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The perennial budget deficit is a common financing challenge that Ghana faces as a result of the annual shortfalls in domestic revenue mobilisation. Based on the recent mid-year budget review, the overall fiscal deficit stood at 6.3% of GDP and projected at 11.4% of GDP at the year end. Confronted...

What do you say: King Already? Traits of Outstanding Personal Brands In our personal branding session today, let me share with you one of the traits of successful Brands using a Ghanaian artist. If you've been a follower of my branding lessons from any of the platforms, be it radio, TV,...

Vice President of the Events and Meeting Professionals Association of Ghana (EMPAG), Kojo Poku, has said that the nation’s improved technical capacity for business events - also known in the tourism industry as meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions/events (MICE) - has set the industry on the right path for...

The acronym MSMEs denotes Micro, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. According to the World Bank, MSMEs play a major role in most economics particularly in developing countries. It further said that MSMEs account for majority of businesses worldwide and are important contributors to job creation and global economic development. In Ghana,...

Vodafone Ghana has completely waived charges on any amount of money transfers from Vodafone Cash to all other networks to lessen the financial burden of customers during this COVID-19 period. This means that from today Vodafone Cash customers can send money to their friends, family and business associates across the...

Last week, many people I came into contact with told me the coronavirus isn’t real. My mechanic, a guest at the office and a few more professed how they could never get the coronavirus. I even had meetings where some people just refused to wear a mask, or took...

Opportunity International Savings and Loans Limited (OISL), a leading savings and loans company in Ghana has donated 10,000 pieces of face masks to its clients. The donation was part of OISL’s actions in combatting the spread of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) in various communities it serves. Clients were taken through...

There are 17 SDGs also known as the Global Goals. They were adopted by the UN as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity in the world. These goals are segmented into the 5Ps with 169 separate and specific targets...

MTN MobileMoney Limited is encouraging subscribers to use MoMo for all kinds of payments to reduce the use of cash in this period of COVID-19. The call was made at the launch of the 2020 edition of the Mobile Money Month, which is being celebrated under the theme “The Relevance...

The banking industry in Ghana has had both good and bad times as far as profit is concerned.  The sector serves as a financial intermediary, which makes use of loan and deposit services to effectively channel the idle funds of the general public into valuable production and other investment...