…as World Bank rep signals economy may lose it
Former Finance Minister Seth Terkper has charged government to implement programmes that will keep the country in its current middle-income status, after the World Bank Country Director reportedly signalled that a review of the economy in some six months’ time may...
The Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management, Ghana has held its 12th Graduation Ceremony, with a charge for HR practitioners to be more resilient to challenges of the Coronavirus pandemic and also hold true the values and ethics of HR practice in Ghana.
Addressing the 12th Graduation Ceremony at the...
… GH¢1.83m to 625 victims under the first tranche
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has provided GH¢1.83million in financial relief to 625 victims of the Odawna Market fire outbreak a day after the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) made available GH¢2million in soft loans to 2,000...
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is seeking to increase the percentage of local rice consumption from a little above 50 percent recorded in 2019 to at least 70 percent by the end of this year.
Out of the 1.2 million metric tonnes of rice consumed by Ghanaians annually,...
Act. Speak. Engage. Every year, 16 days of focused activity in pursuit of the elimination of gendered violence occurs. The UN has marked November 25th to December 10th for global focus on gender-based violence. 2020 makes this focus especially urgent.
2020 should end business as usual for our engagement around...
The Asante Akyem Rural Limited at Juansa in the Asante Akyim North district of the Ashanti Region has held its 33rd shareholders meeting, to review the bank’s operational performance for the 2019 financial year.
Operating Environment
During the year under review, Ghana’s economy saw some significant growth with GDP appreciating by...
The former Special Peace Envoy of International Alert, Mr. Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, does not foresee any violence or disturbance before, during and after the 2020 elections which would lead to the dislocation of Ghana’s peaceful democratic march.
He said Ghanaians were generally ‘civil and peace-conscious’ - who may shout the loudest...
Stanbic Bank Ghana has made a donation of GHS 50,000 to the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (GARH) also known as Ridge Hospital, to help the hospital acquire a Cytotoxic Safety Cabinet for its Child Cancer Unit.
Speaking at the cheque handing over, Kojo Akoi-Larbi, Manager, Communications at Stanbic Bank Ghana,...
The National Health Insurance Authority has introduced new features on the NHIS membership cards aimed at improving service delivery and to ease members’ obligation of replacing cards after every five-year mandatory replacement period.
Although the Authority has maintained the basic outlook of the membership card, the new features have an...