MTN Ghana has said it continues to invest in its security systems including acquisition of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology as part of its effort to secure the Mobile Money (MoMo) platform against activities of fraudsters. Just a year ago, MTN Ghana launched a comprehensive security programme called the Marshall Plan, which also encompasses all the […] The post MTN to

Dear readers, after reading various hidden signs of burnout and stress, I am sure most of them are familiar to you. After recognizing such signs, they should not be swept under the carpet. People risk is one of the four factors that impact on operational risks leading to losses to every institution. Success in managing […] The post Managing

Standard Bank’s inaugural African Wealth Report 2020 brings to light a highly relevant segment of the global wealth market, which to date has been largely left out of international studies. With the help of leading research house, Intellidex, we have produced a profound body of insights that will go a long way towards promoting a […] The post Shedding light on Africa’s

The world has experienced several outbreaks of diseases in the past century. All these pandemics had their positive and adverse effects on the world, as well as the lives of individuals. The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is no exception. This pandemic has brought about a total disruption in various activities. We are now experiencing what […] The post The need to embrace

Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman published an article in the New York Times that articulated what has come to be known as the Friedman doctrine: “the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.” It was a theme he had developed in his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom, where he argued that the “one […] The post The public’s business appeared first on The

The competition seeks to inspire team-building and innovative ideas to transform current utilities into Advanced, Futuristic, SMART, Sustainable and Agile African Power Utilities The African Development Bank (AfDB) and EnergyNet, organisers of the Africa Energy Forum (AEF) have created the ‘African Utility of Future’ competition enabling teams to compete for a USD $5,000 prize. The […] The post AfDB

…Workplace communications in the pandemic Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Samsung and Norwegian telecommunications giant Telenor are but a few of the organisations that ensure that the office spaces are designed in such a way that employees get to “bump” into each other a lot more. In March 2015, Facebook opened the world’s largest open floor plan […] The post The virus, the distance

Agrihouse foundation, a non-governmental agricultural capacity building, innovation and project management organization, has been allocated plots of land for the construction of an agricultural training and demonstration center in Tamale, the Northern regional capital. The land allocated by the Bamvum Lana, Chief Mahamadu Abdulai is to help train more youth on entrepreneurial skills as well […] The post Agrihouse

Airtel Africa is expanding its strategic partnership with Ericsson to enable 4G coverage in Kenya. With Ericsson’s Radio Access Network (RAN) and packet core products for 4G, Airtel subscribers will experience enhanced quality of voice and data. The network modernization deal, signed in August 2020, is in line with the Kenyan Digital Economy Blueprint Vision […] The post Airtel

Stanford Seed Transformation Network Ghana is set to host the third edition of its annual flagship Business and Leadership Conference on 22nd October, 2020 to empower businesses to embrace changes and seek solutions that will ensure business sustainability and success despite the COVID-19 challenges. This year’s conference is under the theme “Embracing forced change within […] The post STN

An Op-ed by Charles Abani, UN Resident Coordinator, Ghana Peace is 16 years old. She wakes up twice at dawn to breastfeed her 6-month-old baby. As one of the brightest students in Katejeli Junior High School, Peace has won the admiration of her peers, teachers and her headmaster. “I am very intelligent and do well […] The post ‘My Voice, Our Equal Future’

Some of the major reasons which inform our reading for all kinds of reading books are obtaining information and recreation. It must also be stated that the reasons which inform people’s choice of books to read depend on a person’s age, sex and interests. Reading gives society access to past and present information – as […] The post Family

The promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies is a requisite for sustainable development, and this requires great efforts on all fronts including control over arms flows and crimes, as highlighted by the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16. However, the widespread of small arms and light weapons constitutes one of the major security challenges facing many […] The post Small

The government says 232 out of 260 factories under its flagship 1D1F industrialisation programme are near completion, with some operating at full capacity. Trade and Industry Minister Alan Keyerematen announced this at the Nation Building Updates held in Accra on Thursday, September 8, 2020, and further disclosed that: “Through the 1D1F government initiative, 76 projects […] The post 232

Admiring the sea at the Goree’ Island in Senegal somewhere September 2016, a conversation ensued as regards the status of Chinua Achebe and Prof. Wole Soyinka in Africa. A lot were said about these two; albeit I cannot recall all that was discussed. One thing that still lingers or rings a bell is the statement […] The post Thoughts of a Nima Boy: A conversation

MTN Ghana has withdrawn its application filed at the Supreme Court to challenge a judgement declaring the company as a Significant Market Power (SMP). The company explained in statement that it reached the decision after engaging with the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Ministry of Communication in a concerted effort to settle the procedural […] The post MTN

The NanoLab Foundation, a subsidiary of the NanoLab Corporation – a USA-based non-profit organization, has sensitised and donated 2,000 face shields to members of the Ashaiman Market Women’s Association and porters to help curb spread of the coronavirus. The advent of coronavirus pandemic has brought with it restrictions in the movement of goods and people, […] The post NanoLab

Covid-19 continues to have an adverse impact on the global landscape. Assets worldwide are depreciating and bankruptcies abound; gold is a new means of storing wealth; stocks are at their lowest and almost worthless – except those of companies that provide the basics. Tullow that once was trading at over $20 is now trading at […] The post Food security

The World Bank has indicated that Ghana is among countries expected to see fiscal deficit increase significantly and hit double-digits by the end of this year (2020). In its Africa’s Pulse report (October 2020), the Bretton Woods institution ascribed the trend to loss of revenue and increased spending. The country now has its public debt […] The post EDITORIAL: COVID’s

The Discussions, which are being organised by CUTS Ghana – research, advocacy and consumer protection organisation in collaboration with Consumer International – aim to spread awareness on sustainable consumption and promote the habit of sharing resources within communities to get people to buy less, or at least to buy in such a way that has […] The post CUTS,