Imperial General Assurance Company Limited, a licenced non-life Insurance Company in Ghana, has paid a Contractors All Risk (CAR) Policy claim of GH¢660,647.50 to China Henan International Cooperation Group, contractor for the Sissai River Drain Extension Project in Kumasi. Part of the contract work that was fully insured by Imperial...
The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is working to introduce the first genetically modified/biotechnology cowpea (beans) seed to farmers for the 2021/22 crop season. The new variety is to solve an age-old insect pest problem - the Maruca vitrata or the...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) is eyeing an increase in transit trade with neighbouring landlocked countries - Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - with construction of the Tema-Akosombo railway project. According to Fred Asiedu-Dartey, Head of Freight and Logistics at the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), completing the railway project will...
Mr. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), says the continental trade regime will take off as planned on January 1, 2021. He said the AfCFTA Secretariat is targetting January 2021 for commencing implementation of the free trade agreement, following its postponement due to the...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said, the number of active COVID-19 cases has  declined  to 398. “As at Friday, 16th October,  the number of active cases has declined further to 398, with 46,664 persons fully recovered from the virus, putting our recovery rate at 98.5 percent. Thirteen more deaths have...
Ace Journalist and Broadcaster, Oheneyere Gifty Anti, was the distinguished guest on the latest edition of Y107.9’s Y Leaderboard Series. The seasoned media personality zoomed in on her upbringing, career, family, and learnings in life during the exciting conversation with Rev. Erskine that spanned a little over an hour. Gifty...
Institutions and individuals must treat the subject of professional communication with utmost seriousness, as there could be wide-reaching implications for poor, ineffective or out rightly wrong communication, especially in professional settings, Country Director, Young Educators Foundation, Eugenia Tachie-Menson, has said. According to her, whilst the advent of social media has...
Call it the viewpoint. A leader must have one. The mirage hints that, the closer you get to the picture the imagined reality, dispels. Yet you have to keep on brushing aside the blurry images so as to focus on the reality as it feeds into your vision. And...
Is Africa a continent or a country?  How many parts of Africa are there? Is Ghana in Africa?  These are real questions asked me by many tweenagers in the years I have been engaging them. I figured out Africa was a continent when I was in primary school; my mom...
The right people in your network offers many benefits, but you have to take the first step to knock on doors and make those connections. Having lots of connections is great but you need to be intentional and deliberate in building your professional network. Networking goes beyond introductions and pleasantries....