Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, has charged judges in the country to expand their knowledge and understating of the new Insurance Act, 2021 (Act 1061). This comes after the repeal of Insurance Act, 2006 (Act 724) which occupied the insurance industry for about 15 years. According to...
For Ghana and rest of Africa to fully reap the benefits of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), there is the need to “strategically” move away from short term price-based buying to value and developmental based sourcing. Strategic sourcing, according to Professor Douglas Boateng, refers to the ‘big picture’...
Interest rates have gone up several times in the last couple of months in Ghana, and it looks like they will keep rising for the foreseeable future. So, this begs the question: what are interest rates, why are they rising, and how do they affect you? What are interest rates?...
“Ghana has a population of about 31 million people, and receives 15 million pieces of used clothing each week – 40 percent of which goes to the graveyard.” Trade data as of 2020 have shown that Ghana has become the world’s biggest dumping ground for used clothing in...
Access Bank Ghana has been named the 22nd most prestigious company in Ghana at the 19th edition of the Ghana Club 100 event hosted at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra. This placement moved Access Bank 58 positions forward from its previous ranking in 2019. Since 1998, the Ghana...
More Ghanaian nurses are in the process of securing visas to practice abroad, a situation most of them say is born out of poor working conditions in the country. Over the past year, there have been increased cases of Ghanaian-trained nurses and other health professionals travelling outside the country. A general...
Former finance minister Seth Terkper is of the view that as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiation is still underway, is it crucial for government to strive for a solid and good programme and not necessarily a fast one. He said presenting a good programme is key to winning over...
Delta Air Lines and Junior Achievement (JA) Africa have renewed their partnership to advance business and STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) education among young people across the continent. JA Africa is one of Africa’s largest and most impactful youth-serving NGOs, delivering hands-on immersive learning in work, financial health, entrepreneurship,...
The Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) has been awarded the Agribusiness Bank of the Year award at the Ghana Accountancy and Finance Awards 2022 held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra. The Ghana Accountancy Awards, organised by Strategic Accountancy Africa, provide a platform to celebrate individuals and organisations that play a...
The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) led by the CEO, Sarata Conatey met with experts from the Africa Consultative Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which has the secretariat in Accra, Ghana. The consultative meeting held at the Accra International Conference Centre was as part of the European Commission project...