In many African countries including Ghana and around the globe, plastics play a very important role in the economic lives of people due to its durability, potability and affordability. Plastics play a significant role in transporting Ghana’s indigenous goods. Indigenous food products like ‘‘waakye’’ ‘‘kenkey’’ are no exceptions. However, these...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said his caution that some banks were on the verge of collapsing, as far back as 2015, was supported by data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to Dr. Bawumia, an Asset Quality Review of the country’s banking system - a study occasioned...
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has commenced the training of some 250 National Service Personnel posted to the Ghana Police Service’s Urban Traffic Management Unit of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD). The training forms part of the Commission’s structured agenda to create insurance awareness in the country, and...
Emirates is proud to support It's a Penalty's campaign's newest global film "What is Human Trafficking?" launched in collaboration with actor Liam Neeson. The short film is designed to educate the world about the misconceptions and the reality of human trafficking and exploitation happening globally. By airing this special message on...
Industry player calls for more education and innovation Even though the insurance industry continues to record annual growth, its contribution to the overall economy - measured by premium income to GDP, otherwise known as insurance penetration - has remained around 1 percent since 2014, data from the Bank of...
Staff of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) have revealed that their recent declaration of a strike action over the protection of aviation lands at the La Wireless Station, which is adjacent the AU Village in Accra, was instigated by a signal jam experienced when President Nana Addo Dankwa...
The General Manager of Adansi Rural Bank at Fomena in the Adansi North district of Ashanti Region, Akwasi Ossei Nkrumah, has reiterated the bank’s commitment to ensuring best and most convenient banking services to customers at all times. According to him, banking is now a very competitive business and Adansi...
The general price level of goods and services, measured by consumer price index, has once again seen a marginal decline in September - following a record jump in April 2020 occasioned by high spending on food in preparation for the coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdown. Data released by the Ghana Statistical Service...
‘END SARS NOW!” they chant in Nigeria. SHUT IT ALL DOWN! They chant in Namibia’s capital, Windhoek. NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE! they continue to chant on streets across America. People power has come alive on streets in these two African nations over this past week. Their voices are raised...
The attention of West Hills Mall management has been drawn to a comment in the media (purported to have been made by the MP for Weija-Gbawe Constituency, Madam Tina Naa Ayeley Mensah), suggesting that the incidence of flooding in parts of her constituency results from the construction of West...