There appears to be good news in the offing for businesses seeking patient capital to fund long-term projects, as the National Investment Bank (NIB) is poised to turn its attention toward the nation’s industrialisation drive.
This was disclosed by the bank’s Managing Director, Samuel Sarpong, in an exclusive interview with...
Ghana’s first ever Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM)-based educational centre for children has been officially opened for admission. The iSTEAM Academy will focus on nurturing the next generation of children’s curiosity to explore nature and test theories in everyday situations through hands-on experience.
The Academy, which uses evidence-based...
The One District-One Factory (1D1F) and Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ), if pursued more vigorously, can strengthen the domestic private sector, the Executive Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has observed.
TUC believes these initiatives need rapid expansion and support from all social partners. “They can make a...
A strong and better economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic requires government to make the ICT, agriculture, energy and infrastructure sectors key elements in its policy mix, Dr. Sam Ankrah-President of Africa Investment Group International, has said.
As countries reel under the pandemic’s economic impact, he said these sectors, if...
The Commodity Brokers Association of Ghana (CBAG) president, Yaw Ohemeng Kyei, has called on government to introduce a 20 percent quota on rice imports into the country.
Mr. Ohemeng Kyei said he does not understand why the Ghana Rice Development Strategy (G-NRD) projects to end rice imports by the year 2023 but...
Financial Science expert, Professor Forster Kum-Ankama Sarpong, has called on organisations to recognize what he calls ‘latent’ talents in employees and help develop them to surmount the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic.
According to him, despite the pandemic whisking many talents away in the form of loss of life,...
Former finance minister Seth Terkper has warned of a difficult year and beyond for the country, citing the tight fiscal space within which government has to operate.
Mr. Terkper’s prediction is premised on analysis made by some multilateral institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which has projected the...
Despite the rhetoric and the one hundred-billion-cedi Ghana CARES ‘Obaatampa’ Programme President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is facing a choice between “the Devil” and “the deep blue sea” with respect to the economy. These are hard choices, because whichever path he chooses, the NPP, all things being equal will...