Axis Pensions Group has stated that the Coronavirus disease was impacting negatively on some aspects of investments but said the group will rely on its superior knowledge in investments to deliver optimal returns to clients. The group's Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Nana Wiafe Boamah, said that the pensions and investment...
Ecobank, in partnership with the UNFPA and Tobinco Pharmaceuticals, provided logistical support to the Tetteh Ocloo State School for the Deaf at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra region, in a joint venture to counter the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation was to equip the school, as their final year students returned...
According to a new United Nations report, global rates of hunger and malnutrition are on the rise. The report estimates that in 2019, 690 million people – 8.9% of the world’s population – were undernourished. It predicts that this number will exceed 840 million by 2030. If you also include...
Over my many years as an entrepreneur, I bought into the concept of the brick-and-mortar business with a focus on ambience and all the niceties believing that when it comes to workspaces what you see is what you get. I have similarly heard numerous times from many of my...
With more than 30% of the world’s mineral reserve, mining on the African continent dates back to the 15th century – currently, mining industries in Africa produce more than 60 different metals: copper, diamond, gold, gemstones, platinum, aluminium, bauxite, manganese, coal, iron ore, nickel, lead and zinc are a...
Contrary to the stance and expectations of some stakeholders in the import and export business; and some civil society groups, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Monday, 27th April, 2020 announced the implementation of the newly integrated UNIPASS/Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) at the Tema Port and other ports...
Plans to deploy security to enforce compliance The fight to curtail the spread of COVID-19 in the country has been a daunting task with Ghana’s case count now around 27, 060 with about 145 persons losing their lives though some 23,044 has recovered. Government through the Ghana Health Service,...
In part 1 of this series, I discussed two (2) age categorisation in the legal reasoning of Ghana as sexual age and marital age. The fact that age sixteen (16) can involve in sex but not lawfully permissible to marry-until eighteen (18) years old. In this final part, I will...
The global COVID-19 storm has transformed the way the world conducts business and, more specifically, what can be accomplished digitally. And while we all long for the human touch and personal interaction, a post-pandemic world of greater online functioning is unfolding before our eyes. But with greater digital dependency...
“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning” ~ Bill Gates Dear reader, welcome to a new series involving painful customer losses. The bank and customer relationship or the contract terminates by the closure of the account at the request of either party.  This can be by mutual agreement,...