The World Trade Organization is in the news mostly for the wrong reasons nowadays. Many people regard it as an ineffective policeman of an outdated rulebook that is unsuited for the challenges of the twenty-first-century global economy. And WTO members generally agree that the organization urgently needs reforming in...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured that the health status of all students returning to school this week would be prioritised even as the cases of COVID-19 continue to rise.
In his regular address to the nation on COVID-19, he stressed that all efforts are been undertaken to...
A senior lecturer at the Department of Human Resource and Organisational Development, Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology, Dr. Hannah Vivian Osei, has urged organisations to adapt to the new normal by investing in virtual infrastructure that will help employees work from home.
In an e-seminar organised by the University...
It explored digital responses that can be quickly deployed to address the disruptions to food systems, caused by COVID-19
Africa must seize the opportunity of the COVID-19 pandemic to deepen the digitalization of agricultural value chains and transform the sector, speakers at a webinar jointly hosted by the FAO Investment...
Head of Financial Inclusion Education at the Payment Systems Department of Bank of Ghana, Clarissa Kudowor noted that a yet to be completed local studies have shown that women are more likely to subscribe to call-based fintech services rather than the text-based ones.
She was speaking at the Women and...
Just like every other sector, the country’s banking industry could not escape the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic, as new data from the regulator shows declining profit growth rate and escalation in operating expenses.
The Banking Sector Report (May 2020) reveals that the industry’s profit-after-tax outturn was GH¢960.4 million...
African countries must look to their local and global bond markets to raise enough capital to reboot their economies, which have been severely ravaged by COVID-19, African banks bosses have noted.
Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ecobank, Ade Ayeyemi and the CEO of Equity Group Holding, James Mwangi noted...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has admitted receiving port operations data from the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) but says it is not in the requisite format hampering their ability to make meaning out of it to support the operation of the newly introduced Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS).
“I...
Vodafone Ghana has distributed Vodafone branded nose mask to its trade partners across the country in line with its commitment to support COVID-19 fight and efforts to cushion stakeholders.
The initiative which is an industry first activity by Vodafone Ghana was led by the Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Ghana...
George Mensah Okley, an energy expert, who, until a year ago, was the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) company, has been confirmed dead earlier today.
Very reliable sources in executive management position at the company and its Senior Staff Association, confirmed to the B&FT that...