Beyond the primary goal of protecting and securing the digital ecosystem, acting Director General-Cyber Security Authority (CSA), Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako, has said regulating the cybersecurity space will provide professionals within that environment with employment opportunities.
According to him, specific areas within the Authority’s framework such as regulations on the protection...
When I was a young girl in Izmir, I never thought that I would someday become the Area Vice President of a multinational pharmaceutical company, leading a team of more than 2,500 colleagues who are making health happen for hundreds of millions of people across the Middle East and...
calls for premium through value addition
The Ghana India Trade Advisory Chamber (GITAC) has expressed concern over the lack of value addition through processing of the increasing cashew nut exports from Ghana to India.
The Chamber’s president, Dominic Oduro-Antwi, told the B&FT that though cashew constitutes almost 80 percent of...
The forward-thinking, proactive posture and actions of the primary financial sector regulator - the Bank of Ghana (BoG) - guarantees the nation will be at the forefront of the Fourth Industrial and digital financial revolutions on the continent, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AZA Finance, Elizabeth Rossiello, has suggested.
Over...
The Managing Director of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Mr. Clifford Braimah, has disclosed that about 50 percent of water treated by the company is wasted due to the impact of illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey.
He said, for instance, that in the years gone by only five...
Courier services have evolved continuously since ancient Greece created the concept of messengers and further developed into a significant industry in Persia to deliver vital messages. The courier industry has grown beyond the primary function of delivering communications to their intended recipients into a billion-dollar business.
Recent technological advances, the...
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) in the United Kingdom (UK), has announced some £10 million to fund research in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in three West African countries.
This scale-up effort is aimed at combating the scourge of NCDs over five years, specifically in Ghana, Burkina Faso...
“Papa I wanna be in school. Mama I wanna go to school. I want to learn reading and writing. Teacher, I do wanna be in school…oh yea. Send your girl child to school, send your girl child to school…”
It seems like just yesterday when these lyrics from part of...
…as part of month-long insurance broking public awareness campaign
Over two days this week, October 13 and 14, insurance brokers in Ghana will be trained on marine cargo insurance. The two-day training programme, which is being organised by the Insurance Brokers Association of Ghana (IBAG), has as its theme: ‘Essentials...
- A risk management perspective
“Don’t be fearful of risks. Understand them, and manage and minimize them to an acceptable level.”― Naved Abdali
This week,, I am continuing certain aspects of operational risk in banking which has been covered in my latest book: The Modern Branch Manager’s Companion. Here are some excepts...