Over a month ago, Bluegrass Group Limited, a company few in Ghana had heard of before, announced that it had finally delivered its first consignment of Maths Sets to the Ministry of Education to be distributed to SHS students in Ghana.  There was quite a bit of noise made...
The Oversight Board has announced that Facebook and Instagram users can now submit appeals on content removal to the Oversight Board for an independent review. Facebook can also refer cases for a decision about whether content should remain up or come down from either Facebook or Instagram. Decisions made by...
African payment solutions are critical to minimising fraud while improving the free flow of funds to boost business and economic activity The statistics that hover uncertainty around Africa are not ones that should make the continent proud. The World Bank has estimated that Africa could potentially hold 90% of the...
Masks. They have become part of a globally recognized wardrobe. Symptomatic of the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated nations, revealed leadership challenges for some, and a rise to this challenge for others. What it has done for everyone is to reimagine how we all live, work, and go to...
"Taxes are what we pay for civilised society'' — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Yes, there is a price to pay for every civilised society: but there is imbalance and unfair distribution of the tax burden when people of equal paying ability do not pay their fair share in society. The informal...
Indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturer Dannex Ayrton Starwin (DAS) Plc and health logistics and service delivery firm mPharma Pharmaceuticals have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), geared toward increasing access to quality yet affordable essential medicines in the country by driving efficiency in the local pharmaceutical supply chain. This comes at a...
Former Nigerian minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is now the front-runner to become the World Trade Organisation’s new director Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala picked up crucial backing from the EU on Monday, sources said, giving her bid to become the first African head of the WTO a major boost. The World Trade...
Plans to borrow up to US$5bn from bond market Pins economy’s future on GH¢100bn GhanaCares By Obed Attah YEBOAH Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has asked Parliament to approve GH¢27.4billion to fund government’s budgetary needs for the first three months of next year, further asking the House to approve plans...
Real Estate Minute with Cyril Nii Ayitey Tetteh Top of the day to you fellow Ghanaians! I trust you are keeping well. It has been an exciting couple of months with our series of extractions from sessions at the 3rd Ghana Green Building Summit. We hope you have enjoyed the...
Bolstering the efforts of government and critical institutions in managing the transmission of COVID-19   MODEC Inc., a leading provider of floating solutions in the upstream petroleum industry, and its partners - namely Mitsui & Co. Ltd., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. and Marubeni Corporation - through their partnership in the...