“The agriculture sector is among the most vulnerable. Agriculture is important not only for food security issues but also for inter-regional food integration,” African Development Bank Director of Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research, Hanan Morsy, said during a news conference on the opening day of the African Economic Conference...
The whole essence of acquiring education and all the credentials is to enable you make ends meet and take care of yourself, family and offer support to resolving issues and crisis if you are humanitarian at heart both locally, regionally or globally. How do we prepare for tomorrow’s job...
The Twin Tub Pack campaign will support families impacted by COVID-19
Leading consumer brand, Blue Band, has announced an additional response to the economic disruption posed by COVID-19 within families in Ghana through its ‘Spreading Smiles’ Twin Tub Pack Campaign with over GHS 100,000 cash rewards up for grabs.
With experts...
… as investors confident over nation’s political stability
Despite the uncertainty which characterised the keenly contested general elections and the uneasy calm trailing its aftermath, the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has not reacted adversely but has, as a matter of fact, recorded some marginal gains, the B&FT can confirm.
On Tuesday,...
The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) and the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications are pushing state institutions and telecommunication service providers that deploy their own fibre installations to consolidate these installations to fast-track national connectivity to accelerate economic development.
They however warned that the consolidation efforts would amount to little or no...
Compares fiscal situation to HIPC economies
Credit ratings firm, Moody’s Investor Services, has stressed that the new Nana Addo Akufo-Addo administration will continue to face major challenges that could curtail the country’s creditworthiness, including low growth after the coronavirus shock, weak government revenues, low oil prices, and energy...
Ghana’s plans to overhaul its regulatory system and establish a one-stop shop for investors as part of broader efforts to boost FDI are explored in a new COVID-19 Response Report (CRR), produced by Oxford Business Group (OBG) in partnership with the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC).
The CRR charts the...
InfoSec Advisory with Del Aden
Data is an incredibly important asset and collecting and sharing data can be big business in today’s digital economy. But for a business to safely and successfully take advantage of the data they are collecting; they need to have safeguards in place to ensure data...
According to new estimates, China now finances overseas development at nearly the same level as the World Bank. With countries currently struggling to combat COVID-19, protect the vulnerable, and mount a green and inclusive recovery, this significant increase in global development funding could potentially bring major benefits to the...
On November 23, Russian senators, academicians, researchers and experts gathered to discuss the export of non-commodities to Africa at the interactive webinar, organized by Federation Council of Russia, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Russia, and Business Russia Association.
According to the organizers, the meeting was to identify funding for...