Mobile penetration in Africa hits 80pc
THERE are currently 960 million mobile subscriptions across Africa – an 80 percent penetration rate among the continent’s population. Internet penetration is at 18...
Tight your belt: Economy looks gloomy
…Roads, schools to suffer
By Frederick ASIAMAH
This is probably the deadliest prediction of gloom for Ghana’s economy. Read it: “…one day we will wake up,...
Leap rolls out electronic platforms for cash hand outs
By Cecil MENSAH
Managers of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, a poverty alleviation support initiative under the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection,...
Insurers considering code of conduct
By Frederick ASIAMAH
The Ghana Insurers Association (GIA) is determined to improve insurance penetration in Ghana and has pencilled a number of interventions in this...
Gov’t grabs $12bn for power sector
By Neil FORD
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has unveiled its new electrification programme, under which it will invest $12bn into the power sector in...
We need to take e-commerce seriously
We live in a country where farming and fishing are perceived to be the main occupations of many local people. This is the place...
Growth in middle class drives private education boom on continent
Private universities and schools are mushrooming across Africa, as parents increasingly seek a quality education for their children outside of the state offering -...
Turnkey Africa proud to support life insurance confab
Turnkey Africa Ltd has indicated its pride in being associated with the 4th Life insurance Conference organized a couple of weeks ago by the...


























