SUNU Assurances Ghana Limited, a Pan-African Insurance conglomerate, has paid a Motor Claim of GH¢969,000 to Mole Projects & Machinery Limited. This was a total loss payment on a bus owned by the insured last week. Presenting the cheque, the Head of Business Development, Mr. Kofi Bonsu, assured the client...
'Productivity’ has become a buzzword with positive connotations – but what happens when getting things done is taken to an extreme? Reza Jafery has been something of a workaholic since he was in first grade. Whenever he was assigned homework, he’d head straight for the library at the end of...
The far-reaching implications of finding commercially viable quantities of oil and gas in deepwater drilling off Ghana was one of several topical issues explored by Kevin Okyere, CEO-Springfield Group, in an in-depth interview he gave recently to Oxford Business Group’s online broadcasting channel, Global Platform. Okyere told OBG that Springfield’s...
Until COVID-19, many people in the developing world felt good about their futures. Overall, developing countries had recovered quickly from the 2009-10 Great Recession, and many – especially in Africa and Latin America – were enjoying the benefits of China’s ever-growing demand for oil, minerals, and agricultural commodities. Expectations...
  Helping to build informed and civically engaged communities is central to our work around elections , Our work in supporting elections across Africa continues to be a priority and we’ve dedicated unprecedented resources to these efforts both locally and globally, with protecting election integrity at the center of this work. This...
Development risks remain as economic activity, incomes likely to stay low for extended period The global economy is expected to expand 4% in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout the year. A recovery, however, will likely be subdued, unless policy makers move decisively to tame the...
In this great big world of digitisation seemingly on steroids, and innovations springing up faster than mushrooms overnight after a good soft rain, it is more than easy to be considered out of fashion and outside of the spectrum of useful and technological applications. Yet somehow, Unstructured Supplementary Service Data...
Financial literacy is a critical life skill that empowers individuals to make informed decisions about managing their money, planning for the future, and achieving financial goals. It encompasses a range of knowledge and skills, including budgeting, saving, investing, debt management, retirement planning, and understanding financial products and services. Financially...
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is optimistic that the projected tax-to-GDP of 20 percent from the current 13 percent will materialise if government increases revenue mobilisation and harnesses a digitalised economy. This, the minister said, when attained will enable government to raise funds to support the recently announced GH¢100billion Ghana...
The political landscape of Ghana is gradually shifting to all-inclusive governance, with the peasant majority and the working class still backing the political establishments. It is worth noting that as a democratic republic, the support received from both the working class and peasant majority is considered out of free-will. Over...