About 20 beneficiaries of the MTN Bright Scholarship scheme have graduated from various universities with first and second class honors. Fifteen of the Bright Scholarship beneficiaries graduated from the University of Development Studies in Tamale with degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Three beneficiaries graduated from the University of Professional...
Ecobank Ghana has donated 100 laptops to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) at a presentation ceremony held in Kumasi on Thursday, November 18, 2021. The donation is to aid learning and research on campus. The donation is the first batch of 300 scheduled laptops, and is...
The Head of Economics Department at the University of Ghana, Professor William Baah-Boateng, has urged government to take a second look at the YouStart initiative’s implementation procedure. The government, in an effort to address the high youth unemployment situation, announced the ‘YouStart’ programme as an initiative to help young people,...
The Women In Entrepreneurship Ghana (WIEG) says the Women In Entrepreneurship Awards (WIEA) is the game-changer with the potential to encourage more women to embrace entrepreneurship and as well facilitate youth entrepreneurship. Miss Sylvia Tweneboah-Koduah, President of WIEG, noted that WIEA sought to identify, recognize and honour women entrepreneurs contributing...
Minister for Finance Ken Ofori- Atta has reaffirmed government’s commitment to leverage its natural resources to fund a sustainable transition to a low carbon economy. This will be done by facilitating private sector participation in low carbon activities and industries in a manner that generates more jobs for Ghanaians...
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in the Ashanti Region has embarked on a public sensitisation programme about the need for subscribers to link their National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards to their Ghanacards. The NHIA noted that as part of the digitisation agenda, subscribers will need to link their...
Bridge for Equity Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation that focuses on gender education and child protection, has called on government to increase access to digital education to children in basic schools especially those in rural communities. In an interview to mark World Children’s Day, Founder of the organisation, Lilipearl Baaba Otoo,...
GCB Bank Limited has committed almost GH¢500,000 to the development of sports this year. Of the amount, GH¢200,000 has been donated toward the development of women’s sports and establishment of the women’s sports excellence centre being spearheaded by the Ghana League Clubs Association (GALCA) in collaboration with the First Lady,...
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) will start taking action against service providers and individuals who take payment for services that are covered under the National Health Insurance Scheme. Following the increasing concerns raised by citizens about ‘out of pocket payment’ over healthcare services under the scheme which are expected...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued the first credit rating licence to an indigenous company in Ghana, which will allow for an independent evaluation of the creditworthiness of debt securities on the Ghana Fixed Income Market. This will be a boost to development of the corporate bonds market,...