Ms Dzigbordi K. Dosoo, the Founder of Allure Spa in the City, has urged politicians who contested various positions in the December 7 Elections to go through a massage therapy. This she said will heal the psychological trauma, which politicians went through during the electioneering. Ms Dosoo said, elections, just like other competitions, were full tension, … Read more
BEIGE Capital Savings and Loans (BCSL) is to unveil a transformational core banking system upgrade which has the capacity to serve over two (2) million customers. The bank is currently at the final stages of rolling out a recent version of the T-24 Banking Software. The T24 project formally kicked off in February this year, … Read more
Yields on treasury securities continued their downturns as government’s appetite for short term securities declines. The week ending December 1 saw the rate of return on 91-day bill softening by 175 bps to 16.86 per cent. The yield on the 182-day treasury security also moderated to 19.62 per cent, down by 129 bps. The one-year … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of The BEIGE Group (TBG), a Financial Services Provider, Mike Nyinaku, has expressed optimism about the future of his firm. This follows recent announcements of their expansion into the provision of other financial services including Pensions and Insurance. He said this in an interview he granted to Daily Graphic. Recounting the … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of The BEIGE Group (TBG), a financial services provider, has expressed optimism about the future of Group, following recent announcements of an expansion drive into the provision of other financial services including pensions and insurance. Mike Nyinaku noted that the BEIGE story so far has not been without challenges but that … Read more
Young women entrepreneurs have underscored the importance of using digital media to creating visibility for their business, attracting new clients, investors and partners. At a networking forum dubbed ‘Women Innovate: Digital’ hosted by international non-governmental organization Reach for Change with support from Women in Social Enterprise and telecom operator, Tigo, several women shared their positive … Read more
Junior Staff of the PSC Tema Shipyard have broken away to form a new union, and the Maritime and Dockworkers Union (MDU) of the TUC, which used to negotiate on their behalf, is up in arms, calling on the Labour Commission to revoke their Collective Bargaining Certificate. The MDU argues that the Labour Commission “wrongfully” … Read more
TV3 Network Limited, Ghana’s leading free to air television station, has once again won another enviable award for pioneering privately owned and managed television broadcasting in Ghana. The station was awarded for being a leader in information dissemination for socio-economic development during the Ghana Development Awards 2016. The event themed, “Recognizing the Effort to Make … Read more
Mr Mike Nyinaku, the Chief Executive Officer of the BEIGE Group said entrepreneurship is a way of life and that it is quite difficult to teach it as it is more linked to one’s behaviour, personal experiences and aspirations. “If you are not naturally disposed to exhibit those traits and are also not compelled by … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of The BEIGE Group, Mike Nyinaku, says entrepreneurship is a way of life. The Entrepreneur of the Year made this statement at The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), in a panel discussion organised by the Association of African Universities under the theme: ‘Entrepreneurial Learning & Communities of Practice’. “Entrepreneurship is … Read more
Ghana, together with six other African countries, has agreed in a declaration signed on Wednesday to protect their tropical forests from being cut down to make way for palm oil crops. The other countries are the Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, the Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone. Palm … Read more
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who has reportedly been offered the role of national security adviser in Donald Trump’s White House, began receiving classified national security briefings last summer while he was also running a private consulting firm that offered “all-source intelligence support” to international clients. Flynn’s relationship with his overseas clients is coming in … Read more
In a ‘tradition of fortune telling by days of birth,’ I pick to beef the line: ‘And the child that is born on the Sabbath day is bonnie and blithe, and good and gay;’ from the rhyme ‘Monday’s child is fair of face.’ The seven days of the week are all mentioned in the rhyme … Read more
She grew up with her mother, a single parent and it was not easy; it was tough. Sometimes, her mother went to bed on an empty stomach so she can get money to go to school the next day. “I know what it is; I know how it feels not to get something that you … Read more
Battle for Builsa South seat; Why Dr Apaak will beat Azong As it is less than 45 days to the presidential and parliamentary general elections, one of the constituencies which political pundits and social commentators are watching closely is the Builsa South, which is currently the lone seat for the People National Convention (PNC). The … Read more
The fall in the value of sterling has acted as an important “shock absorber” for the economy, according to Bank of England deputy governor Ben Broadbent. He told BBC Radio 5 live that having a flexible currency was “extremely important” to cope with shocks. “In the shape of the referendum, we’ve had exactly one of … Read more
A mechanical engineer, Alex Josiah Adzew, has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL). His appointment which was announced at the 427th meeting of the Board Directors of the company takes effect from October 1, 2016. Mr Adzew was the Fuel Marketing Manager of the Company until his … Read more
A Nigerian doctor based in Canada, Dr. Adekunle Williams-Owolabi, has been banned from medical practice for six months after making sexual comments to patients at his clinic in Labrador West. Owolabi’s licence was suspended and he was ordered to pay the sum of $75,000 towards the costs of holding the hearing where he was found … Read more
Only three out of 36 listed firms on Ghana’s Stock Exchange have since January 2016 registered growth in their share prices, The Business Finder reports. The market capitalisation of the 36 listed firms on the main market has also shrunk from GH¢57.1 million as at January 1, 2016, to GH¢53.1 million as at Friday September … Read more
Early this month, leading tyre maker Sameer Africa joined Cadbury and Eveready in closing its factory in Kenya. The firm said in a statement that the move was a result of high energy costs, cheap imports from India and China and a reduction in Customs duties under the five-nation East African Community’s Common External Tariff. … Read more