The central bank is currently piloting an offline version of the eCedi to be used for consecutive payments in areas yet to be connected to digital and Internet infrastructure, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, has said.
He said though BoG’s digitisation agenda through roll-out of the...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and Africa Development Fund to offer more support to African economies amid ongoing global economic challenges.
Dr. Bawumia was speaking at the closing ceremony at AfDB's three-day Annual General Meeting in Accra, and said the AfDB has lived...
A total of 500 trained lifeguards graduated yesterday at the Eastern Naval Base in Tema New Town.
The trained lifeguards, drawn from about nine regions in the country, comprised both males and females and will be deployed to save lives on Ghana's water-bodies in the country.
The Basic Water Safety and...
International Trade in the global south has traditionally been with key agricultural commodities such as cocoa, coffee, cashew among others. While production cost involves a lot on the part of the farmers (purchase of approved inputs, application of fertiliser, equipment) as well as ensuring that production is sustainable and...
Axis Pension Trust, a leading private pension provider in Ghana, has hosted Trustees of leading pension funds in a Roundtable Discussion under the theme ‘The New Investment Guidelines: Implications for Pension Funds and Trustees’.
The event took place on May 20, 2022 in Accra, and brought together over 60 participants...
Shippers in the Volta and Oti Regions have been sensitised on reversal of the discount on benchmark value that took effect from March this year.
The sensitisation was part of events that marked the 67th meeting of the Volta Regional Shippers Committee held at Aflao on 19th May 2022.
The discount...
Access Bank (Ghana) Plc has recorded an impressive growth performance across key indicators of its operations for the year ended 31st December 2021. This was revealed during the Bank’s 14th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held at its head office, and streamed virtually to shareholders via a dedicated link.
Delivering his...
Speakers at the Tech Entrepreneurs Forum (TEF) have argued that with the current state of unemployment, one area worth exploring is business process outsourcing (BPO), service delivery or remote working options, in which people operate remotely in and outside of their home nations.
Experts who spoke on the theme ‘Remote...
As part of their efforts to increase financial education and literacy, Old Mutual Ghana, in partnership with the Police Counseling Unit (PCU) of the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Psychological Association (GPA), organised a three-day workshop for police officers nearing retirement.
The purpose of the workshop was to...
Senior high school enrolment has reached more than of 1.2 million students since implementation of government’s flagship educational policy, the Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said.
The development comes at the backdrop of continued efforts by government to provide infrastructure and other resources...