Development Bank Ghana (DBG) is poised to diversify its financial services by introducing an equity fund to complement its lending activities.
DBG’s Chief Executive Officer, K. Duker, revealed that the bank is in its final stage of establishing the equity fund aimed at providing a more comprehensive range of financial products to...
Even before government would finalize modalities for the disbursement of the stimulus package, the Trade Union Congress (TUC), has sent a caution to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) who may benefit, saying, the monies are not meant for expansion but to ensure the survival of businesses.
The Chairman for the...
The right to safety and freedom is a constitutional right. In fact, article 12(1) talks about the protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms. Article 13(1) provides that “No person shall be deprived of his life intentionally except in the exercise of the execution of a sentence of a...
As more countries take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Professor Alexander Dodoo, has maintained that goods that do not meet the required standards would not be allowed to enter the country.
He said this at a reform dialogue...
By Kizito CUDJOE
Co-chair of the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr. Steve Manteaw, has voiced concerns over ongoing lack of accountability and transparency among several key entities in the country’s extractive sector.
This comes amid ongoing challenges faced by GHEITI in the reconciliation process, which aims to ensure responsible...
Prices of goods at the Accra Business District saw another jump as customers were left stranded following the strike action of Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) members - giving retailers and petty traders bargaining power over customers.
When the B&FT visited the ever-busy Makola Market in the afternoon of...
Vodafone Healthline, the flagship corporate social investment project of the telecom giant, has once again played a timeous and critical funding role in the rescue of seven-year-old Charles, who developed a bulging stomach at age two, full of faecal matter, a condition termed Hirschsprung disease.
Just imagine a condition where a...
The global pandemic has had the unintended consequence of speeding up Africa’s digital economy. The transition to digital services and the adoption of transformative mobile technologies have been rapid in the last two years with e-commerce being the biggest beneficiary.
This digital transformation has been driven by home grown solutions...
Members of Parliament have expressed worry at the inadequacy of their share of the District Assembly Common Fund - a situation they say inhibits them from undertaking some development issues in their communities as expected of them by their constituents.
While some admit that the primary duty of a Member...
The country’s digital transformation agenda is expected to receive a major boost with the harmonisation of data available to some four state institutions by the close of the year, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said.
Linking data of the four institutions - comprising the Ghana Health Service (GHS), National...