In a bid to solve the incessant pollution of water-bodies by illegal mining activities, also known as ‘galamsey’, government says in the coming days it will introduce the use of speed-boats and river guards to clamp down on the perpetrators of such activities.
River-bodies have been officially declared ‘Red Zones’...
Time is running out to address issues around environmental sustainability, and there is a desperate need for dedicated efforts from all stakeholders to change the narrative - with enormous benefits, economic and otherwise, to be gained; as well as dire consequences for inaction.
This was the overwhelming position held by...
Amid the debate over efficacy of the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG) Inflation Targetting approach to reining-in the current rate of inflation, the Executive Head of Research, Media, Business Intelligence and Market Conduct at the Ghana Association of Banks (GAB), Dr. Ebenezer Ashley, is suggesting the adoption of Average Inflation...
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has cautioned the public against placing LPG cylinders - both empty and filled - near any naked fire or inflammable liquids.
The Authority noted that such acts have the potential of causing fire outbreaks which would result in loss of lives and property.
Interacting with the...
Statehood has been largely unintentional. The act of a group of people coming together to forge into the oneness of nationhood, has in retrospect, not been as intentional as our present form may seem to suggest. This has been the case, worldwide. And this is an assertion we will...
In June 2022, President Lazarus Chakwera faced an impossible dilemma. His chief anti-corruption officer, Martha Chizuma - a respected professional - had just informed him of widespread corruption in his government.
In a report that named many powerful names, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) implicated the Inspector-General of Police and several...
Esther A. N. Cobbah, Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Communication Africa (Stratcomm Africa), was recognised as ‘Public Relations Personality’ credited with ‘stellar achievements in communications’, and for ‘her contribution to the development of the profession in Africa’ at the 9th edition of As de la Communication (ASCOM) - an...
There is a popular folk-tale from India about blind men and the elephant. As the tale goes, six blind men who had never interacted with an elephant were brought before one of the mammoth animals, and depending on what part of the beast they touched offered a strikingly different...
The formation and inauguration of the Association of Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) has been widely lauded, and the platform urged to be used to contribute to building a more formidable rural banking industry.
The Executive Director of the Association of Rural Banks, Ghana (ARB), Mrs....
The ARB Apex Bank PLC is seeking to raise GH₵25million additional shares in five years to bolster its capital base, and among others, implement some policy initiatives while being able to lend to rural and community banks (RCBs).
The move, which forms part of a newly approved strategic plan of...