In yet another example of his love for humanity, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has built, furnished and formally handed over a two-bedroom house to an 82-year old cured leper who had been abandoned by her family at Motori in the Wa West district of the Upper West Region. Dr....
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is currently recruiting prospective trainers to participate in a Pre-Certification Training Programme of Trainers for Censuses. The pre-certification programme is being offered for both National Trainers (trainers of Regional trainers) and Regional Trainers (trainers of Field Officers). This training programme will combine virtual with in-person...
The Ghana Stock Exchange saw a decline of trading activities in the first quarter of the year, mainly induced by the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic - pushing investors to flee to safer havens like gold, the Japanese Yen and US dollar, a Bank of Ghana report has...
The four biggest audit firms in Ghana, namely: Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY), KPMG and PWC, dominated the audit of the biggest companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange based on the 2019 audited financial reports published by the Ghana Stock Exchange and on the website of the listed...
Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) organised its maiden virtual edition of the annual SME Clinic for over two hundred of its SME customers across different business sectors on the theme, “Running a Successful SME Business in a Disruptive Environment”. The Chief Executive of UMB, Mr. Benjamin Amenumey stressed on the Bank’s...
The latest Afrobarometer report by the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) has revealed that 60 percent of the country’s youth would “somewhat support” or “strongly support” higher taxes to fund programmes to help them. This is because the youth have identified unemployment as their major headache and would support any...
A microfinance company based in the Western Region, Boin Microfinance Limited, has cited  the Receiver, Eric Nana Nipah, for abuse of power and disregard for the law as the company’s assets are being confiscated despite court order stopping it from doing so. According to management of the company, the Accra...
“The world suffers a lot not because of the violence of bad people but because of the silence of good people” …..Napoleon Bonaparte.  Many Ghanaians witness different forms of crimes, which has the potential to jeopardize the health, safety or lives of others. Most individuals who witness such misconduct often...
Introduction Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Ghana in March 2020, economic policymaking has been dominated by measures to address the many impacts of the pandemic. In particular, fiscal policy has been deployed on a massive scale to shore up the public health response to COVID-19 and also lessen...
Banks in the country are ready to finance projects and programmes in the private and public sectors with potential to revive the economy irrespective of COVID-19 prevalence, panellists at the fifth edition of the B&FT-organised Ghana’s Most Respected CEOs Breakfast Series, have said. The panel, made up of bankers, economists...