“By the time he was 23, Bob’s voice, with its weight, its unique, gravelly power was redefining not just what music sounded like, but the message it carried and how it made people feel. Today,...
The viability and growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana has been given a boost with the launch of the first UMB Centre for Businesses in Kumasi. Located on the Ashanti New Town road...
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to design strategic development plans that would bring investment to their regions. This...
Who would you vote for in the upcoming 2016 general election were you to be presented with two choices? The choices are one candidate has chains of higher academic qualifications with a CV...
The Executive Director, Academic, for CEIBS Africa, Professor Mathew Tsamenyi, has said although business growth is important, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) must ensure that the process is...
Facebook and Google are teaming up to build a huge Internet cable under the Pacific Ocean to China. Both companies are blocked in mainland China. But they're plowing money into an 8,000-mile...
The malaria death rate in sub-Saharan Africa has declined by an estimated 57% since 2000, according to new data published in the New England Journal of Medicine. That's from 12.5 deaths per 10,000...
Driven by its passion to empower Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana, events and marketing communications firm, Creative Trends, is holding the third Vodafone African SME Summit in Accra....
The Global Lead for Credit Infrastructure at the World Bank, Mahesh Uttamchandani has described as acceptable, government’s intervention in the DKM microfinance scam to help customers get back...
The mobile voice subscribers in the country is fast growing at a steady rate, raising concerns about how many of the Subscriber Identiy Module (SIM) cards have been duly registered. According to the...
A strong Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector is important for the growth of every economy, advanced or developing. In Ghana, more than 84 percent of all registered businesses fall in this...
In late 1971, a computer engineer named Ray Tomlinson sent the first email message. It was ten letters long (QWERTYUIOP) and he was probably oblivious to the fact that hitting ‘send’ would gain...
German data protection authorities on Tuesday said they had blocked Facebook from collecting subscriber data from its subsidiary WhatsApp, citing privacy concerns. Facebook and WhatsApp promised in...
Unicorns are hard to catch. Back in the 1500s, it was believed that only fair young maidens could gain the trust of these elusive, horned creatures. I’m no fair maiden. Still, in my time, I’ve...
The acting Country Director of Technoserve, Mr Samuel Baba Adongo, has appealed to the government to establish a fund that would serve as a backbone to enhance the development of the small and...
The financial, managerial and technical challenges facing the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have galvanised the apostles of privatisation, anti-state ownership of business and the...
Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have pledged $3bn (£2.3bn) to fund medical research over the next decade. At a press conference in San Francisco, they said their...
A former deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana and the running mate of the NPP Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has warned that eight banks in Ghana risks collapse due to the continuous hikes of bad loans on...
A suitable environment for businesses to succeed remains an important precursor to economic growth and ultimately the improvement of living standards. At a UN forum held in 2015, UN Secretary-General...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pressed on government to strictly follow roadmaps designed to wean state owned power companies off debts. According to the IMF, its recent discussion with...