The Global Credit Rating Agency (GCR) of South Africa has again upgraded Enterprise Insurance LTD’s (EIC) credit rating from AA+ to AAA effective, June 2022.
The upgrade of EIC’s rating reflects consistent good Corporate Governance practices, Business Growth, and sustained strength in Underwriting Capabilities. This has led to an improvement...
Starting a business is a good thing, but choosing the appropriate type of business can have several other consequences because there are legal, tax and other considerations that should influence the type of business set-up for a potential entrepreneur. The tax consequences of conducting business through each type of...
➢ Less than 1% GDP spent on social protection (0.6 in 2019), global average stands at 4.5%
➢ LEAP payouts must cover all 2.4m extremely poor
➢ Establishment of dedicated fund for social protection interventions
➢ Depoliticisation of social protection value chain
➢ Expedite passage of Social Protection Bill
“The true measure...
Collaboration with global cloud communication service provider Infobip enables banks to use globally-trustedWhatsApp platform to communicate and engage with customers 24/7 using the latest technology
Leading digital payment solutions provider Network International has announced it will bring WhatsApp for Business banking services to financial institutions across Africa through a...
In the past, the currencies of some of the most powerful countries had their values directly linked to gold. Their currencies could be exchanged for a specified amount of gold determined by its international value.
However, as world governments have moved on from the gold standard, they have since developed...
Winners of the ‘Green Innovation Competition’, second and third editions respectively, have expressed their overwhelming experience with the exposure to agribusiness opportunities and innovative ideas received from the visit to Israel as part of the prize package.
According to the 2020 and 2021 winners, the visit to Peres Centre for...
Government’s 2022 Budget was anchored on the theme: ‘Building Sustainable Entrepreneurship’. This signals the high-priority of entrepreneurship in the nation’s economic plan as a pathway toward solving the teeming unemployment. The unemployment statistics are quite dire; notably a 32.8 percent and 19.7 percent unemployment rate among the 15–24 and...
True to its mantra of Insurance for EVERYTHING, Coronation Insurance Ghana LTD has unveiled four (4) new products with exclusive benefits to customers. The products, namely; Coronation Triple Cover, Coronation Fireproof, Coronation Home Shield and Coronation Business Protection Bundle are targeted at individuals and SMEs.
Speaking on the new products,...
Products boldly seeking the attention of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are hard to find. Will the returns justify the effort to promote products targeted at the grassroots foundation of our economy? Is the action not better directed to larger businesses? One may ask. To answer this –...
The Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, for both boarding and day students in Ghana, as introduced in September 2017 by President, Nana Akufo-Addo’s government, received several applause and commendations from experts and sector stakeholders, hence calls for its review by the same authorities cannot be politically motivated, Civil...