...
The President of Africa Investment Group, Dr. Sam Ankrah, has backed calls by the Majority Leader of Parliament and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu, to amend the constitution to place ceiling on the size of government.
He said the lawmaker’s submission to, among other things, amend the constitution...
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...
As an ally to the cause of business rejuvenation, I was deeply elated by an announcement of the East Legon and Abelenkpe branches of Marwako Fast Food reopening - effectively bringing an end to what must have been a tumultuous couple of months for the restaurant. Running a restaurant...
Global leaders struggle to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict which began October 7. United Nations has held series of meetings, expressed concern over the humanitarian catastrophe that unfolded in the region. Israel has outright been accused of war crimes and “genocide” in the Palestinian territory. These followed Russia’s ‘special military...