Despite a booming shoe and other leather works industry in the country, it is sad and surprising to learn that not even a single leather tannery exists to supply these small businesses with leather - leaving them at the mercy of importers.
The situation is even more worrying if a...
Mr. Eli Hini, General Manager of MTN Mobile Money, has advised mobile money agents in the country to be supportive in the fight against mobile money-related fraud.
“Agents have not been supportive in the fight against fraud; they are supposed to be our channel of educating customers to understand what...
The Executive Director for the National Population Council (NPC), Dr. Leticia Adelaide Appiah, has indicated that a holistic and comprehensive approach is required to tackle rising threat of teenage pregnancy as government has done with the galamsey menace.
According to Dr. Appiah, the country’s teenage pregnancy rate at 14% is...
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said technical works on the interoperability of the payment system has been completed and would be launched in January next year.
He said the implementation of the system would enable persons using mobile phones and traditional bank accounts to communicate and send money across...
Government is hoping that a full implementation of its digitisation drive next year would facilitate tax compliance and payment by Ghanaians.
Out of a total of 4million people active in the formal sector, just about 1.3m currently pay their taxes, estimated at some GH¢3.5billion.
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, speaking to the...
A Ghanaian-American fibre optics inventor, Dr. Thomas Mensah, has proposed that development of a Bullet-train system in the country to link northern and southern parts at the back of fibre optic technology will optimise movement of goods and services in the country’s transportation industry.
“We are pushing for the development...
President Akuffo Addo has been named amongst 100 of the most influential Africans on the continent for 2017 by the New Africa Magazine.
He made the list as one of only three heads of state, including Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Alpha Conde of Guinea.
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo also...
The agricultural sector on the continent needs stronger regulations to correct the existing governance processes that are fraught with weakness, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Vera Songwe, has said.
“Land rights are not secure, the procurement process for inputs such as fertilizer and other inputs remain...
Customs and border controls in many African countries remain a governance challenge and that more is needed to achieve free movement of people and goods on the continent, Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has said.
Ms. Songwe, speaking at the 2017 Africa Economic Conference...