The ferocity of the 2020 presidential election in the United States is not about Donald Trump per se, but about what he represents: the racist structures of power that have persisted in America for centuries, though sometimes in mutated form. The long history of America’s state-sponsored racism will draw to an end in the coming […] The post Trump’s last stand for apartheid America
Zeepay, a fast-growing fintech and a Challenger Electronic Money issuer (Mobile Money Company), has announced a new partnership with Enterprise Life to provide Beneficiary Insurance to remittance senders from the diaspora known as Zeemicro. People in the diaspora can now purchase insurance cover for their beneficiaries when sending money home and the policy is issued […] The post Zeepay
Following the collapse of Ghana Airways and Ghana International Airlines (GIA), Ghanaians have long sought for a national carrier that will restore our national pride and fly our national flag around the world. Thus it was with much joy that I received the news in 2019 that Ghana had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) […] The post New
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has requested for the withdrawal of the sum of GHc27,434,180,520.00 from the Consolidated Fund for to enable government meet expenditure in the first quarter of the year 2021. This, the Minister said in his address to Parliament, is in accordance with Article 180 of the 1993 constitution, and in line […] The post Finance
Ghanaian workers have reported shocking human rights abuses aboard Chinese-owned trawl vessels – from beatings to a lack of drinkable water or basic medicines, and punishing working hours. This abuse of the crew goes hand-in-hand with threats, bribery of fisheries observers, and large-scale illegal fishing. The testimonies, documented in a new report and film from […] The post Workers
The Voices against Tribalism (VaT), a social development, research and advocacy based Non-Governmental Organisation has urged all presidential aspirants to be decorous in their utterances when campaigning. The group, in statement reminded the aspirants to first seek the unity of the country by avoiding acts that are divisive. The chairman of VaT, Cephas K. Asimadi, […] The post VaT
Motivation is unobservable directly. As noted by Kwon (2016), “motivation resides within an individual and it enables them to act in a particular manner to achieve specific goals and objectives”. For instance, acquiring money is owing to extrinsic motivation but the main reason behind the acquisition of the money is the drive within the individual […] The post Feature:
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited has announced a 100% waiver on account to wallet transaction fees for its customers from October 26-30, 2020. This comes on the back of Customer Service Week, which is commemorated globally from October 5-9, and the bank’s bid to dedicate the whole month of October to celebrating its customers nationwide. […] The post Stanchart
Private sector actors in the oil palm value chain, when given the right knowledge and needed financial support, are able to influence policies that advance the development of the commodity in Ghana. Over the few years, the oil palm sub-sector has grappled with the lack of a national standard for the production of palm oil and […] The post Solidaridad’s
Contrary to the impression that persons living in rural communities would be more inclined to use mobile money services due to their reliance on relations, acquaintances and friends in urban areas for remittances, a report – the ‘Household Survey on Information Communications Technology (ICT)’ – has revealed the contrary. Due to the inability of many […] The post Rural
Hollard Ghana with subsidiaries, Hollard Insurance and Hollard Life Assurance has announced October’s edition of H.Insured: All About Insurance Webinar Series dubbed, “Putting Customers First: Making Claims and Complaints,” slated for Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at 6 pm via Zoom. Yvonne McCarthy, President, West Africa Association of Customer Service Professionals; Iris Logan, Head, Claims, Hollard […] The post Hollard
Some cocoa farmers in the Wassa enclave of the Western Region have resorted to proceeds they realise from trading-off portions of their farms to illegal miners in order to maintain their cocoa farms, the B&FT has gathered. Sources say the inability of farmers to raise substantial funds during off-seasons to buy farm inputs like fertilisers […] The post Cocoa
In its quest to provide holistic financial services to cherished customers, Atwima Kwanwoma Rural Bank at Pakyi No2 in the Ashanti Region has in collaboration with StarLife Assurance Company Limited introduced 4 Bancassurance products to its wide range of both generic and tailor-made products. The products are Child Education Plan, Wealth Master Plan, Ultimate Protection […] The post Atwima
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has launched its Mobile Service Week in Takoradi on the theme ‘Securing your retirement – your role as a Stakeholder’. The SSNIT Mobile Service is an annual event wherein SSNIT officers move from their regular office settings to pitch camp at vantage locations across the country to […] The post SSNIT launches
Activities at the country’s two major harbours, Tema and Takoradi, continue to experience a decline as trade between Ghana and other countries remain negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The second-quarter bulletin report released by the Bank of Ghana has shown that container traffic, which measures port activities, saw a decline of 12.3 percent in […] The post Port
Strategic Sourcing and Industrialisation insights with Prof Douglas Boateng Public and private sector organisations are increasingly beginning to adopt strategic sourcing practices as a means to move towards value chain sourcing and improvements in productivity, competitiveness and service delivery quality. Yet, despite increased recognition of the power that strategic sourcing can have for overall business […] The post Creating
The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has handed over 100 Daewoo Zyle buses funded by the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) to the Intercity State Transport Company (STC) Coaches Limited. At a cost of US$13million, with a three-year repayment period, the bank provided 75 percent of the funds with STC providing the other 25 percent from […] The post President
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