Kowri, a leading financial technology brand, is pleased to share insights from its Chief Marketing Officer, Charles Kollo, regarding the significant growth and strengthening of the middle class in West Africa. Charles, a seasoned marketing professional with deep expertise in the African market, highlights the role of Kowri in...
Ghana is blessed with immense talent in all sectors of life. The country has produced world greats in almost every sector, including in the areas of governance and leadership, the arts and entertainment, sports and entrepreneurship.
The enterprising nature of the Ghanaian is also evidenced in the depth of achievements...
‘Delegate. Don’t abdicate’
Leadership puts leaders to series of erratic tests from situation to situation. It presents reasoning to leaders and subject leaders to reason on the go. Yet leadership is not all about reasoning. It is also an art which will always demand mastery of emotional management and intelligence,...
Republic Bank Ghana, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and Korle Klotey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA) for beautification of AU Square.
The Managing Director of Republic Bank, Mr. Farid Antar, expressed his excitement about the partnership and, most...
…Income diversification approach
KEY FINDINGS:
A private tertiary institution with a 17.60% income diversification venture will sustain financially during the COVID-19 pandemic era.
COVID-19 is presently raising the threat to the financial sustainability of private tertiary institutions (PTIs). They are limited to the accomplishment of their missions and their...
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new grant of US$12million to the Africa Public Health Foundation, to help expand the geographic coverage of testing and to strengthen contact tracing for COVID-19 in Africa through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
“Equitable access to testing and tracing...
Recent fiscal policy measures undertaken by government to tighten expenditure promise well for sovereign issuances, but analysts are cautioning of an upside risk to government’s fiscal projections due to the rigid (non-discretionary) nature of its expenditure items.
Non-discretionary expenditures such as total employee compensation, interest payment and statutory allocations add up to...
PFAG demands more inclusion in Phase II
Although women's contribution to the agricultural sector remains crucial, only 20.13 percent of them actively participated in government's Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative, says a study by the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG).
Presenting findings of the study, titled...
It has been a decade filled with deep societal change with huge progress made in things such as mental health, physical health, social interventions and spiritual awareness. That is what Happy FM’s ‘Nsem Pii’ has achieved in the Ghanaian society.
‘Nsem Pii’ is a social and religious programme that has...
Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Association of Banks (GAB), John Awuah, is confident the Bank of Ghana's phased approach to implementing the increased Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) will help banks plan for the 15 percent to come in November.
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), after an urgent meeting to...