President’s 21st COVID-19 address to the nation on Sunday noted that recent genomic sequencing by scientists has established that some passengers arriving into the country tested positive for the new variant of COVID-19, and even though they have been identified and isolated, the prospect is frightening.
Frightening because it is...
The practice of trading a company shares and bonds on an organized platform has been in existence for a while now. As early as in 1611, the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, considered to be the oldest modern securities exchange, was established by the Dutch East India Company.
In Florence, Genoa and...
The last decade was an important experiment in Africa tech ventures moving out of the “labs” and becoming real businesses that saw investors backing them with so much capital that from 2014 to 2019, the total number of VC deals doubled every year until the advent of COVID-19, which...
MTN Ghana has stressed its readiness to terminate contracts with Mobile Money (MoMo) agents who create fake cash in transactions to earn undeserved commissions. “This behaviour is very bad and has the potential to destroy the business we have all worked hard to build,” Eli Hini, General Manager for...
It will be erroneous to think that the official commencement of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on January 1, 2021, has been rushed since it is not an event but a process, Wamkele Mene, the AfCFTA’s Secretary General, has said.
Responding to critics who opine that the agreement’s...
In COVID-19 times such as these, it is prudent for parents and guardians to strongly consider education and life insurance policies to secure the long term educational future of their wards and children.
With the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo giving the green to reopen schools, parents and guardians, especially...
Even though the directive by the President to reopen schools has been welcomed by many, especially private school owners, some parents and teachers are still not convinced about the timing, as new developments show COVID-19 cases are on an astronomic rise.
Parents of particularly, young kids, say they are deeply...
…assures safety of masks until vaccine is approved
CEO of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Delese Mimi Darko, has reassured members of the general public of the efficacy of the face masks, hand sanitizers and other Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) the authority has approved for use by the public.
She...
Japan Motors Trading Company Limited (JMTC) has donated its first locally assembled Nissan Pickup to the College of Engineering of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
Nissan has opened a vehicle assembly plant in Ghana with its longtime partner, Japan Motors Trading Company Ltd. appointed as its...
While active private pension contributors stood at 1.7 million in 2019, those on the Basic National Social Scheme (BNSS) managed by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) was 1.6million.
Not only do Private pension funds have the highest number of active contributors its assets reached a record high...