expressPay Ghana Limited, a wholly owned Ghanaian financial technology company, has added a Quick Response (QR) Code called ‘myQR’ to its array of cashless payment services.
With the introduction of ‘myQR’, merchants now have an innovative way to ensure cashless transactions in times of heightened COVID-19 hygiene procedures. myQR is...
Executive Director of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), Kosi Yankey-Ayeh, has disclosed that her outfit is working to digitise 500 Micro, Small Medium Scale Business in the country to enable the businesses expand their operations locally and prepare for the international market.
“The need to digitise MSMEs in the...
In an effort to boost local production of hybrid maize seed to discourage its importation, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has released a hybrid maize seed production manual.
The 22-page manual was developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute’s (CSIR’s) Crop Research Institute (CRI),...
…despite making up 92% of registered companies
PEF proposes tiered tax framework
New research has revealed that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country contribute a paltry 4 percent to domestic tax revenue despite making up about 92 percent of registered businesses, often due to complexities in the...
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) is appealing to government to involve local assemblies in the construction of the One Village One Dam (1V1D) projects to make it effective.
The association is of the view that the constant involvement of politicians at the central level without the engagement of...
A new report by the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has shown that smallholder farmers in the country are increasingly facing challenges in reaching various markets to sell their products.
The report titled “Smallholder Farmer Voices in Policy Discourse” engaged 99 peasant farmers in eight regions across the country....
Centre for International Maritime Affairs, Ghana (CIMAG), an advocacy group, is challenging freight forwarders to take advantage of digitization so that they become relevant in the maritime sector to push the industry forward.
Recognizing their key role in revenue mobilization and national development, the group charged the freight forwarders to...
Dr. Ernest Addison, Governor of the Central Bank and the Bank of Ghana have received global awards for their contribution to stabilizing the country’s financial sector.
The Governor was honoured by GlobalMarkets, a newspaper published digitally to cover the Virtual IMF/World Bank Annual Meeting 2020, as the Central Bank Governor...
An enhanced Information and Communication Technology (ICT) center to serve as Community Information Centre (CIC) under the e-governance project at Yendi in the Northern region has become a white elephant.
The CIC project constructed to ensure every community get access to ICT facilities across the country to enable the less privileged...
Edmond Kombat, Co-founder and Director of Administration & Research at the Institute for Energy Security (IES) has been selected to participate in the ‘Energy Transition – Germany’s Policy on Hydrogen’.
Mr. Edmond Kombat will represent the Institute for Energy Security (IES) as one of the selected organization among the three...