Government’s decision to exempt the security agencies from the unification of pension schemes could affect the sustainability of the three tier pension system, the sector’s regulator, the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), has lamented.
Unification seeks to bring all parallel pension schemes under the three-tier system by 2021. But the...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has, once again, reaffirmed his administration’s support for any private company which was ready to help in advancing the progress of the country.
“I want to reiterate that I am particularly keen to assist any private company which is ready to advance the progress of...
Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Dr. John Kofi Mensah has said the bank will continue to develop products and services which will be beneficial to customers.
According to Dr. Kofi Mensah, the continous growth of the Bank could partly be attributed to the strong customer base which...
The Vice President, Alhaji Dr. Mahamud Bawumia has cut the sod for the construction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Bottling Refilling Plant at Axim in the Western Region.
The construction of the LPG bottling plant as a unit of the cylinder recirculation module requires an installation of LGP storage tanks,...
Urgent financing is needed to upgrade oil refineries and associated storage and distribution infrastructure to help avoid the numbers of premature deaths caused by air pollution in developing economies, the African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARA) has said.
Anibor Kragha, new Executive Secretary of ARA said: “Whether through product imports...
Having long been buttressed by ample liquidity, financial markets are entering the final quarter of 2020 amid an increasingly tentative global economic recovery, unusual political uncertainties, and lagging fiscal and structural policy responses. And these headwinds come on top of the COVID-19 crisis, which has left most countries struggling...
The biggest institution of any states is government. “A government is an institution entrusted with making and enforcing the rules of a society, as well as with regulating relations with other societies.”
I have deliberately included the above definitions because many people do not consider governments as institutions; but I...
Winning in the digital economy:
Africa, economically united, means more than a combined gross domestic product of over US$600 billion. The real benefits are in the amalgam of competitive advantages, the opening of new markets and generally the boost to Africa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Indeed, the prospects already seem to be...
With the COVID-19 pandemic reinforcing concerns about economic inequality, left-behind communities, discrimination, and climate change, there is increasing pressure on corporations to do more than sell a good widget at an affordable price. Responding to the changing public mood, the US Business Roundtable declared last year that, “Each of...