One of the books I read in 2020 is the autobiography of one of the greatest men to ever walk the surface of the earth.  A great African who fought against injustice, oppression and the robbing of the dignity of his people. The man that has monuments, flowers, roads...
The local mining industry can fully harness its potential with long-term capital which can only be realised from the stock market, Director General of the Securities Exchange Commission, Daniel Ogbarmey Tetteh, has said. He said the business of minerals exploration and exploitation is capital-intensive in nature, and as such requires...
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...
…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...