Innova Eco Building System has entered into a joint venture agreement to build a $40 million manufacturing plant bringing its green building technology to Mwale Medical and Technology City (MMTC), a $2 billion community-owned sustainable d…
The leading multinational cybersecurity vendor continues to deliver stable and positive dynamics
Kaspersky Lab (Kaspersky.co.za) continued to deliver stable growth in 2018 and increased its global unaudited IFRS revenue to a total of US…
Merck Foundation Calls for Applications “Merck More Than a Mother” Fashion Awards in partnership with Ghana First Lady
Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announces the Call for Application of “Merck More Than …
Nestle’s success with its KitKat brand means its does not need to add new businesses after selling its candy unit to Italy’s Ferrero last year, the Swiss food group’s global head of confectionery said.
“Now we are very well positioned w…
European and Asian shares hovered near four-month highs on Tuesday as investors took heart from some progress in Sino-U.S. trade talks, while the yen dribbled lower as Japan’s central bank said it could ease policy again.
World markets …
The founder of Huawei has said there is "no way the US can crush" the company, in an exclusive interview with the BBC.
Ren Zhengfei described the arrest of his daughter Meng Wanzhou, the company's chief financial officer, as politically…
The Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw, has said the tension brewing at the country’s national oil company, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), is sending a wrong signal to in…
As part of its commitment to the development of the agricultural sector in Ghana, Yara International ASA has invested more than $15 million into a new fertiliser terminal and blending facility in Tema.
This terminal, with a storage capa…
Mr Shaun Raposo has been appointed as the new Country Director for Accra Brewery Limited (ABL), replacing Philip Redman in that position. His appointment as the Country Director took effect from Friday, February 1, 2019.
A statement iss…
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is increasing calls on entrepreneurs particularly owners of start-ups and small-scale enterprises to form business clusters towards meeting growing demands for products from the country.
At its …
The number of people in work in the UK has continued to climb, with a record 32.6 million employed between October and December, the latest Office of National Statistics figures show.
Unemployment was little-changed in the three-month …
Total Petroleum Ghana Limited has held a project pitching programme for 16 finalists of its second edition of the ‘Startupper of the year’ challenge.
Project pitching is the final stage for participants before the awards day which is …
Azuri and First Bank of Nigeria Limited have announced a unique partnership that will help deepen financial inclusion in Nigeria while bringing affordable, reliable and clean power to millions of Nigerians.
Under the partnership, Azuri’…
The last 20 years of real estate boom in East Africa has changed our building landscape and inventory, as it quite rightly should have done.
Our starting point was a region that was short of every kind of building, from housing, to shop…
Total Petroleum Ghana Limited (+14.67%) extended gains to the second consecutive session, up GH¢0.55 to close at GH¢4.30 on the back of positive 2018 full year earnings results. Consequently, the benchmark index gained 0.20% to close at …
NetFoundry & BalanceOn Partner to Implement Solutions in Support of Businesses in the Middle East & Africa
NetFoundry™, the leader of Application-Specific Networking, announces its partnership with BalanceOn the specialized Managed Serv…
New Zealand said on Monday that it plans to update its laws so it can tax revenue earned by multinational digital firms such as Google, Facebook and Amazon, extending a global effort to bring global tech giants into the tax net.
Prime M…
Saudi Arabia has pledged investment deals worth $20bn (£15.5bn) with Pakistan which is seeking to bolster its fragile economy.
The deals include funding for an $8bn oil refinery in the city of Gwadar.
It comes as part of a high-profi…
Today, student representatives of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) will lock horns with their colleagues from the Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) at the British Council in Accra, in an intellectual …
Turkish Airlines has launched its ‘FlyFest Promotion to enable Ghanaian travelers to visit their dream destinations at a reduced fare.
The launch of the FlyFest promotion is to offer the general travelling public the opportunity of enjo…
Skyfox Limited, investors in agriculture through its Integrated Aquaculture and Crop Production programme, has constructed 50 fish ponds for farmers in Kete- Krachi in the Krachi East Municipality.
The programme funded by the USAID was …
Mr Joao Monteiro Paes, leader of an European Union (EU) Technical Support Team, has said more governmental effort is needed to boost the Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SME) sector.
He said in the absence of companies with strong …
The Radiance Petroleum Company Limited, an oil marketing company, has opened a new service station at Dansoman Paa Willy Junction in Accra to serve motorists in that part of the country.
The opening of the Dansoman service station bri…
Customer preferences in the hospitality industry has changed over time and one Ghana's three-star Hotels, Airport West Hotel , has upgraded its facilities and services with style and comfort to suit the needs of discerning guests. The hote…
Human extinction may be the stuff of nightmares but there are many ways in which it could happen.
Popular culture tends to focus on only the most spectacular possibilities: think of the hurtling asteroid of the film Armageddon or the al…
The Professor Sulemana Al-Hassan of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa has has appealed for support to build the capacity of Ghana National Association of Small-Scale Miners (GNASSM) and Artisanal Small-Scale Miners.
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The future of Ghana’s oil and gas sector as a catalyst to push socio-economic development looks brighter, though the nation lacks pricing policy for her crude.
A pricing policy for crude, according to the Ghana Oil and Gas Inclusive Gro…
As a European Union member, the UK is automatically part of about 40 trade agreements which the EU has with more than 70 countries.
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 29 March, it would lose these trade deals immediately.
To a…
The Western Union Company, a player in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has unveiled a new payment option that allows Amazon.com customers in Kenya to pay in local currency for their Amazon.com purchases.
The service is bein…
Addition of Client Base, Technology, Employees, and Global Operations Enhances Brightcove’s Market Leading Capabilities and Support for Global Customer Experience
Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV), a leading global provider of cloud servic…
About 44 million formal Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) exist in the continent, 7 million of which are based in Kenya
Frustrations naturally accompany a tedious and resource consuming exercise in which results are never forthcoming desp…
GROHE Is the Driving Force of the Digital Transformation in the Sanitary Sector and Sets New Standards at the 2019 ISH
At the 2019 ISH, for the first time GROHE will present itself as one of the leading global brands for complete bathro…
Over 700 aggrieved Customers of GN Bank and Gold Coast Securities Company in Upper West Region have given the defunct Bank two weeks ultimatum to pay them appreciable amounts of their deposits.
According the customers, their deposits r…
The Public Interest Accountability Committee (PIAC) Secretariat has requested the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MoFEP) to provide it with information on all infrastructural projects it intends to fund with petroleum revenue i…
Mr David Yenukwa Kombat, Acting Deputy Government Statistician at the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) on Wednesday revealed that the year-on-year inflation rate for January 2019, decreased by 0.4 per cent.
This he said, was measured by …
Representatives of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) School of Business have expressed their preparedness for the Graphic Tertiary Business Sense Challenge.
They said the team had read widely and was prepared to face any challenger in …
The Sekyere Afram Plains District Assembly has initiated a district-wide project to encourage the mass cultivation of cashew.
The scheme, intended to form an integral part of the Planting for Exports and Rural Development (PERD) program…
Enterprise Group Limited (+0.94%) and Societe Generale (+2.08%) led growth in the SAS Financial Index today. Both counters gained GH¢0.02 to close at GH¢2.15 and GH¢0.98, respectively. EGL continued to pick up on its positive 2018 full yea…
For many youngsters around the country, it seems hard to believe that today's Cocoa Processing Company Limited (CPC) was once the toast of the nation.
And they are not wrong. For almost two decades, virtually nothing good was reported …
The new Chairman of the Executive Committee (Board) of the Ghana National Bureau of the ECOWAS Brown Card Insurance Scheme, Mr Victor Obeng-Adiyiah, has said that the board will invigorate the ECOWAS Brown Card Insurance Scheme Protocol an…
Telecom operator AirtelTigo in patnership with ISON BPIO, an information technology service provider, has opened a one million dollar new call centre in Tema on Wednesday.
The state- of-the- art call centre has several workstations, a t…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has inaugurated a seven-member Presidential Financial Stability Advisory Council to help strengthen the financial sector.
The Council is chaired by Dr Ernest Addision, Governor of the Bank of Ghana.…
Mr Kenneth Ashigbey, the Convenor of the Media Coalition Against Galamsey has called on Government to speed up the implementation of the Multi-Sectoral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP).
The project, which was launched in Tarkwa in Febru…
The informal sector constitutes 70 per cent of the business arena but just two per cent of them pay their taxes. Mr Richard Hakeem Quainoo, a Chief Revenue Officer of the Ghana Revenue Authority, who announced this on Wednesday, also state…
Ghana will for the third time pay the full cost and associated penalties for failing to show up at the internationally acclaimed consumer goods trade show, Ambiente, in Frankfurt, Germany.
This follows the failure of officials of the Gh…
Google plans to spend more than $13bn (£10.1bn) this year, as it builds data centres and offices across the US.
The search giant promoted its plans in a blog post on Wednesday, saying the investments would spur the creation of more than…
Facebook says it has removed more than 200 "inauthentic" accounts targeting people in Moldova, some of which were linked to government employees.
Moldovans go to the polls on 24 February under a new electoral system.
One of Europe's …
Germany's economy just about avoided falling into recession during the final three months of last year.
Europe's largest economy registered zero growth during the fourth quarter of 2018, the country's Federal Statistics Office said.
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Niche Confectionery Ltd has added bite-size pieces of chocolate - the Niche Chocolate Bites - to its range of products on sale in the market.
The Niche Chocolate Bites are available in all the 12 varieties of the Niche Chocolate current…
The German Government has renewed its pledge to support Africa and Ghana’s economic policies to engender stronger economic performance and infrastructural development, particularly, in the areas of health, energy, agriculture and capacity …