Recently, I had cause to caution the Volta Regional House of Chiefs on the wholesale reliance on ‘fake news’ peddled by one Kevin Taylor, a Ghanaian blogger based in the United States of America, to take a position that government planned to deploy vigilantes to foment trouble in the region ahead of the 2020 general […] The post Fake news is a threat to democracy appeared first
Broadening the tax base with a view to improving domestic revenue mobilisation has been advocated as an important policy option to boost. According to a new research conducted by the Private Enterprise Federation and sponsored by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) project, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country contribute […] The post Editorial:
Converting debt liabilities into investments that protect children is good economics and an ethical imperative At the height of Africa’s debt crisis in the mid-1980s, Julius Nyerere, the late president of Tanzania, asked his country’s creditors a blunt question: “Should we really let our people starve so that we can pay our debts?” The response […] The post Delivering debt
Celebrating the critic Critics are not among the most liked in society. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli once described critics as “those who have failed in literature and art.” 18th century British poet and playwright, Samuel Johnson was even less charitable in describing the critic. He said, “Criticism is a study […] The post Service
PZ Cussons, as part of the Global Handwashing Day celebrations, has donated handwashing stations and Carex and Camel products worth GH¢50,000 to some orphanages across the country. The products donated included hand sanitisers, antibacterial soap and hand wash. Global Handwashing Day is a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness on the importance of hand […] The post Global
AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Mine has said its effort to enhance agriculture development in the Obuasi municipality is being undermined by illegal mining activities, or galamsey, despite committing US$620,000 into local agricultural programmes. Senior Sustainability Manager, of AngloGold Ashanti-Obuasi Mine, Emmanuel Baidoo, said the galamsey activities are happening close to the mine’s concession being used for […] The post Galamsey
KEK Insurance Brokers Group made history again a fortnight ago when the company topped at the Enterprise Life Planners, Conference and Awards ceremony held in Accra. It is an annual performance awards to recognize hardworking life planners in the broker channel of selling life products for Enterprise Life Insurance. KEK’s Life Planners have outperformed other […] The post KEK
Urbanisation of Accra inter alia has led to criminal acts of land grabbing which has gained the notorious name ‘land guards’. Anybody who has suffered the activities of land guards knows that it is something that no government should tolerate not to the extent of which it has almost become an acceptable norm. What happened […] The post Land encroachment: the dynamics
There are different kinds of people in your life. All these classes of people add value to your life on different levels and in different forms. The first category of people, ‘SEERS’ add value to our lives by adding to our numbers. They are a numerical account of the people who have come across us […] The post The power of believers appeared first on The
A 39-year old Ghanaian farmer has broken a record by becoming the first indigenous commercial farmer with over 425 hectares of farmland in a single location of the country’s northern savannah ecological zone. Isaac Papanko, CEO of Idan Agro Ventures Papanko, started off by farming maize on 8 hectares and largely credits his success to […] The post Training
World Bank Chief Economist Carmen Reinhart has said the coronavirus pandemic is turning into a major economic crisis, and warned of the possibility of a financial crisis emerging. “This did not start as a financial crisis, but it is morphing into a major economic crisis with very serious financial consequences,” Reinhart said in an interview […] The post Top
Dear readers, I have decided to give a new twist to the Risk Watch by sharing sober reflections about some general life events which shows that it is indeed a small world. Far from being a preacher, it is these reflections that makes us sit up and think again when we carry out certain unprofessional […] The post Sober Reflections – it is a small world indeed appeared first
Executive Director of the Association of Rural Banks-Ghana, Mrs. Comfort Owusu, has advised rural banks’ General Managers and CEOs to quickly adapt to change – particularly in the business environment. According to her, the external business environment and government regulatory policies have direct impacts on their activities as bankers, and therefore they must always stand […] The post “Adapt
MTN Foundation has invested a total of US$15 million in 150 projects in Ghana over the past 12 years. These investments cover areas such education, healthcare and economic empowerment. On education, the foundation has 87 projects and these are on Information Communications Technology (ICT), dormitories for some Senior High Schools, classrooms, scholarships, springboard and heroes […] The post MTN
The U.S. Embassy in Accra and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have formally launched the U.S. State Department Bureau of African Affairs’ University Partnerships Initiative (UPI) at an in-person and virtual launch ceremony on the KNUST campus on Wednesday October 14, 2020. The event was presided over by Professor Rita Akosua […] The post U.S.
PZ Cussons, as part of the Global Handwashing Day celebrations, has donated handwashing stations and Carex and Camel products worth GH¢50,000 to some orphanages across the country. The products donated included hand sanitisers, antibacterial soap and hand wash. Global Handwashing Day is a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness on the importance of hand […] The post Global
Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Henry Kokofu, has underscored the importance of institutional collaboration between mining industry players and the environmental regulator. Mr. Kokofu, who assumed office in August 2020, has being engaging various stakeholders to acquaint himself with his new role and to gain a deeper understanding of critical sectors regulated […] The post EPA
Bayer, as part of this year’s company’s Future of Farming Dialogue virtual event series, has emphasised the importance of the company’s sustainability commitments it set in 2019. Liam Condon, President of the Crop Science division of Bayer, addressing participants said the impact of COVID-19 and resulting economic instability reinforced the need to intensify the focus […] The post Bayer
Initiating a social network amid a COVID pandemic may appear insensitive, but for the people in Ada State it is a way to own and bring economic development to an area that has not received much governmental support for many years. On November 7, 2020, Ada Development Network (ADN) will officially be launched in a […] The post Launch of Ada Dev’t Network set for Nov. 7 appeared
AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Mine has said its effort to enhance agriculture development in the Obuasi municipality is being undermined by illegal mining activities, or galamsey, despite committing US$620,000 into local agricultural programmes. Senior Sustainability Manager, of AngloGold Ashanti-Obuasi Mine, Emmanuel Baidoo, said the galamsey activities are happening close to the mine’s concession being used for […] The post Galamsey
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