The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will begin the installation of prepaid meters in the official residences of all ministers and other government appointees next Monday.

Chiefs of the Aflao Traditional Area have stated that Torgbui Afla Awunor Detu IX, was the right person for the stool and was properly enstoolled.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Private Enterprises Federation, Nana Osei Bonsu, has tasked insurance companies to develop innovative products that address the needs of Ghanaians, especially the informal sector.

The First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, at the weekend inaugurated a girls’ dormitory for the Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) in Tamale.

The St John’s Grammar School Old Students Association (JOSA) has organised a sod-cutting ceremony at the school compound in Accra for a building project.

The Wenchi Methodist Senior High School (WESS) in the Brong Ahafo Region has climaxed its 50th anniversary celebration with a colourful durbar. The government was called upon to help improve facilities in the school to enable the visually impaired students of the school to cope with academic work.

I have been listening to all the brouhaha over the recent utility rate increases. It all leaves me in an uncertain state of mind, on whom to be blamed for this sorry state of affairs.

The Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT) has increased its fleet of passenger vehicles to 1,048 as part of efforts aimed at meeting the consistent rise in demand for its services nationwide.

Economists have cast doubt over the government’s ability to cut the country’s fiscal deficit to nine per cent by the end of the year.

The Ministry of Transport has halted the proposed reconstruction of the Western Railway Line following the government's inability, about two years ago, to access the portion of the US$3 billion loan from the Chinese Development Bank (CDB) meant for the project.

A number of fishermen along the Volta Lake have appealed to the government to review its agreement with Clark Sustainable Resource Development Ltd, a Canadian company, to remove tree stumps from the lake.

But for the generosity of the late Mrs Efua Sarpong, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of the DANADAMS Group of Companies Dr Yaw Adu Gyamfi would have easily joined the league of brilliant needy school dropouts in the systemDr Gyamfi, whose entrepreneurial acumen has served as a source of livelihood to over 250 people, wrote and passed the then common entrance exam on four consecutive times but could not proceed to the next level because his mother with nine boys could not fund the cost of his entry into the secondary school.But that was not strange, said Dr Gyamfi, who reminisced his tough childhood days to the GRAPHIC BUSINESS amidst smiles."My mother had nine boys of which I am the eldest. Things were difficult for us and that was obvious because she had to take care of all of us; our education, feeding and the rest and that wasn't easy," he recollected.That consequently delayed, but not denied, his progress by some four good years within which his mother, the eight brothers and himself continued to aspire while hoping that a window of opportunity would open for them one day.It was frustrating as well as discouraging, admits Dr Gyamfi, whose DANADAMS Pharmaceuticals currently exports drugs to six West African countries.But God's ways are not the ways of men. Therefore, when Dr Gyamfi started giving up amidst anguish, God sent a benefactor in the person of Mrs Sarpong.Mrs Sarpong, who was a friend to Dr Gyamfi's late mother, Maame Abena Adansi, offered to take up the cost of his entry into the secondary school after he had passed the common entrance exam for the fourth time in 1970.The arrival of that opportunity marked the beginning of the success story of Dr Gyamfi, pharmacist now turned entrepreneur."I wouldn't have been anybody today without those two women. They made me who I am and I will forever cherish them," Dr Gyamfi said graciously.The two, he said have continued to be the pillar of his life and the inspirations behind the establishment of his first business, the Danpong Pharmacy, at Spintex in Accra.

Government earnings from oil for the first eight months of the year have risen above the end-year target while that of cocoa and gold have slumped, further intensifying fears that the country is inching closer to the much dreaded Dutch Disease.

Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has won the Global Finance, the world renowned magazine’s ‘Best Bank in Africa’ award for the second year running.

EM Capital Partners Limited, a specialised investment banking firm, is giving investors the chance to meet their long-term financial goals with the launch of its EM Balanced Unit Trust.

A sizeable number of the multinationals operating in the country and the 'big names' in corporate Ghana were conspicuously missing at this year's Ghana Club 100 rankings.

Shippers councils in Africa are pushing for a harmonisation of the systems and information used to track cargo movement in the respective countries, as part of efforts to reduce the cost of shipping in the continent.

Foreign aid may be “going local,” but much more needs to be done to create the right conditions for local partnerships to take hold and succeed in the long run.That was one key takeaway from the first-ever Devex Partnerships Forum held in Nairobi, Kenya, recently.“We need local solutions for local problems for local communities,” said Mamadou Biteye, who oversees operations in Africa for the Rockefeller Foundation, the event’s lead sponsor.The forum, Biteye noted, is an important start to what should become an ongoing conversation about localisation and how organisations — both local and international — can achieve sustainable results through partnership.The need for this conversation is what prompted Devex to gather in Nairobi some of the industry’s leading thinkers and doers. All in all, the event brought together more than 200 representatives from 44 exhibiting organisations and 150 participants from African development organisations.Local development has taken the front seat, said Raj Kumar, President and Editor-in-chief of Devex, during his opening remarks. And development work has never been more challenging or more necessary, Biteye added.“Innovation is no longer about going it alone,” Biteye said. “There is a good deal to learn, replicate, build from and scale. We will need to join our hands together to maximise our impact,” he added.

Style aficionados now have less to worry about keeping their wardrobe stocked with unique pieces of wares and accessories that make them stand out at different occasions, thanks to the launch of MyAsho.com and MyAshomarket.com, a twin online fashion store.

One of Africa’s finest digital agencies, Wild Fusion, has added Ghana to its growing list of countries it operates in.