By Own Correspondent, from Accra, Ghana – Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Wednesday afternoon arrived in Accra to begin a two-day official visit to Ghana. He was welcomed by President John Evans Atta Mills at the Kotoka International Airport . Detailed programme drawn for the visit include state meeting with President Mills on ways of strengthening ties between Accra and Ankara and State banquet at the State House on Wednesday evening. President Gul would address Parliament and visit Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum where he would lay a wreath on the tomb of the First President. President Gul spent sometime savouring the... Continue Reading
These days especially I will sit down with a new potential client and they will ask the question: “How much does it cost to make a website that will be #1 on Google?” If it was as simple as pressing a few buttons, wouldn’t everyone do it? Then of course you couldn’t be #1 if everyone was pressing the same buttons! Website ranking is not a simple thing, it is a combination of content, website structure, how often you update your site, how many people link to your site, and how popular it is (among other things). The good news... Continue Reading
Nawa Mutumweno – A financial education national strategy is being developed to facilitate sufficient information in the financial sector on various aspects, the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has revealed. Speaking at the commemoration of the World Consumer Rights’ Day in Lusaka recently, the central bank’s governor Caleb Fundanga said a dedicated working group comprising stakeholders from the public and private sectors have already made substantial progress in developing the national strategy. “Our expectation is that the draft National Strategy will be ready for discussion by the end of the year,” he said. BoZ will continue to ensure customer protection in... Continue Reading
By Peterking Quaye, from Shout-africa.com – The 2nd in the series of Banking and Insurance Fair has opened in Accra ,after a successful launch during the week . The fair is expected to bring key financial and insurance companies in the country to present their products and services as well enlighten visitors about the financial literacy .The 2011 Banking and Insurance Fair has been launched with a call on operators in the financial sector to develop innovative products that would attract rural folks to save. The three-day fair running from 17th to 19 March is expected to create a platform... Continue Reading
By Nawa Mutumweno, Reporting for Shout-Africa.com – The long-awaited COMESA Monetary Institute (CMI) meant to fast-track the realization of the regional economic bloc’s Monetary Co-operation Programme has commenced operations in March 2011. According to the latest COMESA e-newsletter, the monetary cooperation programme’s ultimate aim is to create the COMESA Monetary Union in the year 2018. The institute was officially launched on March 7, 2011 at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies in Nairobi. The creation of the CMI was decided by the 13th meeting of the COMESA Committee of Governors of Central Banks which took place in Cairo, Egypt in... Continue Reading
