Sekyere Rural Bank Limited was set up and commissioned in 1983 at Jamasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The role of the Bank is to play an intermediary role between surplus fund holders and those in need of funds for their economic activities in the communities in which...
The ARB Apex Bank with a vision to remain the most effective and efficient service provider to the RCBs with a mission to provide banking and non-banking services to the satisfaction of the RCBs as well as other stakeholders, has chalked a remarkable success in its operations as a mini central...
...but 74% say no employment in next 6-months
Even with no cure in sight and threats of a second wave of COVID-19 infections, 80 percent of businesses are expecting to return to full recovery by June 2021 - while only 26 percent are likely to hire new workers in the...
…as Oti Region benefits from 3rd phase of nationwide markets disinfection
Markets, lorry parks, toilet facilities and other public places in the Oti Region have benefitted from the third phase of the ongoing markets disinfection.
The exercise is part of measures adopted by central government through the Ministry of Sanitation and...
…as enterprises are still not out of the woods yet
Considering the impact of the pandemic on businesses and the financial sector, it will be prudent for banks to extend the moratorium they gave to enterprises so they can have a breathing space, Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Julian Kingsley...
Current earnings only around US$5m
The National Export Development Strategy (NEDS) has set an ambitious target of increasing salt production for industrial use in a bid to add more than US$1.2billion to Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) revenue by 2029.
Data from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) show the country’s export...
… as Georgina Asare Fiagbenu launches maiden book
To revive the culture of reading, particularly among young people, conscious effort must be made to correct the erroneous assumption that reading is a chore that must be undertaken grudgingly, CEO of Stratcomm Africa and Communications Expert, Esther Cobbah, has said.
According to...
The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) has said policies targetting the business community are often ineffective because they are not backed by data.
“We are living in an information revolution age wherein data holds the key to growth and prosperity for corporate entities and nations at large....
Only a government-led intervention will bring down lending rates to levels needed to spur economic growth and transformation, Professor Godfred Bokpin - an economist and professor of finance at the University of Ghana Business School, has said; insisting that not everything must be left for the private sector to...
The Volta River Authority (VRA) has said it is pursuing a number of measures to enhance the nation’s power stability and energy security, which will enable it to reap full benefits from the energy sector in a post-COVID-19 transformation agenda.
Its Chief Executive Officer, Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa, in a speech read...