Ghana confirmed its first two COVID-19 cases on March 12, 2020, imports from Norway and Turkey. Africa has since recorded over 1.5 million cases and counting. In terms of infections and deaths, we have fared better than most other regions.
Perhaps this is because of our youthful population, the natural...
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has made a total of GH¢2.21billion in benefit payments to pensioners as of August 2022.
A perusal of the Trust’s data show this represents a decline of 3.91 percent in benefit payments compared to 2021’s GH¢2.30billion.
Quite unusually, the number of pensioners had...
The Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is poised to incorporate all regulated payment and settlement outlets across participating countries into its framework, and in the process ensure that no segment of the economy is left out.
In Ghana, banks and non-bank financial institutions - including saving and loans...
Premiered on the 8th of March, we welcome the home of premium Ghanaian entertainment on Akwaaba Magic. Tune in to DStv CH 150 for sprinkles of drama, reality, comedy and juicy shows. The channel has four flagship shows, namely Dede, Inside Out, Sankofa and Magic in Us featuring some...
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has commended Vodafone Ghana Foundation for its annual charity activity ‘Vodafone Homecoming’ - an initiative that has helped settle medical bills for thousands of patients in many health institutions across the country.
Speaking during the virtual ceremony to launch the second phase of the Vodafone...
The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) is set to undertake a historic exercise in the nation’s healthcare delivery sector as it prepares to undertake 35 paediatric cardiac catheterisations in one week.
Paediatric cardiac catheterisation is a medical procedure to correct a congenital heart defect, which is a problem with...
The expression that “we buy on emotion and justify with logic” has intuitively made sense to some people, but rationally not made sense to others. Prof. Gerald Zaltman, a Harvard professor, indicated that purchase decisions are subconscious and hence compelled by unconscious urges, with emotion being the biggest. According...
… Health, education and religious bodies worst culprits
Out of 6,000 private and public businesses registered at the Registrar Generals’ Department, only 2,000 have registered with the Data Protection Commission (DPC), which means more than 65 percent of business in the country are not data protection compliant.
The act sets out...
The world loses more than US$2trillion annually due to illicit trade, which drains countries of valuable resources and impedes sustainable development.
UNCTAD will host its second Illicit Trade Forum on 6th and 7th September, providing a platform for countries to collaborate on tackling this menace to development.
The event, to be held in...
Ten State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) operating in the energy space recorded cumulative losses of GH¢9billion within three years.
The sector’s SOEs recorded losses of GH¢3.7billion in 2018, GH¢2.9billion in 2019 and GH¢2.5billion in 2020 - with Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Tema Oil Refinery, Valco and Northern Electricity Distribution Company among...