InfoSec Advisory with Del Aden
From both sides of the aisle, we’ve heard a consistent drumbeat about the importance of citizen participation in the upcoming Presidential elections. Maximum voter participation is vital to our democracy, yet citizens may unwittingly be putting their own privacy at risk when they register to...
The country coughs out a combined US$1.2billion yearly to pay for excess power capacity and gas which it does not use, Dr. A Ofosu Ahenkorah, a former Executive Secretary at the Energy Commission has revealed.
The amount, he explained, is the result of existing power purchasing agreements and gas deals...
Chief Executive Officer at Hollard Insurance, Patience Akyianu, has called on key stakeholders in the insurance industry to put mechanisms in place to deliver a more robust sector, arguing that this will be will be a fundamental component in the overall post-pandemic economic recovery process.
She stated that this must...
Michael Zormelo, CEO of Omnifert, a wholly Ghanaian-owned indigenous leading agro-chemical industry player, has been adjudged the Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2020 edition of the Ghana Cocoa Awards. The evening also saw Dominic Donkoh, Business Development Manager at Omnifert win the Marketing Personality of the Year award.
Mr....
Inlaks, the leading African systems integrator and financial technology solutions provider, has been adjudged the System Integrator of the Decade at the 2020 edition of the Ghana Information Technology and Telecoms awards (GITTA).
The company beat competition from other players to pick up one of the top awards of the...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun making payment to clients of revoked fund management companies under the partial bailout package which aims at bringing some relief to them as the companies continue to go through a prolonged validation and liquidation process due to some court cases.
A press...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has designated Dr Angela Lusigi of Kenya as the new Resident Representative of UNDP in Ghana, with approval from the Government of Ghana.
Dr Lusigi will lead the operations and programme interventions of UNDP in Ghana, in support of Government’s development priorities and the...
Stakeholders in the cocoa sector are advocating for less application of pesticides to protect farmers and also avoid a global ban on Ghana’s cocoa beans.
This follows a research conducted by the Conservation Alliance titled ‘Pesticides Application within Ghana’s Cocoa Production Landscape’, which showed that many farmers are unaware of...
The Fund for Export Development in Africa, FEDA, has been established by Afreximbank to facilitate foreign direct investment flows into Africa’s trade and export sectors, and to fill the equity funding gap that amounts to US$110billion per annum in export-related sectors.
FEDA is a new vehicle created to deal with the...
The General Manager of Gold Fields Ghana Limited (Tarkwa mine), Mr. Stephen Osei-Bempah, was named Mining Personality of the Year (The President’s Award) at the 6th Ghana Mining Industry Awards (GMIA) held in Accra.
Mr. Osei-Bempah was honoured for playing a significant role in promoting the mining industry of Ghana...