Brighter Investment, a social enterprise that provides full financial support to talented students in developing countries, in partnership with the Ministry for Business Development and the Association of African Universities (AAU) will be conducting a nationwide career-tracer study on most viable career pathways among Ghanaian graduates in August. The study broadly seeks to identify the […] The post Brighter
Global Media Alliance Broadcasting Company (GMABC), parent company of three pace-setting giants in the Ghanaian broadcasting space – YFM (Accra, Kumasi & Takoradi), Happy98.9FM and e.TV Ghana – in partnership with Ghana’s favourite Insurance group, Hollard Ghana, has officially set the month of August as ‘Hollard Insurance Month’. ‘Hollard Insurance Month’ will provide a platform […] The post August
Aside from the various trends discussed in my last piece, there are many others which have happened since the arrival if COVID-19 and its constraints. They most important lesson to note as industry players, and those hoping to get in, is that e-commerce is a demand-led industry wherein customers push service providers to keep changing […] The post This is what has
NEW YORK – The robots are no longer coming; they are here. The COVID-19 pandemic is hastening the spread of artificial intelligence (AI), but few have fully considered the short- and long-term consequences. In thinking about AI, it is natural to start from the perspective of welfare economics – productivity and distribution. What are the […] The post The Robot question appeared first on
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was successful in convincing the legislature to suspend fiscal responsibility rules contained in the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2018 (Ac t 982). The scale of damage and macroeconomic distortions caused by the pandemic is unprecedented in the country’s history, and makes it possible to invoke the escape clause in the Fiscal Responsibility […] The post Editorial
“The world suffers a lot not because of the violence of bad people but because of the silence of good people” …..Napoleon Bonaparte. Many Ghanaians witness different forms of crimes, which has the potential to jeopardize the health, safety or lives of others. Most individuals who witness such misconduct often remain silent, indifferent or conclude […] The post WHISTLE BLOWING:
Welcome to another week of financial learning. I believe we are all well and staying safe in these abnormal COVID-19 times! COVID-19 officially hit the shores on Ghana in the early part of March 2020. Events after the first announcement led to full and partial lockdowns, a ban on the social gathering, and eventual relaxing […] The post Telecommuting – Working from home appeared
Things are tough. Everything is in limbo. COVID-19 has seen to that. There is not an industry that is not negatively affected by the pandemic. And its worldwide. The oil and gas industry is no exception. Companies in Ghana’s oil and gas sector are in a state of flux. The disruption to global supply chains […] The post Editorial : Oil, Gas and COVID-19 appeared first on
South Africa’s Shoprite Holdings will lay off 115 staff and close another Kenyan store, less than a year after its opening as part of the supermarket’s expansion into the east African country, a letter seen by Reuters shows and the company confirmed. In the letter, addressed to the Kenyan Union of Commercial Food and Allied […] The post South Africa’s
A few years ago, I had cause to comment on the migration of Ghanaian youth to the Arab world, and the resultant human rights abuses inflicted on them by the families and companies that solicited their services. I raised the stakes on the dangers of allowing our youth to travel to destinations where we could […] The post Youth migration and the scenario in Lebanon appeared
As you may have read, last couple of weeks, the FBI sent out an alert warning of four new DDoS attack vectors, three of which have already been exploited and resulted in several large DDoS attacks across the globe. DDoS attacks have increased by 500% as a result of Covid-19, and 2020 is shaping up […] The post InfoSec
The 3% levy charged all consumers of electricity for street lighting has generated GH¢273.9million of revenue to government in 2018 and 2019, Energy Minister John Peter Amewu said when he appeared before Parliament to answer questions from members last Thursday. “In summary, a total amount of GH¢273,876,832 was collected by ECG, VRA and NEDCO for […] The post Street
The Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana (SCFG), in collaboration with Novartis, has developed a mobile digital application (App) to help manage the data collected on newborns in the National Newborn Screening Programme for Sickle Cell Disease (NNSP-SCD). This initiative forms part of the Mission of the SCFG and its responsibility to help save the lives […] The post Sickle
Jobberman, the leading recruitment digital portal in Ghana, has introduced skills assessments as a more objective means by which employers and recruiters can hire new team members. The skills assessments are the first of a kind to be introduced by any job portal in Ghana, and their main objective is to allow employers to test […] The post Jobberman
Making the right choice or decision with respect to the paper in book production is very beneficial in the long-term. Print production plays a major part in the production of physical books. More so, the paper stock is a very essential raw material in the production of physical books. Paper comes in many forms and […] The post The paper matters in book production:
The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has made a last-minute attempt to foil the plans of 12 public sector unions to embark on a strike over what they term as low pensions being paid by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). The unions came together to form the Forum […] The post Employment
Everything seemed so surreal and unimaginable. It felt like the virus was only in Asia and would be stopped before it reached us here in Africa and Ghana. From Asia, we heard it was in Europe, then America. Before we could even blink, the first few cases emerged in some parts of Africa. In no […] The post Layoffs, pay cuts & unemployment
GCB Bank Limited has approved a donation of GH¢100,000 for the fight against cerebrospinal meningitis (CMS) and COVID-19 in the Upper West Region of the country. The amount will be used for improvements in health infrastructure and other uses to benefit the people of Upper West Region. Presentation of the cheque to the Upper West […] The post GCB donates GHC100,000
The Law Students’ Union of the University of Cape Coast has presented two separate citations; one in honour of GOIL Company Limited and the other for the Managing Director and Group Chief Executive of GOIL, Mr. Kwame Osei-Prempeh, in appreciation of sponsorship for the union’s Law School events and Law education in general. The citation […] The post UCC Law School honours GOIL &
Stationery suppliers in the country have decried the devastating effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on their businesses as schools and educational institutions remain closed. The third quarter of the year – July to September – which has traditionally been the high season for stationery sales as it precedes a new academic year, has this […] The post Stationery
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