Panelists at a Media-Security Dialogue on Violence have advised media organisations, especially traditional media (radio and TV) to play their gate keeping role effectively to ensure a peaceful general election on Monday,. According to them, even though the advent of social media is contributing to the spread of news – either fake or not – […] The post Facts
Some jobs will disappear and others will emerge as the world faces a dual disruption The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2020 comes at a crucial juncture for the world of work. The report, now in its third edition, maps the jobs and skills of the future, tracking the pace of change based […] The post The jobs of tomorrow appeared first on The Business
Ecobank, last Friday, organised a regional webinar to strengthen its stand against Non-Communicable Diseases, focusing on Diabetes, across 5 countries within West Africa, covering; Ghana, Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The regional webinar, which formed part of the bank’s program of activities to commemorate the 2020 Ecobank Day, brought together over 2,000 participants across […] The post Ecobank
Gold Fields Ghana (GFG) received four awards, including two of the most important individual leadership recognitions, at the 6th Ghana Mining and Industry Awards (GMIA) held in Accra. GFG’s Damang mine picked up the awards for Corporate Social Investment (CSI) Project of the Year and Best Performer in Innovation for 2019. The winning CSI project […] The post Gold
The Managing Director and Group CEO of GOIL, Kwame Osei Prempeh, has been honoured as the Most Respected CEO of the Year 2020 in the Oil Marketing category at the 3rd Ghana Industry CEO Awards 2020 held in Accra. The award recognises the good corporate governance and achievements of identified Chief Executive Officers, with eligible […] The post GOIL CEO honoured appeared first on
Girls Excellence Movement (GEM), a Non-profit Organisation with focus on empowering young girls to aspire to greater heights, has mentored school girls in North Dayi District. Students drawn from the Anfoega Senior High and some selected basic schools in the District, were taken through life changing lessons that would positively impact their lives in the […] The post GEM empowers young girls
After a lifetime in the car business, Hyundai Motor and Investment Ghana Limited – authorised dealer of Hyundai vehicles in the country, has unveilled the country’s first-ever 100 percent electric vehicle, the Kona Electric, onto the market in commercial quantity. The all-new Kona Electric vehicle – which is a sub-compact medium SUV electric vehicle, combines […] The post Hyundai
With other development finance institutions, the Bank plays a critical role in financing electricity projects Kindergarten teacher Fatima Zahera Hagou recalls that just a generation ago, when the sun went down over the Moroccon countryside, her rural village of Dar Laain ground to a halt and locals bedded down for the night. Nowadays, Dar Laain, […] The post It
KEK Insurance Brokers and KEK Reinsurance Brokers have both been adjudged Best Insurance Brokers in Ghana at the maiden edition of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Ghana awards which took place at the Labadi Beach Hotel, Accra, last week Saturday 28th November 2020. The Group carted home four awards in the following categories: CIIG Insurance […] The post KEK
There has been much puzzlement that the world’s stock markets haven’t collapsed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and especially in the United States, which has recently been setting record highs for new cases. But maybe it isn’t such a puzzle. A measure we call the Excess CAPE Yield (ECY) puts the long-term outlook […] The post Making sense of sky-high stock prices appeared
“But if the president has been unable to recreate the atmosphere that brought him to power in 2016 to set the tone for an easy victory, the challenger has failed to take full advantage of the president’s over-confidence to sell his message.” This election was always going to be neck and neck, in spite of […] The post Neck and neck! appeared first on The
The newly-designated Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ghana, Angela Lusigi, has presented her letter of credence to the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Charles Owiredu, on the start of her duty tour in Ghana. Ms. Lusigi’s appointment took effect from 23 November 2020. Mr. Owiredu briefed the […] The post New
Over the past year there has been a sharp increase in wealthy Nigerians gaining dual citizenship to countries in the Caribbean in order to more effectively do business on a global scale. While Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programmes have for decades been a viable option for Africans, recent unrest and the global pandemic have resulted […] The post Nigerians
In our previous article, we examined the powers of the Commissioner-General (CG) of the Ghana Revenue of Authority (GRA) to ascertain whether or not it is autonomous. It was observed that the powers exercised by the CG require the exercise of discretion, and the power vested in the CG is also a quasi-judicial power that […] The post Review:
The need for a national identification system to ensure issuance of national identity cards to citizens or members of society was conceived several centuries ago. Lyon (2009) affirms the resolve of Europe’s modern state system to technologically identify citizens between 1400 and 1600. The surge in global population and ease in migration across various continents […] The post Recommended
Chocolate is certainly not a “JJC” (Johnny Just Came) consumable in the world’s list of delicacies. Made from cocoa, chocolate has been around for about 5000 years, evolving through various civilizations and processing phases into a big time delectable industry (cultivation, processing and consumption) today, with a retail market value of $106.19 billion, and is […] The post Takeaways
Government has assured that intermittent power supply locally known as “dumsor” will not return to the country’s energy sector. According to government, it has saved the energy sector over US$5 billion by relocating the Karpowership Ghana Company Limited and securing agreements with CENIT Power Limited and Cenpower Generation Company Limited with more savings to come. […] The post Dumsor
An in-depth analysis of the parties’ manifestos and promises The day is here yet another time; it is the most-tense day for every politician as well as the electorate. It is the day that the people decide the fate of their nation for the next four years. In our part of the world, it is […] The post Monday is decision day!!! appeared first on The
Quality Insurance Company’s Go Girl policy, which seeks to empower women, has won the Best Product of the Year 2019 award at the maiden Chartered Insurance Institute of Ghana (CIIG) awards. The Go Girl policy, which was born of QIC’s flagship policy Kingly Queenly Comprehensive Motor Insurance, encourages women to be independent of any third […] The post QIC’s
Aluworks, the manufacturer of aluminium products in Ghana, is currently under pressure to seek huge investments in working capital to grow the company to the level of productivity, effectiveness and efficiency. The company is seeking US$40million from investors to boost its current production capacity of under 4,000 metric tonnes per annum to 20,000 metric tonnes […] The post Aluworks
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