Therestella Obosu Tei-Kwabla, CEO of Pacalin Pharmacy and Founder of Therestella’s Foundation has been awarded the Young Female Achiever at the 5 th Ghana Pharma Awards which took place Friday 7 th July, 2023 at the Kempinski Hotel - Accra. Passionate about the educational welfare of children of school going age, the 33-year-old female certified pharmacist, who doubles as health educator has established child welfare foundation which seeks to educate them [school children] on health topics such as teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, proper menstrual hygiene as well as their consequences on their lives amongst others. Commencing her child welfare foundation in May 2023, Therestella has been able to impact over 500 students. Regarding this, as a pharmacist vaccinator, she visits Tema General Hospital occasionally at their child welfare unit to educate the mothers who come for immunisation on topics such as importance of immunisation, adverse effects following immunisation, types of im...
Government attributed and commended the strong performance of Ghana Reinsurance Company to the Board, Management and Staff of the company at its 17 th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Accra last week. Ghana Re announced a group composite (life and general business) gross premium income for 2019 of GH¢253.37m compared to the GH¢205.66m recorded in 2018, representing a growth rate of 23.2%. However, a breakdown of the group shows that general business premium income recorded in 2019 was GH¢230.85m, while life premium income stood at GH¢22.52m. George Otoo, Chairman of the Board, noted that fire insurance as a line of business contributed 62.42% of the general business premium income, while accident and motor insurance contributed 20.7% and 7.8% respectively to the portfolio. “We would not have been able to record this financial achievement in premium income without the support of our loyal cedants; for that, I thank all our cedants for contributing to our continued success,” t...
Sixty-five participants from 12 African countries have confirmed their participation in the 14 th edition of Ghana Reinsurance Company’s Annual International Seminar. The seminar is scheduled to take place at Ho from February 23 – 29, 2020 under the theme ‘Reinsurance - Principles, Practice and Benefits’. Interestingly, the North African state of Sudan - an old business partner of Ghana Re - is topping the roll call of participants apart from the host country Ghana, which will be sending 30 participants. Other countries expected to attend include: Cameroun – 2; Cote d’ Ivoire – 2; Ethiopia – 3; Senegal – 1; Togo – 2; Liberia – 2; Morocco – 1; Nigeria – 1; Kenya – 1; and Zambia – 3. Kwaku Appietu-Ankrah – Head Domestic Operations 1, Ghana Re, briefing B&FT said registration and opening formalities will start on Monday between 8:30am – 9:30am, and thereafter the seminar starts. Furthermore, he said the seminar, which is about 14-years old, has been held acro...
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