… as phase one of innovative pilot programme progresses
To achieve economically and environmentally-effective e-waste management in the country, emphasis must be placed on livelihood sustenance, job creation and value addition across the entire value chain, Chief Director at the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Cynthia A. Bediako...
In the United Nations’ 2020 World Investment Report, Secretary-General António Guterres noted that global foreign direct investment (FDI) this year is “expected to fall sharply from 2019 levels of $1.5 trillion” to below the trough it hit during the global financial crisis. This decline will have a devastating effect...
Microfin Rural Bank (MRB) is currently working with a Fintech to roll out innovative cashless products and services while deepening its technological platforms as part of the shift toward aggressive digitisation.
The bank currently operates a fully electronic loan management system, which has significantly reduced the turnaround time for loan...
Residents of Obidan, a farming community in the Ekumfi District of the Central Region is appealing to the government to help revamp the salt production that has been abandoned for years to create more jobs for the youths.
They also called for the rehabilitation of the multipurpose storage facility constructed...
Stanbic Bank Ghana has been named Bank of the Year, 2020 by the Banker Magazine, a British international financial affairs publication.
The award is in recognition of Stanbic Bank Ghana’s excellence in strategic banking and innovation.
The award noted Stanbic Bank’s strong financial performance and impactful response to the COVID-19 pandemic...
“You can observe a lot just by watching” -- Yogi Berra
The culture of paying attention to the customer’s needs is a worthwhile undertaking that deserves great attention to detail. Many companies avoid the in-depth investigation of customer experience for one reason or another.
One common reason for this...
When it comes to cybersecurity, a lack of resources can be a bigger threat than the criminals who have their sights set on stealing organizations’ data, money, time, and reputation
Resources have always been a problem when it comes to cybersecurity. You are not always rewarded for doing security the...
The economic world has been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While it has exposed our unreadiness to effectively mitigate the impact of a pandemic on day-to-day activities, it has also exhibited the strength of humanity’s resilience, solidarity and adaptability. The lockdown measures necessitated businesses adopting innovative means of...
The Protestant Reformation, the invention of Gutenberg’s Printing Press in 1440, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand II (1914), the Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) - struggling to find a correlation among them? These are some events that have significantly shaped the world as we know it.
The ongoing pandemic has...
One of the wonderful activities I engaged myself in this incredibly-memorable year is a discussion I had with a group of young literati in Somalia who are using literature to brighten up their world. We are all aware of the ‘travails’ this year saw us through.
The Coronavirus pandemic stunned...