REAL ESTATE MINUTE: With Cyril Nii Ayitey Tetteh Airbnb is a short form for Airbed (a type of bed or mattress) and Breakfast that offers temporary accommodation for travellers, tourists, businessmen etc. The basic model is that, you as a homeowner or space owner, known as the host, can sublet part of your house, be […] The post How to manage your Airbnb in COVID-19 times appeared
Empty office buildings. Reduced store hours. Unbelievably low hotel room rates. All are signs of the times. The containment measures put in place last year in response to the pandemic shuttered businesses and offices, and dealt a severe blow to the demand for commercial real estate—especially, in the retail, hotel, and office segments. Beyond its […] The post Commercial Real Estate
Telecom operator, AirtelTigo, has inaugurated a fully furnished six-unit classroom block with a headteacher’s office for the Kotokuom R/C Primary School in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti region. The facility replaces a dilapidated structure that houses over 200 pupils. Commercial Head of AirtelTigo, Mr. Kwame Osafo Amoah, emphasized the purpose of building the classroom […] The post AirtelTigo
Need to realign & amend Tourism Strategy to realize Ghana Beyond Aid to unleash rapid, inclusive and holistic socio-economic development THE devastation and disruption brought about by the corona virus (covid-19) pandemic, the subsequent lockdown and its consequences brought home forcefully the demerits of globalization, the urgent and pressing need for alternative homegrown backup plan […] The post Repositioning
A financial sustainability requirement protects the government against losses and forces a bank to make better use of scarce financial resources. Early on, Diamond (1957) argued that a development bank needed some investments to be profitable since it has to cover losses on socially desirable but commercially less viable investments. These profits would strengthen its […] The post A
On 19th January 2021, a call was made to all Artiste, Music Producers, Beat Makers, Instrumentalists and Stakeholders to submit their works which fall within the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) calendar year – January 1st to December 31st 2020. The VGMA board and the research team, have been at work, rigorously sifting through, meticulously […] The post Nominees
The first quarter of 2021 ended on a great note as two African fintech businesses gained unicorn status, a rare fit amidst a ragging global pandemic which is finally being aggressively tackled by the speedy supply of much-needed vaccines. Such is the African story – a trail of surprises in the midst of uncertainty. On […] The post The unicornization of African Fintech appeared
Ghana is the first Sub-Saharan African country to issue a foreign currency-denominated zero-coupon bullet tranche to its bond financing mix, enabling it to create fiscal space to build its financial resilience. Ghana’s debut 4-year zero-coupon bond was two times oversubscribed, despite being the first of its kind to be issued by a West African sovereign, […] The post Dr.
Aiming to be customer-centric is worthwhile if you intend to stay the course and excel as a business. This will require some deliberate planning and interventions that will ensure that you have a good listening ear for your customers. By investing heavily in Voice of the Customer (VoC) programmes through the collection, analysis, and due […] The post Make
Dreadlocks. For the best part of a week, they became national headlines. One teenage boy with excellent grades and a head full of dreadlocks ignited headlines when Achimota, the school that denied him entry due to his hair, came under fire, was accused of discrimination and was hauled into the headlines to answer: why? Why […] The post Locs of Love White Rules, Black
GREDA, GIABA, gov’t work towards solution It is becoming increasingly attractive for money launderers to channel their resources to the real estate sector due to lack of regulations and ineffective supervision and monitoring, moving stakeholders and government to deliberate on policies to address the issue. According to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the real […] The post Real
…including an inaugural zero-coupon tranche In Africa’s largest Eurobond issuance since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), the corporate and investment banking arm of FirstRand Bank Limited, acted as Joint Lead Manager and Joint Bookrunner (JLM), alongside other transaction parties, in the Republic of Ghana’s four-tranche Eurobond. RMB also acted as […] The post RMB
Some of the new tax proposals by government will only go to worsen the plight of the poor and vulnerable in society, SEND Ghana, has lamented, calling for fair and just tax system, where payers contribute according to their ability to pay. The civil society organisation said government could have been more innovative with the […] The post New taxes likely to burden poor, vulnerable
…recommends it to policy makers guide The Governor of Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Ernest Addison, has described newly launched book titled ‘Money and Economic Growth’ as policy makers guide in shaping economic discourse in the Ghanaian context. According to him, the caliber of the author, Dr. Emmanuel Kumah, an experience consultant on international economics, […] The post BoG
…as NPRA exercises power to prosecute Over 70 percent of 60 defaulting employers have begun paying pension contributions of their employees under the tier two scheme, following notice of legal action by the regulator, National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA). According to the Authority, an amount GH¢3.1 million has been retrieved from the companies out of […] The post Employer
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