The Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) has announced the entry of Banque Centrale de Tunisie (BCT) into its network as its thirteenth central bank member. This is further strengthening its commitment to promoting seamless cross-border payment services and enhancing financial integration across the African continent. PAPSS, developed by African...
Ghana has been selected among only four initial countries across the world to receive financial support from the COVID-19 Private Sector Global Facility, which was established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UN Global Compact) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The other...
as Contractor has no operational licence despite being paid US$2m – Auditor-General After a payment of US$2million to Africa Investor Holdings Limited by the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) toward construction of the Accra Sky Train Project, according to the latest Auditor-General’s report the project may not come to...
Bank of Africa - Ghana is a subsidiary of the Bank of Africa BMCE Group a pan-African banking conglomerate, headquartered in Morocco. The Bank of Africa Group has presence in 33 countries across Africa, Europe, North America, and Asia, and is a trustworthy partner for all its customers in...
Traders see up to 30% losses due to COVID-19 restrictions Goods spoil as border closures disrupt food transport Trade frictions could contribute to food crisis - U.N. In ordinary times, it takes Boureima Diawara two or three days to truck his mangoes the 1,200 km (745 miles) from southern...
Senior Principal State Attorney, Saeed Abdul-Shakur, has entreated leadership of the national security agencies to help weed-out undisciplined officers. “We need not to shield any undisciplined officer, but rather weed them out for the sake of society as they constitute a greater threat,” he said, adding that they also contribute to damaging the...
Vodafone Ghana has pledged to continuously provide innovative and quality services to its clientele base, and build on the brand’s visibility throughout the country. Ms. Tawa Bolarin, the Director of Enterprise Business Unit and Wholesale-Vodafone, said there is going to be a lot more engagement to promote and get more...
Some 10,000 Ghanaian youths are estimated to be engaged, over the next five years, in a national programme to evoke the spirit of volunteerism, and civic responsibility as well as rekindle the spirit of nationalism among young people in the country. The programme, dubbed: ‘The National Youth Volunteers Programme (NYVP)’,...
Development policy has long been divided between two types of approaches. One approach targets poor people directly and seeks to alleviate the poverty of individual households – through income support, health and education interventions, and enhanced access to credit. The other focuses on enhancing economic opportunities and raising overall...
The Ghana Institute of Horticulturists (GhIH) has held its 20th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference in Tamale, the Northern regional capital with a call on Ghanaians to cultivate the habit of engaging in backyard gardening to help enhance food security situation of the country. The two-day event, held at the City Campus of the University...