Asokore Mampong Rural Bank (AMRB) has recorded impressive operational performance for the year ending December 31 2023, achieving significant growth across key financial indicators.
Speaking at the Bank's 3rd Annual General Meeting, the Board Chairman, Nana Boakye-Ansah Debrah I, attributed the success to strategic decision-making, enhanced operational efficiency, and strong...
PayAngel, a leading African payment solutions and remittance platform, has joined the Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub, dedicated to helping early-stage startups leapfrog the barriers of business creation and grow faster than usual.
The Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub is a new digital and all-inclusive platform that offers enhanced benefits...
The state loses huge revenue from quarry mining due to underreporting and excessive focus on gold, says a study by Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP). The study, Estimating the revenue potential of the quarry subsector in Ghana, surveyed 15 firms and found out that revenue from royalties and...
This week, WASSCE (West African Senior School Certificate Examination) results have been released and I am sure there is anxiety all round. What are my grades? Did I make it…will I make it? What if I don’t pass? Does this mean I am a failure? What if I passed? ...
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) is pushing for rate reforms in the shipping line business. According to GIFF, there are a number of charges on the books of shipping lines which have outlived their usefulness and are unreasonably increasing the cost of doing business.
The Freight Forwarders say they have...
World’s leading delivery player, Glovo, has become the first ever delivery app to provide COVID-19 testing services to its customers in Ghana.
In partnership with leading Health facility Claron Health International, Glovo is set to provide customers in Accra with access to a convenient booking engine for In-Clinic or At-home...
In a bid to defuse mounting tension, the Ministry of Finance has issued an appeal to organised labour and key stakeholders - including the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) - to exercise restraint and engage in constructive dialogue concerning the contentious value added...
Youth Bridge Foundation (YBF), in partnership with two other groups, has embarked on what is dubbed the ‘Duapa Afforestation Pilot Project’ to restore the country’s lost forests with medicinal plants - a move that will provide the youth an alternative source of livelihood.
The project comes at a critical phase...
A case for globally accepted and tested macro- framework (Pt. 3)
For the development bank or development finance institution to be successful there is a need to adopt globally accepted principles such as good corporate governance practises including effective and independent board, Disclosure and transparency; robust regulatory and supervisory framework,...
Hard-hitting new research co-commissioned by Vodacom, Safaricom and Vodafone Foundation suggests that the sustainable development of the not-for-profit sector in Africa is being challenged by an imbalance in international investment.
Foreign funding is predominately flowing to donor organisations headquartered in the Northern Hemisphere rather than going directly to the 90%...