After almost five years of enhancing the diplomatic relations between Brazil and Ghana, the Brazilian Ambassador, Maria Elisa T. de Luna, leaves the shores of Ghana with an indelible mark, fostering a better foundation for more trade and diplomatic engagements between the two countries.
The former Brazilian ambassador will be...
NetGuardians - renowned for its enterprise risk platform for combatting bank fraud - has announced it has joined forces with software integration specialist BlueSPACE Africa Technologies to help Ghanaian financial institutions fight fraud.
The partnership was launched with an executive breakfast event attended by banks, industry leaders and the media,...
Medical Practitioner, Dr. Florence Koryo Akumiah, has said that a multi-disciplinary approach is required to manage diabetes in adolescents and children effectively.
According to her, diabetes in children and adolescents may expose them to psychiatric factors such as depression, stress and anxiety, which can negatively affect the overall management of...
In order for the Ghanaian insurance market to flourish and increase the country’s insurance penetration, uninsured rural areas and the urban poor need to be brought under the ambit of insurance coverage, said Rita Korley, Strategy, Digital and Data Executive at Old Mutual Ghana.
Her comments follow current reports indicating...
4,000 agents gone
Value of transaction declines GH¢2.8bn
Volume goes down by 10m
The telecommunication companies (Telcos) registered an over-300,000 loss of mobile money subscribers in the month of April prior to implementation of the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-levy), Bank of Ghana data have shown.
According to the Summary of...
Fidelity Bank, Ghana’s largest privately-owned indigenous bank, has been named the Best Regional Bank - West Africa at the prestigious African Banker Awards ceremony held during the African Development Bank meeting at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra.
The African Banker Awards are the biggest annual recognition event for banks in Africa. They...
As part of measures to raise revenue and ease pressure on the central government, Chairman of the Research Committee at Tesah Capital, Professor Elikplimi Agbloyor, is recommending that managers of the economy consider lengthening the nation’s existing debt profile through the issuance of a 30-year domestic bond
Currently, the longest-tenured...
The Managing Director of GCB Bank PLC (GCB), Mr. Kofi Adomako, has indicated that the new Development Bank Ghana’s (DBG) arrival is timely for banks like GCB and also for the growth of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) in the country.
Mr. Adomako was speaking to the collaboration between GCB...
Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyerematen has expressed government's commitment to working with the private sector in ensuring the country maximises and fully harnesses benefits of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) with the One District, One Factory (1D1F) programme.
In a speech read on his behalf by Michael...
approves GH¢1.4billion dividend payment for FY 2021
Scancom Limited, operator of MTN, is set to increase the total number of shares allocated under its employee share scheme from 4.4 percent to 5 percent of its issued share capital.
The move, which was approved as a special resolution at the firm’s...