NEWS IN GHANA

As part of measures to improve  healthcare delivery in the country, Phoenix Resource Centre Global Aid Ghana (PRCGA), a Ghanaian based NGO has extended  its charity arm to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital with medical equipment worth GH¢15,000.00  It has also presented a cheque of GH¢1,000.00 to support the hospital to meet it daily needs. The items included 5 pieces of mattresses, 3 large boxes of medical equipment (syringes, needles, pen tips and vacuettes), 5 pairs of single walker, 2 pairs of 4 legged walker, 1 box of Compound lactate drips (20 pieces), 10 boxes of dust/nose mask (58 pieces), 5 boxes of hand gloves, 1 box of Thermometers (10 pieces), 200 pieces of Kellogg’s T-shirts and a Wheel Chair. It is the first time the Organization is donating to support a worthy cause barely 4 months ago since its inception. The gesture, according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PRCGA, Dr.  John Koku Awoonor-Williams was borne out of pity to reach out and relieve t

As part of efforts to instill the culture of best risk management practices in financial Institutions in the country, Innovare, a Ghanaian management consulting company has organized a 4-day capacity building workshop to sensitize over 20 senior executive managers from the country’s financial sector. The 4-day workshop dubbed: “Risk Summit Africa” is the first ever in the history of Ghana which is on the theme: “Strengthening financial services operations with Risk Management”. Under the workshop, participants were taken through various topics including pre-summit workshop on Basel 2 compliance, risk summit Africa, post-summit workshop on Enterprise Management. Addressing participants at the opening, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Johnson Asiamah charged all  financial Institutions in the country to adopt the best practices of risk management which is the requirement of the global financial system to keep their business growing soundly at all times.