Highlife musician Bless has asked authorities to take action against awards organiser Kwame Fordjour popularly known as ‘Dr UN’ for deceit. Dr UN has been trending for weeks now for his ability to ‘scam’ influential persons including the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, popular musicians Sarkodie, D-Black, media personalities Berla Mundi and Johnnie Hughes with his awards. He gave the impression that the awards were associated with the United Nations and the Kofi Annan Foundation which later turned out to be false, leaving eggs on the faces of those who attended his event. And for Chocho Mucho hitmaker Bless, Dr UN...
Time to gather and pray for our marriages — Akua Emelia
Gospel artiste Akua Emelia is worried about the rate at which her colleagues in the Gospel fraternity’s marriages are collapsing and is asking that they gather for a week and pray for their marriages. According to Akua Emelia, who has been married for nearly 15 years, what is happening to Gospel musicians is a spiritual attack and has to be met with serious prayers. “Why are our marriages failing when we should be enjoying them? It has been revealed to me through a dream that if we pray to God for our marriages and do the right things, everything will...
Stonebwoy unveils TECNO CAMON 16 series
The brand ambassador of global mobile phone brand TECNO Ghana, Stonebwoy, has unveiled its new smartphone the CAMON 16 series which boasts an industry-first rear 64-megapixel quad camera and a front 48-megapixel camera to the Ghanaian market. The CAMON 16 series comes in two variants the Camon 16 Premier and the Camon 16 Pro. The Camon 16 Premier sports a 6.9” FHD Dot-in display, and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, while the Camon 16 Pro comes with a slightly smaller 6.8” Dot-in display with its fingerprint sensor located at the back of the phone. One of the main attractions of both...
ADB pledges convenient banking for clients
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has announced the rollout of more digital platforms to make banking more convenient and comfortable for its clients. “Our ultimate focus is to make the customer comfortable and doing business with us enjoyable and convenience,” the Managing Director of the bank, Dr Kofi Mensah told the Daily Graphic in an interview. Customer Service Week He was speaking to mark this year’s International Clients Service Week, which is being marked from last Monday, October 5 to today, Friday, October 9, 2020. The International Customer Service Week starts from every first Monday of October. Some management members...
Make allocations to Domestic Violence Fund in 2021 Budget – CSOs
A network of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on Access to Justice in Ghana has appealed to the Government to make provisions for the Domestic Violence Fund as it seeks input for the 2021 budget. The Coalition said since the initial seed capital of GH¢ 50,000, eleven years ago, there was no further allocation to the Fund. The NGOs proposed GH¢ 1.5million annually for the Fund to enable the Domestic Violence Secretariat (DVS) to adequately implement its mandate. The Women’s Rights and Campaigns Advisor of ActionAid Ghana, Ms Margaret Brew-Ward in an interview said due to lack of funds, the DVS...
All set for Vodafone Ghana, HR Focus Africa’s HR Focus Conference 2020
Vodafone Ghana in collaboration with HR Focus Africa Magazine will host the 2020 Human Resource (HR) conference tomorrow Friday October 9, 2020. The conference which is on the theme, “Work and wellness”, will bring together experienced and forward-thinking HR and business professionals to interact and share knowledge on a virtual platform. There will be presentations, panel discussions and interactive question and answer segments starting from 8:30 am. Some topics to be discussed are implementing a World Class Wellness Program, Making Staff a Priority, and Enhancing individual and organisational wellbeing, among others. There are many seasoned business professionals scheduled to appear...
InvestCorp Mid-Tier Fund posts 18.29% yield for 2019
An investment fund, InvestCorp Mid-Tier Fund, closed the 2019 year with a yield of 18.29 per cent. This is 3.59 percentage points higher than the 91-Day Treasury Bill yield. The fund’s Assets Under Management (AUM) also grew to GH¢17.23 million within the same period, representing a growth of 23.1 per cent. This was disclosed by the Managing Director of InvestCorp Asset Management Ltd (InvestCorp) – the fund manager, Mr Henry Sunkwa-Mills, at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Accra last Monday. He attributed the growth in the fund’s AUM to its competitive returns which drove the 44 per cent increase...
G-Money partners Eliho Ghana Ltd for digital payment in cocoa farming sector
GCB Bank Limited has partnered Eliho Ghana Ltd. to facilitate the transfer and receipt of funds in the cocoa farming and purchasing ecosystem, using the G-Money platform. The partnership is an outcome of the Bank’s interest in providing financial inclusion for the partially banked and unbanked population of the country and to provide smooth financial operation support for Eliho and other supply chain networks and partners. A press statement signed by the head of Corporate Affairs Department of GCB Bank Limited, Emmanuel Kojo Kwarteng said the G-Money platform will also enable Eliho to pay purchasing clerks (PCs) with virtual funds...
GCNet challenges staff redundancy award in court
The Ghana Community Network Service Limited (GCNet) has filed a motion at the Accra High Court (Labour Division) challenging the enforcement of an arbitration award to its workers. The company is seeking the intervention of the court to set aside the award which directed the management to pay a redundancy package of 30 per cent of salary and other allowances including rent, transport, fuel, car maintenance and education grant subsidies to the workers. The court will move on October 15, 2020, by counsel for the applicant to be heard. Applicant case In the motion on notice filed on October 5,...
Axis Pensions initiates educative programme on personal finance
AXIS Pensions Trust Limited has rolled out an educative programme on personal finances to help sensitise the public to the rudiments of proper financial management. Dubbed ‘Axis Smart Money Talk,’ the programme features a discussion with an expert on finance and is broadcast virtually on the company’s Facebook page. In a release on the programme, Axis Pensions said the initiative was meant to help answer the “many pressing questions” that Ghanaians had on personal finance. It said in spite of the pertinent nature of personal finances, not many people were exposed to information that would help them take the relevant...