The Electoral Commission has announced that it will declare the winner of the 2020 presidential elections results by 5pm today at the Accra International Conference Centre. The declaration will be done by the Chairperson of the EC, Jean Mensa, who is also the returning officer for the presidential election. Prior to...
Credit unions have been urged to reposition themselves by improving their operations in the country to better meet the demands and needs of the people to be able to make significant contributions to national development post-COVID-19. Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, made the remarks on the...
Welcome to another week of financial learning. Today's discussion will be a recap of my End of Year financial planning published last year. We are now in the twelfth month of the year 2020! Hurray!! The year 2020 has been a very challenging time for everyone due to the health pandemic the...
China’s economy seems largely to have bounced back from the COVID-19 shock. It registered 4.9% annual growth in the third quarter of 2020, and the rate may well exceed 5% growth in the fourth quarter. The result would be at least 2% annual full-year growth – not bad at...
Businesses and homes within the capital will soon enjoy reliable supply of power as work on the US$50million Pokuase Bulk Supply Point (BSP) project reaches 87 percent completion. The power substation comprises switch gear and control rooms for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) with...
Revenue generation Bringing public debt down Private sector growth By Obed Attah YEBOAH As the country anxiously awaits the Electoral Commission’s announcement of the nation’s president for the next four years, a seasoned economist at the University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey, has advised that whoever becomes the leader should...
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has handed over twenty-two solar power mechanised boreholes to 12 municipal assemblies across the country. The beneficiary assemblies include Builsa North, Akuapim North, Juaben, Bongo, Tain, Suhum, Yilo Krobo and Shai Osudoku. The rest are Adaklu, Wa, Awutu and Akuapim South. Speaking at the boreholes handing-over...
Mr. Elliot Williams, the B&FT Special Project Consultant, has been adjudged CIIG Insurance reporter of the Year 2019 at the maiden edition of the Chartered Institute of Insurance Ghana (CIIG) awards held in Accra last week. Mr. Williams said: “I am elated to win this award. This goes to show that...
The Deputy Commissioner of Insurance, Michael Kofi Andoh, has urged district, municipal and metropolitan assemblies to urgently upgrade and improve the conditions of markets all over the country, in order to enable insurance companies to insure the wares and shops of market women and men. He noted that conditions at...
Will Africa’s political parties and personalities promote peace and economic recovery in 2021, or will they predispose the continent’s fragile economies to increased dependency on debt capital from the West and China. While China, the second-largest global economy, may have added coronavirus to its export list in 2020, its infrastructure...