The National Teaching Council (NTC) in collaboration with the Girl Child Education Unit of GES and support from UNICEF Ghana, is organising a refresher capacity building programme to equip teachers with relevant skills ahead of the implementation of Better Life for Girls (BL4G) project
The Better Life for Girls (BL4G)...
Worldwide, agriculture is the main source of income among the rural poor. Relative to other sectors, agricultural growth can reduce rural poverty rates faster and more effectively. As indicated in the Global Financial Development Report (GFDR) 2019/2020, one key avenue to achieve growth in the agricultural sector is access...
The Northern Command of the Ghana Armed Forces has been disinfected against the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease by Zoomlion Ghana.
The exercise which would also take place in the military barracks across the region forms part of the company’s corporate social responsibility is to ensure the safety of the security personnel,...
As the continent gradually eases restrictions on the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be interesting to zoom into the virtual webinar next week on July 7 that will discuss policy actions for Africa’s economic rebound in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) will host...
The final article in the “BOG MPC AND DEFICIT FINANCING” series calls on Parliament to re-examine the revised 2020 Budget and COVID-19 fiscal gaps that it approved to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. The areas to examine include (a) the use of “offsets” to show a lower fiscal...
The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) will host International Monetary Fund (IMF) African Department Director Abebe Aemro Selassie at a webinar on Tuesday, July 7 to discuss policy actions for Africa’s economic rebound in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Zoom event, “Priorities for Africa’s Recovery, Growth, and...
Ghanaian cocoa farmer cooperative, Kuapa Kooko, has lost 80 percent of its majority shares in British chocolate brand, Divine Chocolate, to a strategic investor. Kuapa Kooko Cooperative, which hitherto owned 45% majority shares in the company, would now hold only 20% ownership as Divine Chocolate Limited is sold to a...
The pioneering initiative to train the next generation of cocoa farmers, is expected to bring a significant contribution to the country’s cocoa production, as a total of over 12,000 youth have been trained to venture into cocoa farming and its related businesses, by the MASO programme, being undertaken by...
Professor Kwame Adom-Frimpong, President, Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG) and MD, Mainstream Reinsurance Company, has reiterated that integrity is an important fundamental element in the accounting profession. Integrity requires accountants to be honest, candid and forthright with a client's financial information.
He said Accountants should restrict themselves from personal...