A total of 23,118 Senior High School candidates from three regions - Northern, Savannah and North East - have registered to sit the 2020 West African Examination Council (WAEC) test.
Out of the number, 14,805 are from the Northern Region; 4,407 from Savannah; and the remaining 3,906 from the North...
Entrepreneurs are born in many ways. Some say they got their business ideas in a dream. Others say they got it from observing a problem; and others say through their upbringing they developed entrepreneurial instincts. This week in B&FT’s Inspiring Startups, we talk to a young man whose interest...
A recent survey conducted by the Ghana Association of Microfinance Companies (GAMC) and Network of Microfinance Institutions in Ghana shows that deposits/savings dropped by GH¢57million between February and April 2020.
Lambert Osei Kofi, Board Chairman of GAMC, speaking at a webinar organised by Krif Media noted that by the end...
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s global finance expertise would serve the WTO well given the nexus between trade and finance.
The next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will replace Brazilian Roberto de Azevedo, who has served since 2013 and plans to step down at the end of August, a year before...
Rita Weidinger, the Executive Director-Competitive Cashew Initiative (ComCashew), once noted that if Ghana processes its total production of 110,000 metric tonnes of raw cashew nuts (RCN) and its shells, at least 3,000 jobs would be created in rural communities.
Cashew processing is a relatively young sector in West Africa, including...
Home Automation on The Rise
Integrated home automation is rapidly moving out of the shadows of luxury and entering the mainstream of society, to become the new normal for Ghanaian homes. We live in a time like no other: as more and more systems in our homes become integrated, tenants/homeowners are...
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)’s Afrobarometer Round 8 survey has shown that television and radio platforms are better than online options for teaching and learning students across the country during the COVID-19 induced closedown of schools.
Exposing the lack of access to devices, the Internet, and reliable electricity in...
The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) of the Volta River Authority (VRA) has clamped down on some hospitality operators and landlords for engaging in illegal power connections in the Northern and Savannah Regions.
The exercise, undertaken by a team of NEDCo staff, found a good number of power consumers in...
The discovery of oil has often not only triggered jubilation rather but also igniting optimism for economic development in developing countries. In developing countries, where oil is produced, most of these countries are known to be oil-reliant countries. Being an oil-reliant economy indicates that oil is considered a significant...
There is nothing more exciting for the graduate than landing a job opportunity right after graduation or national service. The excitement becomes even more when the job landed is a well-paying job – luscious take home pay! In our part of the world where graduates are now learning to...