Kenya Doctors Demand 300% Pay Rise
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union has issued a 21-day strike notice to government demanding a 300 percent pay rise. The union wants Salaries and Remuneration...
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Kenya Doctors Damand 300% Pay Rise
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union has issued a 21-day strike notice to government demanding a 300 percent pay rise. The union wants Salaries and Remuneration...
Government Considers Tax Cuts For Women
Female taxpayers in Ghana may soon be enjoying some tax reliefs in order to promote equity and improve their livelihoods. This comes on the back of a latest research commissioned by the International...
Kenya, UNWTO Ink Partnership Deal To Foster Job Creation
Kenya's tourism ministry has partnered with the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and travel agency Amadeus to foster job creation. The ministry and two organizations have signed an agreement to...
Stanbic Bank Looks Out For High Net Worth Clients
The Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Standard Bank Group, Mr Sim Tshabalala, has described Ghana's stable and resilient democratic environment as a necessary ingredient to attract private...
BoG, IFC Launch Partnership On Corporate Governance
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group yesterday launched a partnership to strengthen corporate governance practices within the country’s...
Borrowers, Lenders Embrace New Collateralisation
A new trend is emerging in the financial market, where an increasing number of borrowers and lenders prefer to use their holdings equities and debt securities such as shares, bonds and treasury bills...
Judges’ Strike Action Unfortunate
It is unfortunate that issues relating to the salaries of lower court judges have not been addressed, resulting in an intended industrial action, Dr Jemima Nunoo, a lecturer at the Ghana Institute of...
Qiu Ling Praised For His Kind Gesture Towards His Staff
A company boss is praised by internet users for giving his employees a half-day off to shop during the annual online Singles Day shopping spree, which started on Friday just after midnight....
Trump Rethink On Abolishing Obamacare
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he is open to leaving intact key parts of President Barack Obama’s healthcare bill. Mr Trump, who has pledged to repeal the 2010 law, said he will keep the...
HSBC Gets Approval For RMB-CAD Trade
HSBC China announced on Friday that it has been approved to be one of the first market makers for direct trading of the Chinese currency Renminbi (RMB) against the Canadian dollar in the inter-bank...
15 Chinese Firms Up For IPO
China’s securities regulator on Friday agreed to the initial public offering (IPO) applications for 15 companies. The total capital raised will be no more than 11.2 billion yuan (1.64 billion U. S....
Customers In UK Take Part In Shopping Bonanza
Shoppers in Britain are taking advantage of the annual shopping extravaganza known as Singles Day-one of China’s biggest annual shopping sprees. What started out as an anti-Valentine’s Day event...
Anti-Trump Protesters Take To the Streets For Third Night
Protesters demonstrating against the election of Donald Trump gathered in several U. S. cities for a third night on Friday, hours after the president-elect praised their "passion". Thousands took to...
Trump Likes Main Obamacare Provisions ‘very Much’
US President-elect Donald Trump has said in an interview he is open to leaving intact key parts of President Barack Obama's healthcare bill. Mr Trump, who has pledged repeatedly to repeal the 2010...
Prof. Wole Soyinka Risks Going To Jail If He Destroys His Green Card
I read in utter shock and disappointment when our very revered literary icon, Prof Wole Soyinka openly threatened to destroy his American Green Card in protest of Donald Trump’s victory at the just...
The Monopoly of Knowledge Creation & the Illusion of Choice
The monopoly of knowledge creation brings with it an illusion of choice which is a major factor behind the massive upset or disappointment at the results of the U. S. presidential election. This...
Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Bring Jobs Back To America
President-elect Donald Trump promised to bring jobs back to America's Rust Belt by getting tough on Mexico and China. To do that, Trump threatens to use tariffs. His argument: if he makes doing...
Airtel Ghana CEO, Lucy Quist Inspires Young Coders
Airtel Ghana’s CEO Lucy Quist has encouraged pupils of La Wireless Cluster of Schools, who have signed up to learn coding and programming to use the knowledge and skills garnered to solve...
Trump Deserves Everybody’s Respect
Warren Buffett was a vocal backer of Hillary Clinton. She's not going to be the next president. So what does the Berkshire Hathaway CEO think of President-elect Donald Trump? "I support any president...