While the ratio of females in the population of university students in Ghana has increased since 1990, women still remain far in the minority, data available to the B&FT have shown. The data, gathered from the National Council for Tertiary Education, show that only one-fifth of students enrolled in universities in the 1990/91 academic year were women, but this ratio has improved gradually and stood at 36 percent in the 2012/13 academic year. Yet despite this progress, the numbers indicate that
The Technical Adviser on financial markets to the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Sam Mensah, is advocating a relaxed legal regime to allow insurance companies and other institutional investors to invest in riskier ventures. Dr. Sam Mensah, who is also the chairman of the Council of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), explained that a number of sectors which need critical capital to stimulate growth could benefit from a system that gives flexibility to the investment programme of institutional investors, particularly
It is an established fact that free speech -- which encompasses the freedom to criticise the policies of government, is the bedrock of a vibrant democratic system. Free market democratic governance cannot effectively thrive where free speech and constructive dialogue among contending interest groups is not passionately encouraged by the governing administrators of a given society.   This is partly born of the fact that institutional investors, who are often the driving engines of job-creation,
The Board of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced the appointment of Mr. Tony O. Elumelu, C.O.N. as Chairman, succeeding Ambassador Joe Keshi. Mr. Elumelu is Chairman/CEO of Heirs Holdings, the pan-African proprietary investment company he founded in 2010, which holds stakes in a number of leading African businesses, including Nigeria's largest conglomerate by market capitalisation, Transcorp, as well as UBA. Elumelu retired as Group Managing Director and CEO of UBA in 2010, following
The First Global Public Private Partnership (PPP) Conference has ended with an assurance from government it will provide the right legal framework to enable the private sector to partner the state in provision of public infrastructure. The event, an initiative of C-nergy Ghana -- an international consulting firm -- created a platform for local and foreign investors, insurance companies, pension fund managers and government agencies to interact and share ideas and experiences on developing and financing
The District Manager of the Cocoa Merchant Company at Agona Duakwa in the Central Region, has warned marketing clerks to stop exploiting farmers through the manipulation of weighing scales. Mr Randy Nkrumah, told Ghana News Agency in an interview at Duakwa, after a general meeting of marketing clerks from licensed cocoa buying companies and other chief farmers in the area. The meeting was aimed at preparing participants for the opening of the 2014/2015 cocoa season. It also sought to find solutions
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) in collaboration with CBI, an agency of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, has started an integrated Regional Programme to support exporters in the fruit and vegetable sector. The programme, which is being implemented in Ghana, Benin, Mali and Senegal, is to provide support, especially in the Ghanaian context, to the pineapple sector of the country as well as fruit, vegetables and natural ingredients. The event was to ensure that exporters
Accessibility to several new mobile phone applications and other evolving technologies require the use of high-speed data services to enable them function to their full capacity. However, the inability of many African countries to develop the requisite infrastructure base, being the basic requirement for technological growth, is denying many people the chance to benefit from emerging technologies, an expert in mobile network operations has indicated. The introduction of smartphones, tablets and other
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