The Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) has organised a sensitisation workshop to drum home the importance of buying a pension plan as a Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME). According to the GEA, interaction with MSMEs who constitute its core stakeholders has revealed that pensions are far from their agenda – and as a result many […] The post Ghana Enterprises Agency
Family firms account for a majority of global companies. They provide 70% of the global GDP and 60% of global employment. They are key drivers of global business and growth, so their sustained long-term value creation is important for the global economy as a whole. Family businesses are a force for good, contributing billions of […] The post FIT FOR GENERATIONS:
Palpable excitement, particularly amongst operators of Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises, has greeted the reopening of the Tema Branch of FBN Bank. The move is consistent with the lender’s vision of being a vehicle for driving financial inclusion and overall development in the country and Tema, in particular. Featuring FBN Bank’s unique design language, the […] The post Excitement
Ecobank Ghana has signed a partnership agreement with Enterprise Trustees to positively contribute towards helping Ghana to reduce the housing deficit. “Under this agreement, Enterprise Trustees will make available to all workers, whose pension funds reside at Enterprise, a package that enables them to attract mortgage from Ecobank with zero down payments. The bank will […] The post Ecobank,
First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, has revealed that the central bank’s digital currency, the e-Cedi, will be piloted by the close of this year – in a regulatory and innovation sandbox. Within the financial sector, a regulatory and innovation sandbox is a supportive and a controlled policy environment that […] The post e-Cedi piloting begins this
Data protection is about safeguarding our fundamental right to privacy by regulating the processing of personal data: providing the individual with rights over their data and setting up systems of accountability and clear obligations for those who control or undertake the processing of the data. Digital rights are basic human rights in the internet era […] The post Data protection in Africa
Several ground-breaking innovations have been birthed during this pandemic as companies and industries are at their wits’ end, figuring out how to lessen the financial burden on their customers. One of the most pioneering initiatives during the period was introduced by Vodafone Cash as part of its comprehensive support for Ghanaians. The Mobile Financial Service […] The post Customers
Experts across various disciplines support an intervention by a COVIDExperts across various disciplines support an intervention by a COVID-19 era corporate group coaching culture to revive peak performance without incurring or gravitating the devastating socio-economic damages of the 2020 pandemic.-19 era corporate group coaching culture to revive peak performance without incurring or gravitating the devastating […] The post Core
The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) has called on government to give clear directions to Ghanaian businesses to enable them take full advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), based on the country’s comparative advantages in trade. The National President of CIMG, Dr. Daniel Kasser Tee, made this call when he was […] The post CIMG
Remember the time when but for your nanny being at home with the kids, you could never have made it to that critical meeting that got you that business deal? Or, in your case, was it your gardener’s quick response in administering first aid and taking your daughter to the hospital when she sprained her […] The post A BETTER TOMORROW: Everyone deserves
The increasing spate of development of buffer zones by private developers in the Ashanti Region poses a huge threat to Agriculture as well as the ecology of the region, the Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said. The situation while it significantly undermines agriculture development, is also believed will aggravate […] The post Buffer
A seventeen-year-old girl during a recent youth engagement dialogue I participated in asked me, “What is the total population of Persons with Disabilities in Ghana, and are all forms of disabilities acquired from birth?” “No data on PWD population” and “No” were the answers I provided respectively to her questions – because almost everyone is […] The post Develop
Axis Pensions Trust has begun processes to ensure it full operations within the informal sector, General Manager for Axis Pension Trust, Paa Kofi Ankomah has said. In an interview at an open forum held by Axis Pensions Trust, the General Manager said: “We have a strategy to go into the informal sector very soon. Last […] The post Axis Pensions to begin informal sector
The Union of African Shippers’ Councils (UASC) and the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help facilitate the movement of goods on the continent in a quicker manner. The MoU seeks to set the legal framework which binds both parties to support each other achieve mutual benefits aimed […] The post Africa
The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, (MESTI), Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has hinted government is considering a plastic waste management policy that will impose certain levies on consumers who use plastic products. The policy, which is at a consideration stage, according to him will capture the inputs of all stakeholders involved in the manufacturing, […] The post New
The Ghana Fixed Income Market (GFIM) continued it bull run in June 2021 as trading activity shows consistent growth month on month, data from the Ghana Stock Exchange has shown. The data, which summarized market activities in June 2021, shows that volumes traded on GFIM increased by 10.63 percent to 18.2 billion, valued at GH¢19.29 billion […] The post Bond market continues bullish
Sustainable Use of Natural Resources & Energy Financing (SUNREF), a green finance label developed by l’Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) and supported by the European Union (EU), has launched its energy-financing programme in Accra. The programme is a unique and innovative financial offer with a credit line of €30million from the AFD and €4million from […] The post SUNREF
The Governing Council of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) has appointed Ing. David Kwatia Nyante as Executive Director of the Institution effective July 1, 2021. He takes over from Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, who has successfully completed his term of service Ing David Kwatia Nyante has about 3 decades of experience in engineering and […] The post GhIE appoints new Executive
For the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to achieve its main objectives of creating a single market for goods and services, promote industrial development and sustainable and inclusive socio-economic growth, African governments have been advised to embrace digitisation heavily. Eric Osiakwan, the Managing Partner of Chanzo Capital, gave the advice when he spoke at […] The post Africa-wide
You have a good idea… then what? In Ghana, ideas unfortunately do not have a well-defined route to turning into large-enough enterprises such that your community, your country, your continent benefit from it. By the way, you inspired this article. All of you that text, email, dm and call me after every publication to discuss ideas about […] The post Everyone
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