Throughout the world, there's something of a stigma surrounding dementia. That certainly isn't helpful, since the syndrome is extremely common. An estimated 47 million people worldwide are living with some type of dementia, per the World Health Organization, and that number will likely increase to 75 million by 2030. The...
First National Bank has appointed Hannah Annobil-Acquah as Head of Retail Banking. Hannah brings on board a wealth of experience in retail banking, having worked in various functions in the sector for over a decade.
Until her appointment, Mrs. Annobil-Acquah was Head, Personal Markets at Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited, where she...
Unique Insurance Company Limited has, in partnership with the Afro Asian Assistance, launched the first online travel insurance policy in Ghana for air travellers.
Afro Asian Assistance is a fully-owned subsidiary of Trust Re - one of the world’s leading reinsurance companies - from Bahrain.
The policy, which covers travellers no...
Small businesses at the regional and district levels are expected to benefit from a GH₵38m facility to be advanced by the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) this year.
This is aimed at enabling prospective beneficiaries to shore-up their businesses as part of the Centre’s programme of activities for the...
Rising industrial and energy output, along with steady declines in inflation and debt levels, combined to support accelerated growth in Ghana in 2017; and continued fiscal reforms point to a positive outlook for 2018.
The economy gained momentum last year, expanding by 7.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first six months,...
The 2017 third quarter GDP figures from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) have shown that the country’s agriculture sector grew by 10 percent, a significant improvement from the 3.4 percent recorded in the previous quarter.
Prior to this, the last time the agriculture sector recorded growth rates above 10 percent...
Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor, has called on the youth to emulate the shining examples of indigenous entrepreneurs who through perseverance have established successful businesses that currently employ thousands of people.
“We needn’t go far as the developed world to see where some youth have shown leadership and broken through...
Government missed out on its inflation target for year 2017 by 0.6 percentage points, ending the year with 11.8 percent against a target of 11.2 percent, the Ghana Statistical Service’s (GSS) December release has shown.
The figure also represents a 0.1 percentage point rise over the 11.7 percent recorded in...
The Dormaa Area Teachers’ Cooperative Credit Union (DATCCU) in the Brong Ahafo Region has recorded sound growth in the 2016/2017 financial year, posting a net surplus of GH¢808,080.
The 2016/2017 surplus achievement is an improvement over the 2015/2016 figure of GH¢726,821. Members’ deposits also grew significantly, from a little over...
The USAID Financing Ghana Agribusiness Project (USAID- FinGAP) has awarded ten (10) various agribusiness actors for their diverse contributions to growth and development of the sector, especially in the three northern regions.
The awardees are players in areas such as financing, farm aggregation, agro-processing, business advisory and farming. They were...