The Chief Investment Officer of Stanbic Investment Management Services (SIMS), Kwabena Boamah, has encouraged workers in both the formal and informal sectors to plan towards their retirement as that will determine how they live after retirement. Speaking at a webinar on pensions organized recently, Kwabena Boamah said when people retire, their incomes retire but their […] The post ‘Quality
…as 21,894,180 trees are destroyed annually Illegal logging, charcoal burning, fuelwood harvesting and small scale mining activities in the Savannah Region are to be banned effective Monday, May 10, 2021, as part of measures geared toward preserving forest reserves as well as economically viable trees from being destroyed. These activities, according to the Regional House […] The post Savannah
On 1st of April, as I was publishing my Uniconization of African Fintech piece[1], Mastercard was busy announcing their $100 million investment into Airtel Money (Airtel Africa’s mobile money subsidiary) to acquire a minority position – half what TPG Capital did[2]. Even though I had gotten wind of the transaction knowing that Mastercard was already […] The post Mergers
Stephen Garba, from Gwoza community in Borno State, Nigeria, lost all his siblings and several relatives during a deadly Boko Haram attack seven years ago. Fortunately for him, on the day of the attack, he had travelled to a nearby village. This year marks the seventh year since violent attacks of the Islamist group Boko […] The post How the
The seventh edition of global green business ideas competition Climate Launchpad has opened. The programme, supported by EIT Climate-KIC and TU Delft, and run locally by the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre, helps aspiring entrepreneurs grow their cleantech ideas into global businesses. The ClimateLaunchpad formula has proven time and time again to be the key to […] The post Green
The Ghana National Gas Company has announced a reading project dubbed ‘Turn a Page’ for about 30,000 pupils from 30 Basic Schools in the Ellembelle district of the Western Region. The ‘Turn a Page’ project is a literacy project that aims to inculcate reading habits into schoolchildren between the ages of six to 15 years. […] The post Ghana Gas
…Keeping Ghana in the global pineapple business For many years, Ghana’s export sector focused on cocoa, gold, timber, bauxite, rubber and oil. However, during the 1980s and 1990s pineapple exports became an important area of activity. This was largely due to the vision of a few people, but it is also a sector that has […] The post Combined Pineapple Glory: Protecting
A Sacerdotalist War on God Man has, since time immemorial, always wanted to be God. If that meant the creation of a notion of God so that they could ascend to it—so be it. But there, in fact, being a God, the task was made easier. And what is God if not an entity on […] The post Attempted Prophecies: Death to God and State appeared first on The
As citizens are enjoined in article 41(j) of the constitution to declare their income honestly and pay the right taxes, at the right time as stipulated by law as they enjoy their fundamental human rights enshrined in the 1992 constitution, there have been avalanche of questions to me from readers and the public, all bothering […] The post After filing our Annual Tax Returns…,
One hundred and forty-two students from the Shama district of the Western and Greater Accra Regions have received scholarships from the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) to pursue their education at various tertiary schools across the country. Out of the 142 students, 104 are from Aboadze, Abuesi, Shama, Dwomo, Lower Inchaban – all […] The post 142
urges financial institutions to tap into US$4bn training opportunity foresees indigenous FinTechs attaining unicorn status soon As the transition toward a more digital economy continues in earnest, with the resulting demand for certain skill sets in keeping with the transition growing accordingly, the nation is well placed to bridge the existing digital skills gap. This […] The post Structures
In late 2019 the novel coronavirus began its entry into the world. By March 2020, the virus had entered Ghana. In Ghana and elsewhere in the world, measures to limit spread of the virus restricted movement and mass gatherings. Some of these measures meant that people could no longer move freely. Schools shut down. Places […] The post 5th Ghana CEO Summit: The case
WAICA Reinsurance Cooperation (Plc) – a West African sub-regional reinsurance company with its headquarters in Sierra Leone – has donated items to Ghana Insurance College as part of its 10th anniversary celebration. The donation is WAICA Re’s fulfilment of its Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR). The donated items include: the installation of four air-conditioners and fixing […] The post WAICA
Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), in partnership with Africa Environmental Sanitation Consult (AfES Consult), Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL), Ministry of Education (MoE) and Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), has launched the Environmental Sanitation Research Fund (ESRF). The ESRF is a grant that can be accessed by universities in the country to help in […] The post Zoomlion,
The Design and Technology Institute (DTI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ho Technical University to support the training of thousands of Ghanaian youths in Technical and Vocational Training and Education (TVET). The agreement will lead to the enhancement of the University’s TVET curriculum with the inclusion of DTI’s Precision Quality (PQ) […] The post DTI
Ghana Life Insurance Company Limited has put out a robust recapitalisation plan that will uplift the company in the years to come. The shareholders of Ghana Life Insurance Company Limited have injected new capital into the company to improve its financial position. The injection of US$2.25million into the company brings the Minimum Capital of the […] The post Ghana
It is difficult to believe when an Insurance salesman tells you ‘we will pay everything’ right? especially for those who have experienced a loss and gone through a claims process. So, is it true when an Insurance Salesman tells you ‘we will pay everything’? My answer is yes and no, depending on the situation. For […] The post H.Insured : What
The International Workers Day (May Day) that is observed globally on 1st May every year in solidarity with the workers’ front has taken place, and Ghana is no exception. The General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Union-Ghana (ICU-Ghana), Mr. Solomon Kotei, has sent ICU-Ghana’s heartfelt message to its huge membership as follows: “Fellow workers, […] The post ICU
Puma Energy Distribution has launched its latest retail site on the Lake Road, near the Ghana National Fire Service, in Atonsu a suburb of Kumasi. This achievement is in line with keeping with the company’s promise of delivering on the last mile to bring its brand purpose of “Energizing Communities” to life. We firmly believe […] The post Puma Energy launches
President Akufo-Addo on Wednesday April 21, 2021 brought out the list of his deputy-ministers in his second term of office. Twenty-six percent of the people that were chosen by the president to serve as deputy-ministers are women, and this is a significant rise from his first term when there was just 16% of appointees being […] The post Growing opportunities for women
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