Telcos risk losing licences should they fail to comply with policy directive

The Communications Minister has warned that Mobile Network Operators that fail to roll over unused data and voice bundles purchased by subscribers upon expiration would risk forfeiting their licences. Ursula Owusu Ekuful entreated telcos that do not agree with the Ministry’s policy directive to go to court for redress rather than rob consumers by passing …

Financial institutions must relax credit requirements for SMEs

Financial institutions will still succeed if they relax the stringent requirement for accessing credit, Chief Business Development Officer of Advans Savings and Loans, Giorgi Samadashvili, has said. Access to credit has been one of the biggest challenges of most small and medium scale enterprises.  Apart from the prohibitive interest rates, many financial institutions have a …

Ghana’s stock revival on hold with investors wary of elections

First, a deep cleanup of its banking sector battered Ghana stocks. Now, investors already appear to have a wary eye on elections due next year, curbing the prospects of any revival. The Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index, the world’s third-worst performing equities benchmark in 2019 in dollar terms, has suffered as a government-led reorganization of …

Stratcomm Africa’s innovative use of communication for environmental conservation wins international award

Strategic Communications Africa Ltd. (Stratcomm Africa) has received an International Public Relations Association (IPRA) award for its innovative use of communication in promoting positive behaviours towards environmental conservation in Ghana through its ground- breaking Ghana Garden and Flower Movement. This was at the 2019 IPRA Golden World Awards for Excellence in Public Relations event which …

Akufo-Addo launches initiative to rally support in fight against plastics

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday launched a national initiative that will see the country join the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) project aimed at addressing and managing the environmental impact of plastic waste in the country. The Ghana National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP), a collaboration with the Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), is …