Hello my real estate family, apologies for going MIA last week. I trust that you are keeping safe as always. As you are aware, every now and then we bring you tips that can make home maintenance and utility management a tad easier in these tough times. Today, we will share a few water conservation […] The post Real Estate Minute With Cyril
Appolonia City has announced that it is increasing local content participation in its infrastructure projects. The initiative will build the capacity and expertise of local contractors and vendors, provide more jobs and positively impact economic activities in the local Appolonia community. The scale of work the initiative covers includes the construction of roads, buildings, installation […] The post Appolonia
Canada places gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls firmly at the centre of its international assistance, and is proud to work with the government of Ghana and other stakeholders to advance these objectives in Ghana. To this end, Canada has announced GHS 138 million (CAD 30 million) in funding to four innovative […] The post Canada supports women’s
The world over, emerging payments are revolutionizing the financial industry. Emerging payments refers to new and improved ways of executing payment obligations in a fast, secure, easy, cost effective and intuitive manner with the use of technology. Over the last few years, there have been significant shifts in the payments landscape. Traditional banks have invested […] The post Riding
The second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) has now been scheduled for December 2021. The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), African Union (AU) and government of Rwanda have decided to shift the date of the continental trade fair, which was previously scheduled to be held from 6 to 12 September 2021 – to allow for a broader […] The post Intra-African Trade Fair
As part of measures to ensure public health safety through the safeguarding of Ghana’s borders, the British High Commission in Accra has funded a £35,350 training workshop for land border officials to boost health emergency response. The workshop was led by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM-Ghana) and targetted at strengthening the capacity of Ghana […] The post Land
The place I pray in my life never to be is a prison. At least, what we see on TV and the grotesque description of ordeals by ex-convicts we meet in town gives us an inkling of what is to be expected in a prison. In 2007, I had an issue with the police and […] The post Thoughts of a Nima Boy with Inusah Mohammed: What the youth should
Real GDP is projected to grow by 3.4% in 2021 after contracting by an estimated 2.1% in 2020 Africa is set to recover from its worst recession in half a century. Real GDP is projected to grow by 3.4% in 2021 after contracting by an estimated 2.1% in 2020, mainly due to COVID-19-related disruptions, according […] The post Light at the end of the tunnel for Africa’s
This second part in the series on ‘governance of internal and external audits’, provides an in-depth overview into the design of the internal audit function, which, despite being a critical one, is often ignored in many DFIs/FIs. It also touches on other aspects related to effective efficient and transparent external audits in DFIs/FIs. At the […] The post Enhancing
Finance Minister Designate, Ken Ofori Atta has refuted assertions that there was a conflict-of-interest situation in the Agyapa deal involving the role investment bank, Databank played as transaction advisors. Databank withdrew from the Agyapa deal in February 2021 explaining that the decision was due to attacks on the company by political actors due to Ofori-Atta’s, […] The post No
Nestlé Ghana, producers of Milo, Cerelac, Maggi, Ideal Milk and Nescafe, in collaboration with the Ghana Red Cross Society has commissioned a portable system at Amanhyia, a community of over 4,000 residents, in the Suhum Municipality in the Eastern Region. The water system commissioned on World Water Day, has three major water points in the […] The post Nestle,
Real GDP is projected to grow by 3.4% in 2021 after contracting by an estimated 2.1% in 2020 Africa is set to recover from its worst recession in half a century. Real GDP is projected to grow by 3.4% in 2021 after contracting by an estimated 2.1% in 2020, mainly due to COVID-19-related disruptions, according […] The post Light at the end of the tunnel for Africa’s
Central banks in some of sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest economies may be more concerned about the impact of a potential third wave of coronavirus infections and a slow rollout of vaccines than quickening inflation, leaving borrowing costs unchanged for now. Monetary policy committees in Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Angola are unlikely to follow those […] The post Key
It is not her alarm clock that jolts her out of bed at 2am. It is her dreams. While some of her mates from University still have a few more hours to enjoy their sleep, she is already wide awake—her day already begun and her mind racing with the one thousand things she has to […] The post In the opposite direction: …A young
The Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) has launched a campaign to create awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic through music and video messages. The campaign is a joint effort with the former Creative Arts Council with support from United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and ECOWAS under the supervision of the National Commission on […] The post MUSIGA launches
The Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), a UNESCO Category II Centre at the University of Cape Coast, joined 15 global UNESCO Category II Centres for Education to dialogue and recommend a road map to achieving the UNESCO Medium-term Strategy for 2022-2029 (41/C/4) and United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4. The virtual meeting […] The post IEPA,
Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited [GTBank] has introduced Card Protect, a real-time self-service and first of its kind in the Ghanaian financial services industry to provide the utmost protection for card transactions. Card Protect offers GTBank Mastercard (Business, Standard and World Debit and Credit cards) and Visa (Gold, International) card holders the freedom and convenience […] The post GTBank
Reasons for Starting-Up New Business: A research by Birley & Westhead (1994) found seven (7) components of new venture motivation as follows: 1• The need for Approval. 2• The need for Independence. 3• The need for Personal Development. 4• Welfare (Philanthropic) considerations. 5• Perception of Wealth. 6• Tax Reduction and Indirect Benefits, etc. 7• Following […] The post Entrepreneurship:
Water is the central nervous system in the fight to create resilient and low carbon economies to build back better from the impacts of COVID-19. Access to water and sanitation for all – which is Goal 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – contributes to the achievement of most SDGs. Yet 785 million people […] The post Understanding
The nuclear power reactor, described as a “pressurized water reactor”, moderated and cooled by water, was developed in the 1950s simultaneously by the Americans and the Russians to propel their naval vessels, submarines. aircraft carriers and ice-breakers. The Americans called it the Pressurized Water Reactor, PWR, and the Russians called it Water (moderated), Water (cooled) […] The post The
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