Hello my real estate family, apologies for going MIA last week. I trust that you are keeping safe as always. As you are aware, every now and then we bring you tips that can make home maintenance and utility management a tad easier in these tough times. Today, we...
Appolonia City has announced that it is increasing local content participation in its infrastructure projects. The initiative will build the capacity and expertise of local contractors and vendors, provide more jobs and positively impact economic activities in the local Appolonia community. The scale of work the initiative covers includes the...
Canada places gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls firmly at the centre of its international assistance, and is proud to work with the government of Ghana and other stakeholders to advance these objectives in Ghana. To this end, Canada has announced GHS 138 million (CAD 30 million)...
The world over, emerging payments are revolutionizing the financial industry. Emerging payments refers to new and improved ways of executing payment obligations in a fast, secure, easy, cost effective and intuitive manner with the use of technology. Over the last few years, there have been significant shifts in the...
The second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) has now been scheduled for December 2021. The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), African Union (AU) and government of Rwanda have decided to shift the date of the continental trade fair, which was previously scheduled to be held from 6 to 12 September 2021...
As part of measures to ensure public health safety through the safeguarding of Ghana’s borders, the British High Commission in Accra has funded a £35,350 training workshop for land border officials to boost health emergency response. The workshop was led by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM-Ghana) and targetted at...
The place I pray in my life never to be is a prison. At least, what we see on TV and the grotesque description of ordeals by ex-convicts we meet in town gives us an inkling of what is to be expected in a prison. In 2007, I had...
Real GDP is projected to grow by 3.4% in 2021 after contracting by an estimated 2.1% in 2020 Africa is set to recover from its worst recession in half a century. Real GDP is projected to grow by 3.4% in 2021 after contracting by an estimated 2.1% in 2020, mainly...
This second part in the series on ‘governance of internal and external audits’, provides an in-depth overview into the design of the internal audit function, which, despite being a critical one, is often ignored in many DFIs/FIs. It also touches on other aspects related to effective efficient and transparent...
Nestlé Ghana, producers of Milo, Cerelac, Maggi, Ideal Milk and Nescafe, in collaboration with the Ghana Red Cross Society has commissioned a portable system at Amanhyia, a community of over 4,000 residents, in the Suhum Municipality in the Eastern Region. The water system commissioned on World Water Day, has three...