Market analysts have stated that investors appear to have remained numb to implementation of the electronic transactions(E-Levy), as concerns over incessant consumer inflation and the prevailing liquidity squeeze seem to have more priority in their thoughts. As recently announced, consumer inflation now stands at double the central bank’s medium-term target...
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA-Customs) is working toward a four-hour mandatory timeframe as the average period to clear goods at the ports beginning next year. Currently, there is no approved time-baseline for clearing goods at the ports, a situation the Customs Division has said should have...
President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, made a compelling case last week Wednesday for the United States to back the institution’s US$1.5billion emergency food production plan. The plan seeks to avert a looming food crisis in Africa caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Bank chief,...
Global Accelerex Nigeria has been ranked among the fastest-growing companies in Africa by Financial Times (FT). The Fintech and payments solutions company operates in five countries on the continent, including Ghana, and was recognised by FT in its inaugural ranking of Africa’s fastest-growing companies in 2022. Commenting on the ranking, Chief...
Faustina Annan, a beneficiary of Vodafone Healthline, praised Vodafone for ending her nightmare by making it possible for her son to urinate and pass stool like any other person. In the Anaji Westline community of Takoradi in the Western Region, there were tears of joy and enormous sighs of relief...
Prudential Bank Limited has donated assorted items worth GH¢10,000 to two institutions to support their humanitarian activities. The beneficiaries are Paidia Evangelism Ministry (PEM), a non-governmental organisation dedicated to spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ while giving much-needed support to the less privileged in Ghana; and Nana Saka Nkansah II...
Previously on ‘A Portrait of the Dark Side’, Aba had survived days of torment from dark shadowy figures. On her way home from work one evening, she’d been ambushed by minions from the Dark Side and was hauled back to the village house she grew up in. There, she...
It is suppertime on a misty Friday evening after a heavy downpour in the nation’s capital, Accra. The sky is clearing and the usual Friday traffic is surprisingly absent, thanks to the rains which unfortunately had caused flooding in some parts of the city. I found myself in the heart...
Love’s the simplest but sweetest thing created Wishes best for present, future and even belated Love’s achievements abound and unprecedented I concur; love without real reason leads you delusional Emotionally unemotional On a path, unwanted Certainly setting the agenda to engender hatred Love’s the simplest but sweetest thing created Wishes best for present, future and even belated Foetus’s...
Heart failure (HF) is a public health issue of global importance. In Ghana, a study by Amoah and Kallen (2000) revealed that the main causes of heart failure were hypertension (21.3percent), rheumatic heart disease (20.1percent), and cardiomyopathy (16.8percernt). Additionally, congenital heart disease and coronary artery disease accounted for 9.8...