Airtel’s mobile commerce product, Airtel Money, has been adjudged the ‘Best Mobile Money Service’ in Ghana at the Mobile World Ghana Telecoms Awards. Airtel Money which has been praised by industry players for its innovative features and secured nature has been expanding over the past few months roping in more banks and business outlets in the process. The organizers of the awards say Airtel... 

Nana Agyei Doku (middle), Chairman of HFC Global and domestic economic environments were very trying for businesses all round, still Home Finance Company Bank (Ghana) Limited – HFC Bank – managed to post higher profit, increase its total assets and pay higher dividends for the financial year 2011 over that of 2010.   Speaking at the bank’s Annual General meeting, the Chairman of its board... 

Improvisation in education, per se, is not a bad thing. It is the nature of the improvised material (i.e. its portability and user-friendliness) and how it is used for its intended purpose(s) that matter. There is no denying the fact that educational resources in the country are in limited supply. The teacher and the pupil are confronted with teething challenges of inadequate teaching and learning... 

 Over the last few years, economies in Africa have grown by on average by 6% and will continue to grow by this amount for the rest of the decade. In oil-producing countries like Ghana it is expected to grow by more than this. This is in sharp contrast to the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s when Africa experienced negative economic growth due to military coups and economic mismanagement. The new African... 

HFC Bank Ghana Limited has put up a six-classroom school block for the Kotobabi Number Two Primary School at Baatsona in Accra to help reduce the hiccups in the shift system, increase contact hours between teachers and pupils and ultimately improve access to education. “We are aware of the efforts being made to expand the educational infrastructure to meet the requirements of the increased school... 

On climate change & cocoa Mr Anthony Fofie, CEO COCOBOD The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) with support from the Friendrich-Ebert Stiftung (FES), a non-governmental organisation, has organised a workshop to raise awareness o the impact of climate change on cocoa production. The climate change and cocoa production workshop also appraised the strategic responses, adopt and mitigate strategies and... 

The Ghana Employers Association (GEA) is collaborating with training institutions and industries to formulate a National Policy on industrial attachment to help improve the knowledge and skills base of students. This was announced by Mr Victor Atta-Amponsah, Head of Human Resource Development of GEA at the opening session of a day’s national conference on Industrial Attachment in Accra on Wednesday. It... 

There was excitement in the air as winners of the MTN Dream Big promotion picked up their GH¢10,000 cash, Android Tablets, MTN recharge vouchers and many more. Among the winners who won the daily prize of GH¢10,000 were Atsu Amega from Ho, Richard Quansah, Tema, Prof William Ntsiful from KNUST, Fatawu Seidu from Tamale and Evans Kwarteng from Sakumono . Other winners include: Emmanuel Armah from... 

About 12,000 farmers in the Northern sector of the country are to benefit from a 104 million dollar agriculture initiative by the Northern Rural Growth Programme (NRGP) aimed at reducing poverty. The project called,” Special Purpose Vehicle” (SPV), would reach out to the 12,000 farmers through 90 commercial farmers serving as a link between the project coordinators and the small farm holders. The... 

Hannah Tetteh, Trade & Industry Minister Regional experts have approved a programme to formalize informal trade in the West African sub-region as part of efforts to reduce poverty, boost economic development and integration in line with the ECOWAS Vision 2020. The experts made the approval at a two-day workshop in Abuja, Nigeria which discussed a study on the establishment of a Regulatory Informal...