With the rapidly depreciating macroeconomic condition, the management of local lenders, Calbank, has insisted that it would not sacrifice the quality of its loan book on the altar of expansion. Recently-released data by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) indicates that inflation accelerated in April to 23.6 percent – its highest...
The Abola Traditional Council (ATC) has strongly affirmed its support for efforts by the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) to ensure that Accra, and for that matter the entire country, is always clean. The council said a clean environment is good and one that prevents diseases, and also keeps the...
Elaine C. Walker is a woman who wears many hats. She is the Title Founder of Everythings Education, MD of The GMA Group, an Impact Investor, Educational Strategist, Founder of Sister Circle Network and Co-Founder of Elite Mums African Network. In addition to all of this, she mentors female...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has implored the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) to provide solutions for businesses and government on issues of innovation in business and policy for mutual benefits. According to Dr. Bawumia, educational institutions are strategically placed to champion the nation’s development aspirations. Against this background,...
As Ghana joined the rest of the world to celebrate World Facility Management Day, speakers at the event in Accra have called for a concerted effort toward protecting the environment. The Day was celebrated on the theme ‘Leading a sustainable future’, and saw speakers stressing the need for a change...
The Executive Director for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Henry Kwabena Kokofu, has indicated his outfit’s decision to coordinate with the assemblies to aid in dealing with EPA limitations at the various local levels. According to him, there are laws at the local level which do not allow EPA to operate...
The Power Planning Technical Committee (PPTC), the body responsible for the drafting of the 2022 Electricity Supply Plan, has stated that contrary to the claims by NDC Member Parliament and ranking Member of Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, John Jinapor, that ‘dumsor’ is imminent, there is no such risk. The...
Last Friday, Africa was given a glance of the digitalisation future, when of one of its IT trailblazers in Ghana, Enterprise Computing Limited (ECL), reintroduced the brand with a relaunch event. The relaunch was part of the company's brand repositioning initiatives. It was meant to remind businesses of the brand’s...
Market analysts have stated that investors appear to have remained numb to implementation of the electronic transactions(E-Levy), as concerns over incessant consumer inflation and the prevailing liquidity squeeze seem to have more priority in their thoughts. As recently announced, consumer inflation now stands at double the central bank’s medium-term target...
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA-Customs) is working toward a four-hour mandatory timeframe as the average period to clear goods at the ports beginning next year. Currently, there is no approved time-baseline for clearing goods at the ports, a situation the Customs Division has said should have...