The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) has cautioned encroachers and other settlers engaging in businesses and other human activities beneath and near the company’s distribution lines and other facilities around the country.
“Notable among such activities are vehicle selling points (garages), food joints and table-top selling points, contrary to...
Old Mutual Life Assurance Company, a major player in the financial and insurance industry in Ghana has rewarded its best-performing broker with a luxury week-end trip to Cape Town South Africa for the Cape Town International Jazz festival. The event is an annual music festival held in Cape Town,...
A two-day sub-Saharan Africa Aviation Security Regional Workshop to discuss ways of dealing with current and potential threats to air travel is underway in Accra.
Opening the workshop, Aviation Minister, Ms. Cecilia Dapaah, noted that the threat to aviation remains compelling, given the interconnectedness of global air travel and trade.
“As...
Based on what meteorologists are saying, there is likely to be unprecedented rains this season; and as a consequence, many parts of the city of Accra will again be flooded. Works and Housing Minister Samuel Atta Akyea toured some parts of the capital to inspect drains ahead of the...
‘Once bitten, twice shy’ is the most apt adage that explains the general apprehension surrounding the emergence of fall armyworm (FAW) infestation that seems to have come to stay with us for a long time.
Since 2017, the devastation wrought by the FAW in Ghana has been phenomenal - and...
Ghana aims to bring inflation down to single digits in 2018 at around 8.9 percent, President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a conference in London, he added that economic growth is forecast at 8.3 percent in 2018.
“This would make it one of the fastest growing economies in the...
Economists at the research desk of Standard Bank, the parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana, have said that Ghana’s central bank, the Bank of Ghana, may have appetite for moderate depreciation of the country’s currency this year. The information was contained in the March 2018 edition of the Bank’s...
All activities pursued by a company are inherently risky, although to varying degrees. Decisions made at present will show their full consequences only in the future and are affected not only by the behaviour of competitors, customers, suppliers or regulators, but also by the state of nature. Even the...
Every year, the World Economic Forum publishes a Global Risks Report, which distills the views of experts and policymakers from around the world. This year, cybersecurity is high on the list of global concerns, as well it should be. In 2017, the world witnessed a continued escalation in cyber attacks...
