The Council of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has appointed Ms. Abena Amoah as Managing Director of the Exchange, with effect from November 24, 2022. Ms. Amoah will take over from Mr. Ekow Afedzie, the current Managing Director, who will retire from the Exchange on November 23, 2022 after 32...
More than half of banks in the country have approved plans to adopt and integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies into their business operations, a recently-released study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has shown. In its 2022 Ghana Banking Survey Report - wherein it surveyed 21 out of the 23 registered...
The 2nd Deputy Governor of Bank of Ghana, Elsie Addo Awadzi, has urged Chief Executive Officers and Directors of Rural and Community Banks to strictly comply with the new corporate governance directive for rural and community banks. This directive was issued under the powers conferred on the Bank of Ghana...
Credit unions worldwide will celebrate International Credit Union (ICU) Day on Thursday 20th October 2022, to mark the immense role being played by financial Cooperatives in improving the livelihoods of their members. The Day is recognised to reflect upon the Credit Union movement's history, promote its achievements, acknowledge the...
What is Cyber Insurance? Cyber insurance (Cyb-Ins), which is also known as cybersecurity insurance or cyber-liability insurance, is a type of non-life insurance that protects organisations from the loss (mostly financial) incurred from cyberattacks and/or data breaches. It is a risk treatment option organisations adopt to protect themselves in the...
“In fact, if I had my way mining in forest reserves by both local and international companies would be banned. Also, all pending applications for mining in forest reserves and near water-bodies should be withdrawn.” Political instability and economic stagnation in some West African countries could perhaps be fuelling the...
…voice matters in the customer’s experience Our words matter. But our tone matters—many times, even more. This is why an “I love you” can very much sound like an “I can’t stand you.” This is also why an “All is well with me” can actually say “I am not alright...
GOIL has donated two vehicles to the Ghana Prisons Service in Accra. The vehicles, which are valued at GH¢700,000, were donated to the organisation following its request to GOIL to support its operations. Making the presentation to the Ghana Prisons Service, Group CEO and Managing Director of GOIL, Kwame Osei Prempeh,...
The 5th Ghana Green Building Summit organised by Yecham Property Consult was held from October 5-6, 2022 at the green-certified CalBank Head Office in Accra, and opened by its MD, Mr. Philip Owiredu. For the second year running, the summit followed a hybrid style that attracted 204 in-person delegates and...
Investment guidelines are both consumer protection and risk management tools that put checks and balances on the players entrusted to invest the “sweat” retirement capital of workers for safe but fair returns. They are also used to direct patient pensions capital into productive sectors of the economy, so it...