President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako as the Acting Director-General of the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) effective October 1, 2021.
Prior to this appointment, he served as the National Cybersecurity Advisor and Head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), leading Ghana’s institutionalisation of cybersecurity under...
Optimism among Ghanaian businesses remains low, apparently significantly lower than it was six months ago, the Africa Trade Barometer (ATB) report by Standard Bank Africa indicates.
The main contributing factor to this decline, the report states, is the high prices on products and the perception of a poor-performing economy linked...
In June 2022, President Lazarus Chakwera faced an impossible dilemma. His chief anti-corruption officer, Martha Chizuma - a respected professional - had just informed him of widespread corruption in his government.
In a report that named many powerful names, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) implicated the Inspector-General of Police and several...
Delta Air Lines and Junior Achievement (JA) Africa have renewed their partnership to advance business and STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) education among young people across the continent.
JA Africa is one of Africa’s largest and most impactful youth-serving NGOs, delivering hands-on immersive learning in work, financial health, entrepreneurship,...
I used to be an avid reader in my ‘saito’ days in elementary school in Kwamo- Kumasi. Those were the days when we were lucky to have met dedicated pupil teachers and Certificate A holders who simply loved the teaching profession, even though they were not highly paid.
These were...
When the aroma of roses hits the nostril of the tax man, give him part of your offspring to liberate your tentacle
The Value Added Tax is one tax type paid by the taxable supplier to the revenue agency, the Commissioner-General. The tax is normally computed on the value of...
GROHE, the leading global brand for complete bathroom solutions and kitchen fittings, has held a virtual event on the 24th of March to celebrate the opening of its North-West Africa Office in Casablanca, Morocco.
The event was held on the GROHE X platform and attended by members of the media,...
Dr. Daniel Mckorley, Chairman and CEO-McDan Group of Companies, has stressed that strong personalities do not build businesses; rather, systems and well-placed structures are the keys to sustainable business growth and development.
Delivering the keynote address at the International Advertising Association’s (IAA) Annual Conference - Africa Rising 5 - Dr....
Zipline, the world's only national scale on-demand drone delivery service, announced that it has begun delivering COVID-19 test samples. Zipline drones now fly test samples collected from patients in more than 1,000 health facilities located in difficult to reach rural areas of Ghana to Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical...
Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has thrown her weight behind calls for a just energy transition framework for African countries, saying balance must be sought between the desire for a cleaner, more sustainable environment and the continent’s need for development.
Africa, she notes, accounts for...