Vanguard Assurance Company (VAC) has rewarded its sales agents who contributed to its financial performance for year 2020, and also used the opportunity to launch its 2021 sales League in Accra last week. The Sales League is a programme designed to concurrently deepen collaboration and competition among sales agents in order to ensure as many […] The post Vanguard Assurance rewards

Question: What would you say is the state of bilateral relations between your country and Ghana, both politically and economically? Mr. LU Kun: I want to describe China-Ghana relations as the “pilot”. Politically, our two countries maintain close interactions. We are the pilot of China-Africa friendship. Ghana is among the earliest countries in sub-Sahara Africa […] The post Exclusive

The World Glaucoma Week: What is it? This is a week that has been set aside by the World Glaucoma Association (WGA) and World Glaucoma Patients Association (WGPA) to create awareness about Glaucoma and encourage eye-screening and early detection. This year, the week comes off from March 7-13. What is Glaucoma? This is a group […] The post Dr. Michael E. Gyasi

The recent announcement of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new Director General of the World Trade Organisation will forever be remembered in the annals of history – the first woman and African to be chosen as Director General. Achieving this feat did not come easy, as it was fraught with a number of challenges. Her […] The post Roberta

The unprecedented global events of the past year turned the very definition of normal on its head – for individuals, families and organisations. The status quo was challenged in a dramatic way, and this generated both positive and negative consequences depending on the lens applied. Changes that had only been imagined and discussed around boardroom […] The post Investing in women

It is almost a year since the global economic community was hit by the covid-19 virus putting economies into disarray and the challenges associated with the spread of the pandemic, including; a shortfall in production due to cut down in supply and human capital, rise in income variant, inequality afloat and the death tolls caused […] The post COVIDNOMICS: 2021

Fruit exporters have issued an ultimatum to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) for the renewal of their export licences by March 31, 2021 to enable them export their produce to the international market. The exporters, who are members of the Sea-Freight Pineapple Exporters of Ghana (SPEG), have said that if the GPHA fails […] The post Restore

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that his first four years in office saw unprecedented progress at formalising the economy, more than has ever been experienced since independence, and his new administration is poised to do more to accelerate economic growth. “After four years in office, I am happy to state that there has […] The post Economy’s formalisation

GHIPCON 2021 As the continent has begun to roll out a free trade agreement, one of the sectors that will play a very critical role in the industrialisation agenda across many member-countries is the petroleum sector; hence, efforts must be made to refine crude oil and export it, Secretary General of African Continental Free Trade […] The post Africa

The official Liquidator of the defunct fund management companies, the Registrar-General, has served notice of a meeting with creditors of the delinquent financial institutions on Thursday, March 11, 2021. This was contained in statement signed by the Registrar-General, Jemima Oware, indicating that the meeting will be held via Zoom Video Conferencing, with the Meeting IDs […] The post Registrar-General

Some 33 health projects that were approved for implementation last year will cost government €890million, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed. These projects fall under one of government’s flagship initiatives for the health sector termed ‘Agenda 111’, which is expected to see the construction of major health facilities including 100-bed district hospitals and regional […] The post Gov’t

Stanbic Bank Ghana has partnered TIAST Group, an agricultural machinery investment and management organisation, to provide funding for the purchase of cassava processing equipment and establishment of processing centres. According to the bank, instead of the usual 50-60 percentage of funding support it gives to agric-businesses, it is willing to inch it up to 80 […] The post Stanbic

Shippers warn against control of charges Freight forwarders prepare to sue Shipping Lines operating in the country have warned that any move by government, through the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, to impose control mechanism on freight charges will have dire consequence for the sector. Meanwhile, freight forwarders who either pay the fees directly or pass them […] The post Freight