Eunice Lasi, the New Patriotic Party’s former parliamentary candidate for the Sege Constituency, has left the party and officially declared her intention to contest the Sege seat as an independent candidate in the 2024 elections. She has also instructed her supporters to deface all her posters that have NPP backgrounds. Madam Eunice Lasi disclosed her […] The post NPP’s
Ten illegal miners whose activities have caused massive destruction to the Oda River Forest Reserve in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region, have been arrested. The 10, made up of seven Ghanaian nationals and three Chinese nationals, were arrested in a three-day operation by the Bekwai Forest District of the Forest Services Division […] The post 10 galamsey
The Jospong Group of Companies, as part of its Annual Thanksgiving Service on Friday, December 8th, joined the National Chief Imam and the Muslim Ummah at the Joma Ablekuma Mosque to thank God for His mercies in 2023. The Group used the occasion to make a cash donation of GH¢10,000 to the National Chief Imam […] The post Jospong Group joins Ablekuma
Renowned Ghanaian economist, Kwame Pianim, has bemoaned the leadership deficit on the African continent stating that it is becoming very expensive. Speaking at the annual Leadership Lecture at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) on Monday, December 11, Mr Pianim emphasized that this deficit is significantly hindering Ghana’s development, noting that Ghana and Korea […] The post Leadership
Introduction In accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and section 21 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), the Minister for Finance presented the budget statement on behalf of the President on Wednesday, 15th November 2023. The 2024 budget is critical for the country as it tries to navigate the desire […] The post The 2024 budget and
Ecobank, the leading pan-African Banking Group, is proud to announce that Ecobank Zimbabwe has won the ‘Global Award for Financial Inclusion’ in The Bankers’ Awards 2023. In addition, Ecobank Benin, Ecobank Guinea, Ecobank Liberia, Ecobank Mali and Ecobank Togo were all named ‘Bank of the Year 2023’ in their respective countries. Jeremy Awori, Chief Executive […] The post
First National Bank Ghana has picked up the ‘Leading Mortgage Company of the Year’ award at the 15th Ghana Property Awards, organised by Property Express Group in collaboration with the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), Ministry of Works and Housing and other stakeholders in the property and construction sector. The award makes First National […] The post First
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has urged all road users to prioritise safety and adhere to road regulations during and after the festive season, in order to prevent lawlessness and misconduct on the roads. This call comes in the wake of provisional data from the Ghana Police Service, which indicate that from January to […] The post NRSA urges road users
Despite recent progress on restructuring the country’s debt, short-term interest rates exceeding 30 percent are undermining the savings achieved according to Leslie Dwight Mensah, an economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). With domestic markets as the sole financing source, he said, government remains vulnerable. “If stronger fiscal consolidation isn’t achieved, including on the […] The post
My favourite definition of economics is that by Lionel Robbins. According to Robbins, economics is “a science that studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means that have alternative uses”. Microeconomics on the other hand relates to the study of choices made by individuals and households (consumers) or firms (producers) with respect […] The post Economics
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has called for a dialogue between Mobile Money (MoMo) stakeholders to address the current impasse and arrive at fair and sustainable compensation for MoMo agents. ISSER emphasises the critical role of MoMo agents in driving financial inclusion in the country, and urges all parties to consider […] The post
Emmanuel Adumua Bossman Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) joins rest of the world to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day on Friday. The commission dedicated the NACAP. Read More... The post CHRAJ Marks International Anti-Corruption
The Country Representative of Solidaridad Ghana, Bossman Owusu, has encouraged urban households to adopt the habit of home gardening. According to him, food security is crucial for human survival; hence, Ghanaians need to cultivate what they eat. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of the launch of the Home Gardening initiative held on November […] The post Solidaridad
Mayur Patel (L) in a group photograph with M-KOPA’s members M-KOPA, a leading African fintech platform, has announced the official launch of its flexible digital financing model in Ghana Read More... The post M-KOPA Expands To Ghana
Africa’s Global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has again demonstrated its prowess on the international stage as it clinched nine prestigious awards at The Bankers Awards 2023, organized by The Banker Magazine – a publication of Financial Times of London, the world’s leading business newspaper. The prestigious awards presented to the Bank at a ceremony in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, included the highly coveted […] The post UBA
The Moroccan Sovereign has made the development of the Atlantic African space one of the surest means of making the African continent a strategic pole both economically and geopolitically. In his speech of November 6, 2023, celebrating the 48th anniversary of the Green March, His Majesty King Mohammed VI launched a vast Atlantic initiative with […] The post The
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