President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB), Mrs. Patricia Sappor has urged banking professionals in Ghana to begin discussions on Crypto Currency. According to her Crypto Currency is the next big thing happening, noting that as at November 2017, Crypto Currencies (digital Currencies eg. Bitcoin) have reached a record...
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...
His choice of occupation surprised his friends. He went to an elite school in Accra. He continued abroad for both his first and second degrees. He could have stayed and got a far more ‘reputable’ job and earned good money. But he came down to settle with his people...
Archbishop Prof. Dr. Asafo-Agyei Anane Frempong, Chief Executive Officer of Asafo-Agyei Hospital and President of the Archbishop Asafo-Agyei Foundation, has received a global award at the maiden World Changers Summit held in Dubai at Hyatt Regency. The World Changers Summit was initiated by the American International Theology University & Charisma University...
A survey conducted by Pew Research Centre (PRC), a US-based think-tank, has revealed that more than 75 percent of Ghanaians would not hesitate to grab an opportunity to migrate abroad to better their living conditions. The survey, conducted in sub-Saharan countries that have supplied a huge chunk of migrants to...
The West African Gas Pipeline Reverse Gas Flow Project is expected to be ready by second quarter of next year, to ensure free flow of gas from Aboadze to Tema for power generation, Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko has said. Currently, gas from oilfields in the western coast only terminates at...
All is set for the establishment of a US$2.2million pepper processing factory under the auspices of the ‘1D1F’ initiative at Tuobodom, the district capital of Techiman North in the Brong Ahafo Region. To that effect, the Techiman North District Assembly has allocated a ten-acre parcel of land to host the...
The Fiaseman Rural Bank Limited at Bogoso in the Prestea Huni-Valley district of the Western Region has inaugurated a branch at Kokompe in Takoradi in the Western Region. This brings to twelve the number of branch offices currently being operated by the bank. The branches are Bogoso, Sikafie-Bogoso, Prestea, Tarkwa,...
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  Commercial banks and other deposit taking institutions face ad hoc inspections by the Ghana Deposit Protection Corporation under the amended Ghana Deposit Protection (Amendment) Law, 2018. The stringent supervisory function is imperative to provide protection for mainly small depositors in the case of institutional failure, especially unsophisticated depositors who have...