Absa Bank is partnering with Ghana's youth-oriented radio station, Y107.9 FM to support Ghanaian-owned start-up businesses through the #AbsaStartUpJournalOnY radio programme. The #AbsaStartUpJournalOnY initiative forms part of the bank's ambitious proposition known as “Absa StartUp Banking”, to support the grooming and growth of Ghanaian-owned startups with solutions that will bring...
Financial transparency is the singular most important factor required by capital markets to instill confidence, stimulate participation and drive growth from all classes of investors, Philip Southwell, Partner at Chapel Hill Denham and Chairman of the Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NIDF), has said According to him, the capital market has...
ISpace, a tech and innovation hub, has rewarded three startups that competed in the Accra Spintex Startup Summit Hub. The Accra Spintex Startup Summit hub assembled 30 startups who went through weeks of training to receive support and funding. Startup Bibiniba, managed by Isaac Agbettor and Kofi Danso came first, followed...
When forming and operating a business, startup owners obviously will be prone to some critical tax issues. This is because most startup owners have either some basic knowledge or no knowledge at all when it comes to the issue of tax. By paying attention to these issues, startups can...
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement was signed on March 21, 2018, by 44 member-countries: to create a continental market for goods and services, with free movement of people and capital; as well as facilitate space for the creation of a Customs Union. This trade area is...
The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, George Oduro, has said there is a need to offer critical support to cashew-growing farmers on the continent, as the impact of COVID-19 on their operations is affecting their livelihoods. “With the outbreak of COVID-19, farmers have witnessed declining farm gate prices -...
The National Lottery Authority(NLA), in a joint operation with the Volta Regional Police Command, has successfully apprehended four persons for defrauding lotto-staking residents of Akatsi and Ho in the Volta Region. The four arrested lotto fraudsters are Godwin Agbenyefia-alias Demon, aged 19; Reuben Abusah-aka Last Burial, aged 20; Kelvin Kwame...
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many digital possibilities - including eLearning, which hitherto was largely overlooked but has become an essential addition for the blended learning and teaching now being proposed. The eLearning platform is mostly a part of the larger Learning Management System (LMS) deployed by an institution...
The president of the Institute of Human Resources Management Practitioners (IHRMP) Ghana, Dr. Edward Kwapong, has on behalf of the Institute expressed gratitude to President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo for assenting to the bill passed by Parliament that has given charter status to Human Resources Management Practitioners. Reacting to the...
Recently, a promotion opportunity came up in Kabuki’s office. She was excited! This was definitely going to be a big break for her. The job matched her skills and experiences perfectly. It was a no-brainer she was going to get the job. She had fantasized about sitting in that...