The World Bank has long held the view that digital payments are essential to economic growth. By integrating digital into payment solutions and platforms, developing economies can bypass many of the challenges in legacy payments and banking, in order to gain access to affordable and relevant financial solutions.
The use...
Vodafone Healthline, the flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme of telecom giant Vodafone that seeks to educate Ghanaians on pertinent health-related issues and encourage healthy lifestyle practices, has educated lactating/breastfeeding mothers on staying safe amid COVID19.
In its ninth season, the programme, this season, boasts of health professionals such as...
Vodafone Ghana Foundation has organised sporting activities to entertain Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and to commemorate PWD day. The activities included table tennis, Para boxing, deaf bowling, and egg and spoon competition.
The event formed part of the foundation’s monthly ‘Birthday Stars’ project which seeks to execute monthly projects tied...
Kaaseman Rural Bank Limited at Sefwi-Kaase in the Bia East district of the Western Region has posted satisfactory growth across performance indicators during the 2019 fiscal year under review.
The bank recorded margin increases in areas such as total assets, advances, investments and deposits; while reserves, profit and shareholders’ funds...
COVID-19 sparks doctor’s video and virtual visits
Video and virtual visits: COVID-19 sparks growth in video or virtual doctor’s visits
Of all the activities that COVID-19 brought online, video doctor’s visits may be the one that caused the most personal anxiety and trepidation. After all, how can a doctor take your...
This year, in spite of the global pandemic, the Kuenyehia Trust for Contemporary Art has held a successful fifth season of the eponymous prize, bringing to the fore compelling creativity and storytelling like never seen before with 266 applications from 14 West African countries.
The KPrize is a bi-annual art...
The year 2020 marks exactly 10 years of continuous power generation by Sunon Asogli Power Limited in Ghana. Owned by Shenzhen Energy Group of the People’s Republic of China with support from China Africa Development Fund (CADFUND), the company is not only the first successful Independent Power Producer (IPP)...
The year 2019 was an unprecedented year in terms of tourism in Ghana. The success of that year was supposed to be a stepping stone that will eventually flourish and plans where advanced to go ahead with the ‘Beyond the Return’ concept which aimed at keeping the momentum gathered...
Data from the Ghana Revenue Authority show the total revenues generated by the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) for the authority has reached a record high of GH¢10.5billion as at December 12, 2020.
This consists of GH¢7.6billion for the Customs Division from import duty and export of goods, with the...