By Ernest Bako WUBONTO
The Centre for Global Development (CGD) has in a new report revealed that over 50 percent of education sector policymakers still disagree with teaching girls about contraception before senior high school.
While reproductive anatomy remains a particularly controversial aspect of gender equity - with about 13 percent...
Star Assurance has launched its '40 Reasons to Smile' promo to celebrate 40 years of providing insurance services since its establishment in 1985.
According to Chief Executive Officer-Star Assurance, Boatemaa Barfour-Awuah, this promotion provides the company an opportunity to engage with its clients and partners while showing appreciation for their...
...A day of learning and sharing at Mount Zion Presby Model Primary School
In a demonstration of commitment to Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S), the 2024 cohort of FirstBank’s Graduate Trainees visited the Mount Zion Presby Model Primary School in Dodowa, near Accra, today. This initiative aimed to engage with...
#Egoreachweall campaign calls for Ghanaians to read anti-gay bill
“It depends on what is in the Bill,” this was the response of President John Dramani Mahama when the BBC asked him whether he would sign the controversial Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, popularly known as the anti-LGBT bill.
In the interview aired...
On account of tight global supply conditions, cocoa industry analysts are projecting prices could rise to as high as US$9,600 per metric tonne (pmt) in 2025. In fact, this figure was surpassed in December 2024 when it reached US$11,925.
On January 8, 2025, March ICE NY cocoa futures closed at...
While the ousted NPP administration has touted significant investments in the energy sector, including agreements to stabilise power generation and improve distribution infrastructure, it appears fears abound about potential power outages following growing concerns over fuel shortages for thermal plants and delays in pipeline maintenance by the West African...
By Bernard BEMPONG
Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs) contribute significantly to national development. The World Bank defines Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs) as “any firm that has an employee size of up to 300 and an annual sale of not up to $15 million.”
In Ghana, Small and Medium-scale Enterprises...
By Kestér Kenn KLOMEGÂH
With heightening of geopolitical interest in building a new Global South architecture, the newly created administration at Ghana's Jubilee House has to consider joining the 'partner states category' of BRICS+, an association of five major emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).
Under the rotating...
56.17% gain in 2024
Strongest performance in a decade
By Joshua Worlasi AMLANU & Ebenezer Chike Adjei NJOKU
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) emerged as Africa's best-performing market in 2024, recording a 56.17 percent gain during the period as a slow debt market pointed investors in the direction of equities.
The...
… as BP, diabetes top workforce inefficiency
By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE
A study on the impact of poor health on businesses and the broader economy has revealed that hypertension (BP) and diabetes rank high as key health issues affecting productivity in the country.
The research, done by RiviaCo, a healthcare service provider,...