Female staff of rural and community banks across the country have been equipped with managerial and leadership capacity development skills.
The training programme’s primary objective is supporting women in the industry to take up managerial and leadership roles, and also advocate for leaders of institutions to involve women in decision-making.
This,...
African governments have been advised to empower and utilise the skills of Africa’s young entrepreneurs as a catalyst to help the continent recover from COVID-19. This view was expressed by Jason Pau, Senior Advisor for International Programmes of the Jack Ma Foundation - a charity owned by Jack Ma, the...
Zeepay, a fast-growing fintech and a Challenger Electronic Money issuer (Mobile Money Company), has announced a new partnership with Enterprise Life to provide beneficiary insurance to remittance senders from the diaspora known as Zeemicro.
People in diaspora can now purchase insurance cover for their beneficiaries when sending money home and...
The World Bank last week approved US$250 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the establishment of the Development Bank of Ghana (DBG) to increase access to long term finance and boost job creation for 10,000 enterprises in key sectors including agribusinesses, manufacturing and high value services.
“By...
MTN Group on Friday announced a set of financial results for the third quarter, supported by the performance of its larger operations in South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana, and good group-wide growth in subscriber numbers despite challenging trading conditions which have taken a toll on people everywhere.
“As the COVID-19...
CalBank Plc, despite operating in a challenging economic environment, has declared a Profit after Tax (PAT) of GH¢140.8 million in its 2020 third quarter results, up from the GH¢135.4 million recorded during the comparable period in 2019, representing an increase of 4%.
This was contained in a statement forwarded to...
The historical city of Kumasi is undergoing significant change. Daniel Mensah Boafo/Shutterstock
Housing is one of the most basic human needs and can have a profound impact on the happiness, lifestyle, self-esteem, and productivity of an individual. Yet the delivery of adequate housing to urban dwellers has been a...
My mother was a nurse—the increasingly rare Florence Nightingale kind, I must add. Growing up with a nurse as a mother, one tends to have a special relationship with hospitals. One’s life becomes so interwoven with hospitals that one eventually develops a love-hate relationship with these health facilities. Hospitals...