Fintechs are a key component of the financial inclusion agenda and no longer exist on the periphery, the Head of Retail Banking-FBN Bank Ghana, Allen Quaye, has said.
Speaking ahead of The Money Summit (TMS) 2023, which takes place on May 9th under the theme ‘Africa's robust financial sector: the...
The World Bank is preparing emergency financing to help about 30 African countries access COVID-19 vaccines, the global lender told Reuters, as the continent scrambles to secure doses and start immunising vulnerable groups.
Only a handful of African governments have launched mass vaccination campaigns, whereas some countries in wealthier parts...
The Ministry of Education (MoE) has finally received clearance to employ over 22,000 personnel --both teaching and non-teaching staff-- after government put a ban on employment in the education sector in the last few years.
“The ministry has received clearance to replace, recruit, reappoint and re-instate 22,802 personnel of different...
Data from the Internal Audit Agency (IAA) has revealed that, in 2020, GH¢211,245,050.33 savings were made for the country after it detected infractions amounting to GH¢522,915,562.26 at various Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) as well as Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) nationwide.
The data explained that the IAA reviewed...
This week, I observed something interesting that inspired this article. My television was turned on as I was working and as I took a few minutes break, I got lost in an old Olympic race that was showing. It was a 200m hurdle race. The runners were required to...
As the COVID-19 outbreak became more and more serious, companies learned a valuable lesson: the difference between success and failure is creativity. People in creative industries have seen their work undervalued for decades. Artists, photographers, writers and more are expected to work “for exposure” or have their rates severely undercut.
One...
Speakers at the annual flagship Business and Leadership conference organised by the Seed Transformation Network (STN) Ghana Chapter have unanimously called on Ghanaian businesses to confront changes in the business environment and ready themselves to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and opportunities available in the...
Four kids out of the top-seven finalists in the Access Bank Perfect Start Promo have received a share of GH¢100,000 cash and other prizes for emerging as winners of the promotion.
The Perfect Start Promo is the first-ever digital promo of the bank targetted at kids to promote financial literacy...
The attention of West Hills Mall management has been drawn to a comment in the media (purported to have been made by the MP for Weija-Gbawe Constituency, Madam Tina Naa Ayeley Mensah), suggesting that the incidence of flooding in parts of her constituency results from the construction of West...
As the years go by, the footprint of extreme weather conditions on lives and livelihood is exacerbating with the blight accelerating across all the regions of the world. While these recurring climatic events signify a looming cataclysmic crisis, germane measures could be undertaken to nip climate change in the...