President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has accepted the nomination of Mr. Kissi Agyebeng as the Special Prosecutor. This was announced in a statement signed by the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr. Eugene Arhin, today May 6th 2021. The statement said a letter has been sent to the Speaker of Parliament to seek parliamentary […] The post Akufo-Addo
Ghana is currently faced with 12% youth unemployment rate, and more than 50% underemployment— both higher than overall unemployment rates in Sub-Saharan African countries. Despite major investments by both government and private sector, this challenge will intensify if job opportunities remain limited, a new World Bank report has indicated. At the recently ended 4th Agricultural Students’ […] The post OCP
In November last year, the Lands Commission announced to the Public that it had moved from its manual systems unto an online platform to render a more efficient service to the public. This news was welcomed by many as a step in the right direction since a lot had suffered several losses as a result […] The post Digitization of Lands Commission Services; “From
Local technology firms have expressed excitement about the prospect of the presence of global technology giant, Twitter, setting up its West Africa office in Ghana, saying the move will promote competitive growth in the tech space in the country. American microblogging and social networking service Twitter, in April, announced a decision to build a team […] The post Local
…Has it mixed up the meaning of electronic signatures and digital signatures? I have had to tweak an article I wrote in 2011 on the treatment of “electronic signatures” and “digital signatures” by the Electronic Transactions Act, 2008 (Act 772) since I find it still relevant having noticed that the recent Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act […] The post Electronic Transactions
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
Internal Auditors in the country are pushing for better resourcing to be able to effectively deliver on their mandate of propelling the growth of organisations. According to them, they play critical roles in ensuring that management decisions and programmes are executed by staff to the best of their knowledge, devoid of short-cuts. Speaking at the […] The post Internal
Real Estate Brokerage 101 After the series on the role of surveyors in the last two weeks, I had a call about the need to delve more into scams related to the Real Estate industry in Ghana. As you may be aware, every business or industry despite the success stories may have some miscreants or […] The post Spotting Real Estate Scams and Avoiding Them appeared first on
The labyrinthine situation of visual stimuli and the individual understanding is often interpreted as the perception of art. The evolution of art is tracked back to Stone Age art (2,500,000-3,000 BCE) down to Bronze Age art (3,000- 1,200 BCE), Iron Age art (c.1500-350 CE), Medieval art (c.350-1,300 CE), The Renaissance (c.1,300-1620), post-renaissance art (c.1600-1850), Modern […] The post Pencilling
Ecobank, in collaboration with the National Malaria Control Programme and the Ministry of Health, last week organised a public forum to engage the press, its customers and the general public on the adverse effects of Malaria on the health of the country’s populace – particularly pregnant women and children who are mostly at risk; as […] The post Ecobank, GHS mark World Malaria
The EU Ambassador to Ghana, Diana Acconcia, and her accompanying delegation visited the Bunge Loders Croklaan facility in Tema to get a better understanding of the shea business and learn more about the company’s activities in West-Africa. During the visit, the Ambassador and her team took a tour of the laboratory and control room to […] The post EU
The burgeoning interest of the Chinese in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has not escaped the lens of global watchdogs, and has become an area of both apprehension and admiration depending on the context. To some, the Chinese are a threat and a competition, while to others they are a unique model for development. China has not […] The post The rise of China and its affair with Africa
Over 250 individual local suppliers in the oil and gas industry have undergone a one-day virtual training in business ethics and compliance, hosted by the National Upstream Petroleum Business Academy of the Petroleum Commission. The training was organised by the Petroleum Commission in collaboration with Tullow Ghana Limited, to give indigenous suppliers an in-depth understanding […] The post Tullow
Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) were established with untraded shares issued and purchased mostly by the people and businesses in the catchment areas within which they operate. People residing in the communities were encouraged to own shares in these rural banks. The shares issued by these rural banks were not traded on the capital market, […] The post Why
“When you bring people into a physical space, you allow for insights to manifest in a way that you can touch, that you can feel, that you can connect, that you can talk to. It allows one to internalize the information.” These are the words of Sarah Personette, Head of Facebook Global Business Marketing. Facebook […] The post Put people
Pressure mounts on gov’t to further reduce fuel price Calls for restructuring of tax build-up intensifies With the increasing cost of living and consistent dwindling of consumers’ purchasing power, incomes of many citizens can only buy less of their usual consumption basket – a situation of the poor getting poorer in real terms, and the […] The post Brace
Expert attributes to new players, pandemic-induced demand After going through torrid times at the beginning of the pandemic year which saw it contract for two consecutive quarters, the real estate sector has come out strongly – this time even unseating the information and communications sector to become the new driver of economic growth in the […] The post Real
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is calling on government to, as a matter of urgency, block all loopholes at the ports and entry points of the country which enable importers to cheat the system by under-valuing their goods and services or under-invoicing their imports, as a means to protect made in Ghana products. Chief […] The post Block
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has received a World Climate Clock – the first of its kind in Ghana, for its leading role in the fight against climate change. The World Climate Clock was presented by Jerome Ringo, the Founder and Chairman of Zoetic Global and goodwill ambassador for the Pan-African Parliament in Accra. […] The post IES
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has launched the Parkland Restoration Fund (PRF) as part of ongoing efforts to ensure the shea industry continues to play its integral part in the lives of people across 21 African countries, stretching from Senegal to South Sudan. The PRF is expected to raise US$65.5million from public and private […] The post US$65m initiative to protect
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