The Chief Executive Officer of BEIGE, the financial services provider, has confirmed that The BEIGE Bank(TBB), its universal banking subsidiary, is on course to meeting the Bank of Ghana’s (BOG) GH¢400 million minimum capital requirement f…
MTN-Ghana on Thursday climax its 21 days of Y’ello Care, a staff volunteering programme, with students from Ashaiman, Osu Salem, Accra High and Kinbu Secondary Technical Schools.
The programme, which is an annual staff volunteer initiat…
A fast-changing climate, conflict, inequality, persistent pockets of poverty and hunger and rapid urbanization are challenging countries’ efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a UN report has said.
The SDGs Repor…
Mrs Sophia Kesewa Ampofo Kusi, Principal Health Planner of the Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Division of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has stressed the need for programme-based planning and budgeting to ensure efficient util…
Travelers will have many reasons to visit Egypt and benefit from Marriott International’s enticing offers to explore the land of hidden gems and make their stay truly special
Following the launch of Marriott International’s (www.Marriot…
The recipient of this year’s Outstanding Leadership Award was Papa Madiaw Ndiaye, Founding Partner and CEO at AFIG Funds
Private Equity Africa (PEA) (PrivateEquityAfrica.com) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 GP & Advisor A…
Some 96, 904 cross-network mobile money transactions took place in the first month of the launch of mobile money interoperability. The transactions are valued at over 8.3 million Ghana Cedis.
These transactions are limited to transfers…
Marriott International Hotels Gear up as Water Savvy Cape Town Bounces back after successful Implementation of Sustainability Measures
Sector Regains Momentum as Hotels in Western Cape Ready to Own the Upswing
“We’re open for busines…
The competition is open to all journalists across the globe; The winner will be offered free registration to the IRU World Congress in Muscat, Oman, with hotel and flights included
IRU (www.IRU.org) is launching its media award, recogni…
Network infrastructure investment and digital transformation top priorities for African telecom operators, says TMT Finance
Topics such as network infrastructure business models, B2B and B2C convergence, M&A, digital transformation and …
East Africa’s tech hubs spur the next generation of disruptors
Growth in GDP and rising export revenues provide sound foundations
East Africa’s tech hubs spur the next generation of disruptors
Ongoing improvement in East …
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has complained about the unwillingness of many income earners in the Cape Coast Metropolis to pay tax. Mr. George Amankwa Boateng, Assistant Commissioner at the Medium Tax Office, said the tax revenue base…
Alston’s comments mark the presentation of his report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 21 June, on his 10-day fact-finding visit to Ghana in April 2018
Ghana’s flagship policies might well stimulate the country’s economy but …
Kosmos Energy Ghana, a leading independent oil and gas exploration and production company, has presented a cheque for GH¢ 35,000.00 to Agrihouse Foundation, organisers of the eight pre-harvest agribusiness exhibition and conference.
The…
Mr. Peter Maala, the District Coordinating Director (DCD) for Berekum West has announced that tax education campaign recently embarked on by the Assembly has yielded positive results as the tax-payers are honouring their tax obligations.
…
Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal register effectiveness of public economic reforms
Increased political stability, improved commodity prices and effective public economic reforms led to an improvement of the risk-reward score in several West A…
For the first time, the usage of mobile money in non-cash retail payments has overtaken the traditional cheques, ushering in a new period of cashlite regime that can phase out the use of cheques in the country.
A Bank of Ghana (BoG) rep…
Farmers in the Bawku area who were advised to insure their farms against unforeseen disasters have received claims from the Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP) for various degrees of damages on their farms last year.
About 1,924 f…
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced today that Delta Air Lines, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia (Delta Air Lines) has signed a firm purchase agreement for 20 CRJ900 aircraft becoming the launch operator of the new ATMOSPHÈRE cabin for CRJ Se…
The ‘VC4A Venture Showcase – Series A’ positions deal ready companies as a central component of the annual meeting of Africa investors
VC4A (https://VC4A.com) is calling for disruptive African scale-ups looking to raise between $250K a…
New initiative benchmarks seed companies on support smallholder farmers and SDGs
A new study by the Access to Seeds Index evaluated 118 seed companies across 20 countries in Western and Central Africa. This resulted in the selectio…
OPEC edged closer on Thursday toward raising oil output, with Iran softening its opposition to an increase and Saudi Arabia warning of supply shortages and price rallies if production remained stable.
A production rise of about 1 millio…
The Bank of England has held interest rates but signalled an August rate rise is more likely than previously thought.
In a decisive move, Andrew Haldane, the Bank's chief economist, joined two other Monetary Policy Committee members in …
itel, a mobile phone brand committed to providing budget-friendly, high quality products boasting excellent user experience under TRANSSION Holdings, has today announced to launch its first three smartphones which run on the Android™ Oreo™…
Pampers handed over their donation to UNICEF. In attendance were Hervé Ludovic de Lys, UNICEF representative and Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble South Africa, Michael Simpson.
In 2017, the world’s top-selling brand of baby nappies, P…
Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores across Australia will be shut down after the company's local administrators said they were unable to find a buyer for the embattled brand.
The Australian arm of the US chain has 44 stores across the coun…
The Ministry of Inner-City and Zongo Development is undertaking nationwide needs assessment of the various Zongo communities to determine what their priority development needs are for government’s appropriate action.
The Sector Minister…
Shares in big European carmakers have fallen after Germany's Daimler warned of lower earnings this year because of US-China trade tensions.
Daimler forsees lower sales of Mercedes-Benz cars due to a tax on the import of US vehicles into…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it is working assiduously to ensure its new deadline of 2020 for the introduction of Single Currency is met.
The regional economic block has on countless occasions held-back to…
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the Government of Canada are providing approximately $25 million in financing for the second Scaling Solar project under development in Zambia, allowing construction to start on a solar plant that…
According to NETSCOUT Arbor’s 13th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR), attacks targeting encrypted web services have becoming increasingly common.
According to Bryan Hamman, territory manager for sub-Saharan Africa a…
Africa trade expert Emma Wade-Smith OBE named as Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Africa to boost the UK’s trade and investment relationship with the continent.
More than £28 billion of goods and services traded between the UK…
MultiChoice has partnered Vodafone to offer unlimited data bundles for customers to stream live World Cup games on the go.
The global football showpiece, currently underway in Russia, will be watched live by millions of viewers around t…
Guinness has rewarded thirteen (13) lucky consumers with free plots of land in the ongoing national consumer promotion dubbed “Win a Piece of Ghana”.
Guinness, this week presented three new winners with their rewards. They were Roland O…
These are challenging times for telecom operators. On one hand, over-the-top players have emerged as serious contenders for revenue and market share. On the other, technology is rapidly evolving and competition has never been more cu…
IRU is launching its Media Prize, recognising significant contributions from the media to the transport sector debate, to coincide with its World Congress in Oman, 6-8 November 2018.
This year’s honour is around the theme of “the future…
Michelin-starred Chef Andrés to bring the popular tapas restaurant to the luxury resort
Royal Atlantis Resort & Residences and José Andrés’ ThinkFoodGroup are thrilled to announce that the popular Jaleo concept will launch at the destin…
MTN’s App Challenge version 5.O, launched in September 2017 has entered its final stage with the completion of vetting of the various Apps that were submitted for the competition.
Out of over 100 projects received after the launch, 48 m…
Government has announced that it will soon lay the General Petroleum Regulations, which will provide further impetus for the provision of more information about the petroleum industry to Ghanaians.
The regulation when passed would make …
A five-member Audit Committee of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), was on Tuesday inaugurated to ensure implementation of recommendations to the Commission.
The audit committee was inaugurated based on A…
Global sustainable energy consultancy, K2 Management today launched a report titled; Pre-construction projects: The battle to reduce uncertainty and improve business case bankability, in partnership with specialist insurance broker and ris…
TTL Income Haven Fund, has posted strong results at its maiden Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Accra, closing the 2017 financial year with an annualised year to date return of 30.37 percent.
The return is far above the benchmark pe…
The Design Thinking Ghana Hub, the Ghana Design Network, and the Ashesi Design Laboratory, is organising a two-day conference to help in finding creative ways of developing new products and business models.
The upcoming Design Thinking …
Public sector borrowing fell to £5bn in May, down £2bn from a year earlier, official figures show.
The fall was bigger than expected and brings borrowing for the financial year to date to £11.8bn, £4.1bn less than in the same period in …
Workers at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), have denied media reports that they are frustrated by the delay in payment of their salaries and allowances.
A statement jointly signed by John Elton Botchway, Chairman, General Transport Petroleu…
Selorm Adadevoh has been appointed to the position of CEO for MTN Ghana, effective 20th June 2018.
Prior to taking up the MTN Ghana CEO appointment, Selorm was CEO of Digicel Group’s Haitian operation, where he also previously held t…
Mr Nami Zarringhalam, Truecaller Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, has said the entity was exploring investment opportunities in digital payment space in sub Saharan Africa with particular emphasis on West Arica and Ghana, where their u…
Is it a good idea to retire with debt? Ask that question a generation ago, and you’d hear a loud and unequivocal “no” from most anyone.
Today, however, some argue that debt may be OK in retirement, depending on the type of debt and how …
China and the United States sank into a deepening trade conflict that roiled financial markets Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion of Chinese products, prompting Beijing to a…
The government intends to introduce a fiscal receipt system to be used by VAT-registered persons for the supply of goods and services.
This fiscal receipt will be issued using a Fiscal Electronic Device (FED). The introduction of the FE…