Renowned banker Mr Jude Arthur has been appointed Board Chairman of GCB. His appointment takes effect from the 6th of April, 2017. He takes over from Mr Daniel Owiredu who resigned as board Chairman of the bank on the 3rd of April, 2017. Mr Jude Arthur graduated from the University of Ghana Business School with … Read more
Renowned banker Mr Jude Arthur has been appointed Board Chairman of GCB. His appointment takes effect from the 6th of April, 2017. He takes over from Mr Daniel Owiredu who resigned as board Chairman of the bank on the 3rd of April, 2017. Mr Jude Arthur graduated from the University of Ghana Business School with … Read more
Jude Arthur, an accomplished banker has been appointed Board Chairman of the GCB Bank. This was after some changes were made to the composition of the Board. Also appointed are Lydia Essah and Raymond Sowah who will be directors of the Bank. Meanwhile, Daniel Owiredu who until now was the Chairman of the Board, Moses … Read more
GCB Bank makes changes to the composition of its board Former Deputy Finance Minister Mrs Mona Quartey and former CEO of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mr Moses Asaga, have resigned from the Board of Directors of GCB Bank. Also resigning from the board are former chair Daniel Owiredu and Ms Faustina Nelson. Meanwhile, Mr … Read more
Former Deputy Finance Minister Mrs Mona Quartey and former CEO of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mr Moses Asaga, have resigned from the Board of Directors of GCB Bank. Also resigning from the board are former chair Daniel Owiredu and Ms Faustina Nelson. Meanwhile, Mr Jude Arthur, an accomplished banker, has been appointed Board Chairman … Read more
Wife of the Vice-President, Samira Bawumia, is gradually taking the center stage and shine from the First Lady, Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo, some political watchers have observed. The sexy, young and pretty Samira, who seems to have comfortably warmed her way into the position of Second Lady already, programme after every programme, becomes the talk … Read more
Most Beautiful Ghanaian Female Politicians Back then it was so hard to see a lot of women engaged in politics. The stigmatization that accompanies those already in the business of politics were enough to put fear in others. Some were/are called unprintable names just because they are women with strong views. Fast forward , things … Read more
‘Women’s empowerment and their full participation on the basis of equality in all spheres of society, including participation in the decision-making process and access to power, are fundamental for the advancement of equality, development and peace’ (From the Beijing Declaration). Last Wednesday, the 8th of March was the International Women’s Day, an occasion I believe … Read more
Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Charlotte Osei, has expressed disappointment with treatment meted out to women in the country. She disclosed on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Wednesday that it is becoming difficult for women to climb the corporate leadership ladder without suffering some form of harassment from their male bosses. She told wife of the … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson has described as “embarrassing” the rate at which girls of school going age are married off by their parents, mostly to older men. Mrs. Charlotte Osei said the rising statistics about the issue demonstrates the country went to sleep after being the first sovereign nation in Africa to rectify the … Read more
Second Lady, Samira Bawumia is the host of the Super Morning Show! The Second Lady is hosting the special edition of the Super Morning Show on Joy FM as part of activities to mark International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women’s Day, is celebrated on March 8 every year to … Read more
Former Deputy Finance minister Mona Quartey has predicted the Akufo-Addo government will backtrack on its economic expectations when it realises that its 2017 budget presented last Thursday is not realistic. She said government is not facing economic reality because it wants to do more with less. For her, it is unrealistic to plan to roll … Read more
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says public sector workers who are not biometrically registered on the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) will be removed from the government payroll. He said the size of the public sector wage bill, which accounts for a significant proportion of domestic revenue is a major concern for government. Speaking … Read more
Former deputy Finance Minister, Mona Quartey has dismissed reports that the central bank is paying Sibton Switch Systems Limited to implement a retail payment system infrastructure in Ghana. The contract, which is seen by many industry watchers as unnecessary and shady, will see Sibton Switch Systems Limited – a company formed in August 2015 – … Read more
A Digital Services Finance Consultant, Kwame Oppong has described as untrue suggestions that the Bank of Ghana (BOG) is committing an amount of GHC 4.6billion of public funds into the proposed switch to interconnect mobile money transactions. He explained that on the contrary, the said amount is to be provided by the private operator of … Read more
Veteran journalist Kwaku Baako says the NPP government has a clear vision on how it intends to fund its free SHS campaign promised expected to cost GHC 3.6 billion annually. He said even before the NPP won political power in December 2016, the party’s 2016 flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo had revealed it would use monies from … Read more
The Ghana Statistical Service has launched the Second National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS II) to cover the period 2017-2021. NSDS II The NSDS II provides strategic direction for the production of statistical data and information in the country for the next five years. It also takes into account the priority statistical activities … Read more
Ghana has signed a 7.84 million Euros mixed credit facility agreement with the Nordea Bank of Denmark for the establishment of an Environmental Monitoring Laboratory at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT). The Environmental Monitoring Laboratory is to promote teaching and research for the UMaT and the establishment of an Environmental and Safety Engineering … Read more
On Friday 18th November 2016, Total Ghana’s Finance and Accounts Manager, Madam Kwin Foumba Rose Spse Nkada Zogo was adjudged the Chief Financial Officer of the year in the Energy, Oil and Gas category at the 2nd edition of CFO awards held at Movenpick in Accra. To top it all, TOTAL’s Finance team won the … Read more
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) on Friday launched the second National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (NSDS II) in Accra. The five-year strategic document was a framework drafted to assist the GSS to “strengthen its statistical capacity across the National Statistical System (NSS)”. NSDS II follows the yet-to-end Ghana Statistics Development Plan (GSDP), which … Read more