The Volta River Authority (VRA) has said it is pursuing a number of measures to enhance the nation’s power stability and energy security, which will enable it to reap full benefits from the energy sector in a post-COVID-19 transformation agenda. Its Chief Executive Officer, Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa, in a speech read...
By Richard NUNEKPEKU At the Ghana Fintech 23 Awards night, the organizers did something novel - organized a debate. It was a debate on the topic “balancing innovation and compliance in creating a digital economy”. The “innovation” team went up fiercely against the “compliance” (regulation) team and the audience...
Sekyere Rural Bank Limited was set up and commissioned in 1983 at Jamasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The role of the Bank is to play an intermediary role between surplus fund holders and those in need of funds for their economic activities in the communities in which...
In July 2020 , Golden Star Resources (GSR) announced the sale of its subsidiaries, Golden Star Bogoso Prestea Limited, to Future Global Resources (FGR) in a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA). Caystar Holdings owns 100 percent shares in Bogoso Holdings and Bogoso Holdings in turn owns  90 percent shares in Golden...
Chow mein is a stir-fried dish consisting of noodles with vegetables, and sometimes prawns, meat or tofu, onions and celery. Over the centuries, variations of chow mein were developed in many regions of China and introduced to other countries by Chinese immigrants. It is often served as a specific...
Economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic could be quicken if the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) can be successfully implemented, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, has said. Just like the rest of the world, the Coronavirus pandemic has led to a contraction in economic growth...
Strategic planning in organisations is being reinvented with the advent of data analytics; transitioning from the unreliable conventional approaches of intuition, experience and ‘trial and error’ to data-driven decision-making methods that reinforce a rigorous strategic planning process and outcome. The effectiveness of this approach also reflects a paradigm-shift from a...
… to ease congestion and improve transit trade The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has said that it will complete work on the new truck park at Paga  border by end of this month to ensure smooth operations for truck drivers and boost transit trade. The new truck park...
Climate change has come to represent a major challenge for central banks. How much should their monetary policy and approach to banking supervision be influenced by it? On one hand, there is growing evidence that global warming, particularly through its effect on agriculture, may create inflationary pressures. And there is...
The Monetary Policy Committee(MPC) of the Bank of Ghana(BoG) has maintained the policy rate at 14.5 percent. The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison made the announcement at a press conference in Accra. According to him, “the macroeconomic conditions have generally improved relative to conditions at the time...