The rural banking concept was introduced in 1976 through the establishment of Nyakrom Rural Bank in the Central Region. This implies that RCBs have been part of Ghana’s financial system for more than four decades. They were licensed by the Bank of Ghana to undertake financial intermediation and to...
President Akufo-Addo has appointed Ing. Charles Kraikue as the new acting Director General for the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), to replace Ing. Simon Allotey who will be proceeding on retirement at the end of this month (31st July 2020). Mr. Kraikue is the immediate past Deputy Director-General, and...
…describes current approach as flawed
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) is calling on government to change the implementation model of the One Village, One Dam programme, noting that the current system of constructing small dams in farming villages has failed to deliver on irrigating farms all year round.
Edward Kawere,...
‘Constantly engage issues to resolve them. Don’t breed fungi. Spray them. Don’t keep them.’
A leader must be ready for this. The leader grows, preparing to go through the day with challenges. Without this mindset, leaders would give up along the way. The underpinning point is the internal motivation not...
The Akuapem Education Trust (AET), a higher education fund set up by the religious and traditional leaders of the Okuapemman, has announced the opening of its 2020 applications for qualified candidates.
The AET was launched in 2019 and is anchored in the idea that, society’s primary responsibility should always bend...
A popular pub at Nhyiaeso in Kumasi - +2 Pub - is facing closure due to its location. The pub has become a popular converging spot for many patrons in the Kumasi metropolis with live band music played during weekends and holidays.
It is, however, located right under an electricity...
For the third consecutive time, quarterly GDP figures from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) indicate that the agriculture sector has outpaced the industrial sector in growth, making it the first time in recent history, at least since rebasing of the economy in 2013, even though the sector is one...
The NDEA called for a substantial increase in investments to realise the Bank’s High 5 priority to ‘Light Up and Power Africa’
Five years into the African Development Bank’s ambitious New Deal on Energy for Africa (NDEA), the Bank’s investments are set to provide electricity access to around 13 million...
This week’s B&FT’s Inspiring Startups features a young couple who are using the Moringa plant to promote healthy living in his community and beyond. Beyond that, they have employed the use of technology that naturally restores lost nutrients to the soil to support plant growth. Read how it all...
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a global health problem affecting millions of people around the world. It is estimated that more than 300,000,000 individuals worldwide have sickle cell trait (AS), the benign carrier condition. More than 500,000 infants are born with major haemoglobin disorders inclusive of more than 400,000...