The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay, has urged local businesses to build strong collaborations with industrious Indian firms to tap into their technical expertise, because it is necessary to drive industrial growth so as to take advantage of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
According to...
When all is said and done in 2020, African economies will probably have outperformed the rest of the world during the coronavirus pandemic. Africa's 54 countries now include seven of the globe's 10 fastest-growing economies, in part because the lethal virus may have improved their competitive advantage as they...
Driven to secure financial inclusion across its markets, MTN Group continues to grow the number of MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) users on its network, a trend that has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By the end of September 2020, nearly 42 million people were regularly transacting on MTN MoMo across 16 markets....
The Zango Women Livelihood and Empowerment Programme (ZANGWOLEAP), an initiative that seeks to empower youth in Zango communities, has held its maiden graduation ceremony for the first batch of 50 beneficiaries.
The 50 young female graduates selected from various Zango communities in Accra were taken through make-up artistry training for...
MDXi, a leading commercial data center provider, has received Tier III Certification on the design documents of its new Appolonia Data Center from Uptime Institute, the global data center certifying authority.
The 104-rack facility extends MainOne’s MDXi’s footprint into Ghana to deliver best-in-class data center uptime and operational performance to...
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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...