The COVID-19 pandemic could be a game changer for digital financial services. Low-income households and small firms can benefit greatly from advances in mobile money, fintech services, and online banking. Financial inclusion as a result of digital financial services can also boost economic growth. While the pandemic is set...
The ranging novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has suppressed import and export trade. The volume of goods passing through the country's two seaports declined by 44.9 per cent to 3.77 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2020.
Data from the Ghana Shippers' Authority (GSA) shows that total throughput reduced from...
Even though the country undertook a massive financial sector cleanup recently, there are still snippets of underhand dealings going on in the sector.
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) this week announced that in 2019, the banking industry reported a total number of 2,295 fraud cases as compared to 2,175 fraud...
The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Global Shea Alliance (GSA), Wednesday, launched the Action for Shea Parklands (ASP) initiative, under which 20,000 shea trees will be planted in Ghana this year.
Spearheaded by GSA, the initiative seeks to promote, plant, and protect...
Alex Bernasko, Board Chairman of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has said the bank is on a growth trajectory that would see it begin to pay dividends to shareholders, especially the government, in three years.
The bank has not paid dividends for almost a decade and after two years of...
Letshego Ghana has partnered Opportunity International EduFinance to host a webinar series themed ‘Resilience! Repositioning Your School after COVID-19’.
The partnership provides all schools with a multifunctional digital toolkit to equip schools in keeping their staff and learners safe, while mitigating the risks educational institutions face in the current unpredictable...
Dalex Finance presented a cheque of GH¢20,000 towards the 20-for-20 campaign, a fund-raising initiative instituted by the Office of Institutional Advancement. The campaign is aimed at raising funds for the UG@70 endowment fund and other projects.
Richard Obeng Dwamena, Head of Finance, Dalex Finance presented the cheque to the university....
The general price levels of goods and services in July 2020, considered on monthly basis, shows that price increment, especially of food items, are returning to normal, even though headline inflation has recorded its highest year-on-year rate since August 2019.
Data published by the Ghana Statistical Services (GSS) show that,...
Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo has announced government’s support for Sewerage Systems Ghana Limited (SSGL), a subsidiary of Jospong Group of Companies, to enable the company expand and replicate its waste treatment plants across the country.
According to him, government was impressed with SSGL’s operations and how it was handling both...