The global Corona Virus pandemic has been the ultimate measure of character and competency for leaders in all industries. More especially in the financial technology and banking industry, executives have had to take on enormous responsibilities to maintain financial stability and protect jobs in these uncertain times. The big...
Without doubt, our world will never be the same after COVID-19, which has so far claimed five hundred thousand plus precious lives worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US and over one hundred recorded in Ghana by the Ministry of Health (MoH) since February 2020.
With no vaccine...
Do you think the world economies will continue to maintain social distancing, avoid hand shake, ban social gathering, and keep children away from school, among its many protocols now and into the distant future in observance of the novel corona-virus?
Will covid-19 and all its announced protocols be remembered soon...
The COVID-19 pandemic could be a game changer for digital financial services. Low income households and small firms can benefit greatly from advances in mobile money, fintech services and online banking. Financial inclusion as a result of digital financial services can also boost economic growth. While the pandemic is...
Although it seems like ancient history, it hasn’t been that long since economies around the world began to close down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Early in the crisis, most people anticipated a quick V-shaped recovery, on the assumption that the economy merely needed a short time-out. After...
Young Educators Foundation (YEF), organisers of The Spelling Bee-Gh, is sending a note of caution to individuals and organisations who are defrauding or seek to defraud unsuspecting parents by using The Spelling Bee-Gh brand.
“It has come to the attention of Young Educators Foundation, organisers of The Spelling Bee-Gh, that...
Globally, COVID-19 has put several supply chains, businesses, schools, and public services on the brink of collapse. Beyond the disruptions caused by COVID-19, local and international business activities are frequently interrupted by fire outbreaks, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, terrorism, cyber-attacks, supply and demand market volatility among others.
In the particular case...
Out of a total of GHc99 million spent on loans and projects, Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) in 2019, disbursed GHc92.5 million to 74,334 micro loans beneficiaries, the Finance Committee in Parliament has presented in its report on the budget performance of the Office of Government Machinery.
The report...
MTN has to be commended for the extension of the fee waiver on Mobile Money (MoMo) on-net transfers up to GHC100 daily till Sept 30, 2020. The extension gives opportunity to MoMo customers to continue sending money transfer value up to GHS100 daily to MoMo wallets for free.
Eli Hini,...