By Juliet ETEFE ([email protected] )
Dr. Alhassan Andani, Executive Chairman-LVSA Africa, has urged internal auditors to adopt advanced technologies to enhance the scope, accuracy and efficiency of their work.
Speaking at the 2024 Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Audit Executive and Governance Forum in Accra, Dr. Andani emphasised the critical...
Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, has underscored the critical role of a quality-built environment in fostering economic growth and national development.
Speaking at the Ghana Institute of Architects’ 2024 Annual General Meeting on November 28, he noted how well-planned infrastructure could drive property value...
market to grow around 45%
with telcos, FMCGs to play part
By Ebenezer Chike Adjei NJOKU ([email protected] )
The equities market is poised for another bullish year in 2025 with banking stocks leading the charge, analysts at Databank Brokerage Limited forecast in their latest market outlook.
In its 2025 projections, dubbed...
By Ebenezer Chike Adjei NJOKU ([email protected] )
The shift toward an increasingly cashlite economy continues to gain momentum as the domestic non-cash payment ecosystem demonstrates sustained growth, driven by the widespread adoption of mobile money leading the charge among digital payment platforms.
The latest macroeconomic and financial data from the Bank...
By Juliet ETEFE ([email protected])
Canada’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Myriam Montrat, has emphasised a need for the country to reform its business and regulatory environment to attract international trade and investment.
Speaking at the Canada-Ghana Chamber of Commerce end-of-year celebration, she highlighted that reforms are critical to unlocking Ghana’s economic...
By Elizabeth PUNSU, Kumasi
With a vision of inspiring Ghanaian youth to view agriculture as a lucrative and honourable job, the Kosmos Innovation Centre (KIC) has successfully trained over 7,000 young individuals through its flagship AgriTech Challenge Classic Pitch.
The seven-month programme seeks to cultivate interest and mindsets shift among students...
…partners with Amenfiman Rural Bank to disburse GH¢72m over the next three years
In a bid to empower youth entrepreneurs in Ghana, Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has partnered with Amenfiman Rural Bank Plc as the first rural bank in its network of Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs).
This partnership underscores DBG’s commitment...
The Chartered Institute of Human Resource Management, Ghana (CIHRM) held its second conferral and graduation ceremony for the year on Friday, in line with the Institute’s commitment to hold such ceremony in July and November every year.
During the November ceremony, 21 students who completed the Institute’s Level four program...
“There is going to be digitization of the workforce in a way we have never seen before. In 10 years, probably less, we will have substantially fewer employees, and the ones we do have will be significantly different from what we have now”.—Director, Bank Governance Leadership Network.
Are Bankers at...
By Saviour CHIBIYA
Access to financial services in Africa had for decades been defined by disparities—between rural and urban areas, between men and women, between small businesses and larger enterprises. It meant that millions, especially the continent’s most vulnerable populations, were excluded from the formal economy, curbing entrepreneurship, restricting access...