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…
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced plans by the government to improve the paperless clearance system at ports with the introduction of some sweeping reforms to help better the system.
Towards that end, he said effect…
The official meeting place for 13 African ministers of energy, and the secretaries general of OPEC, APPO and the IEF
On September 5-7, 2018, Africa Oil & Power welcomes more African ministers of petroleum and and power and VIP's …
Postal services can play a pivotal role in delivering remittances, lowering the transfer costs and providing access to basic financial services in Africa, according to a report ??released today by the International Fund for Agricultural De…
The European Union will launch a raft of retaliatory tariffs against US exports on Friday, a top official has said.
The move comes after US President Donald Trump imposed steep duties on steel and aluminium earlier this month.
Americ…
An agreement on terms has been made by the federal government and the federal member states of the National Security Council.
The agreement comes after three years of deliberation.
It will see the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral R…
Debenhams said full-year profits will be lower than expected - the third time it has issued a profit warning this year.
The department store blamed "increased competitor discounting and weakness in key markets" for the profit shortfall.…
Alhaji Ali Muhammad Katu, General Manager of Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP), on Monday called on the government to take steps to urgently institute a Ghana Agriculture Insurance Policy to protect the investment of farmers and bui…
The Head of Retail Banking at Standard Chartered Bank Limited, Mr Henry Baye has said the implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS 9) by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) will not have any significant impact on the ope…
Innovation and entrepreneurship play an ever-increasing role in growing Africa’s emerging technology ecosystem. According to research by the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator (goo.gl/qMBbty), over the past two years alone, Africa has seen the num…
The Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) on Tuesday presented a final dividend of GH¢8 million to government, bringing the company’s total dividend payment for 2017 to GH¢17 million.
GCNet had earlier this year, paid an inte…
Abdalla Ali-Nakyea, a Tax Consultant and Attorney has called on state institutions tasked with fiscal planning and management to look at domestic sources of revenue to boost and grow the economy as against the over-reliance on oil proceeds…
GHL Bank has received $15million from the African Development Bank to boost access to home ownership for lower-middle to middle-income Ghanaians.The move will further entrench the GHL Bank’s market leadership for providing affordable housi…
Dr Ebenezer M. Ashley, a Financial Consultant, has called on government to ensure that loans collected were used productively, saying ‘loans must be used for its intended purposes’.
According to him, there should be proper accountabilit…
MoU to develop aerospace industry in Côte d'Ivoire
Airbus and the government of Côte d’Ivoire signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a framework of collaboration to support the development of the country’s aerospace ind…
Crypto Asset Index 2018
Decentriq joins forces with LIMEYARD to publish top 20 crypto assets index calculated by the Vienna Stock Exchange
Distributed ledger technologies expert, Decentriq has collaborated with cutting-edge index p…
Lagos, Nigeria has been identified as a must watch market for capital raising in 2018, according to Baker McKenzie's Cross-Border Index..
'More companies are lining up to list on the Lagos stock exchange, kick starting Nigeria's IPO ma…
Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs), continue to stifle Africa’s development architecture and this translates into money and capital illegally transferred across the continent’s borders now amounting to a loss of some $100 billion annually.
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The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has received a higher mark for improving on its internal control systems in the bid to block revenue leakages. Mr Richard Kwadwo Adu, the Assemblyman for Ntoase Electoral Area in the Wenchi Municipality s…
GROHE kitchen sinks, which are available as compact models with integrated drainers, large double sinks or chic built-in sinks, can be installed in minutes with no fuss or hassle
With kitchen faucets, water systems, kitchen sink…
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on an additional $200bn (£151bn) of Chinese goods in a growing trade row.
Mr Trump said the 10% tariffs would come into effect if China "refuses to change its practices".
The…
The Co-Chair of the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Steve Manteaw, has called for the enforcement of the recommendation that seeks to introduce the payment of royalty monthly, rather than quarterly.
He s…
“Driving Trade, Unleashing Investment and Enhancing Economic Development”
GAA Exhibitions & Conferences (www.GAAexhibitions.com) and ATIGS Group (www.ATIGSgroup.com) today announced the lineup of global executives and business leaders t…
The chief executive of German carmaker Audi, Rupert Stadler, has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the diesel emissions scandal.
A spokesman for Volkswagen, which owns Audi, confirmed he was being held.
Munich pr…
BuddeComm recently launched an exclusive Telecoms Maturity Index (TMI), that analyses the broadband, mobile and fixed Line markets of a country as well as a range of economic parameters to rank it on a scale of 1 to 100 and compare it to i…
The owner of Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank, CYBG, has agreed to buy Virgin Money for £1.7bn.
Under the deal, all the group's retail customers will be moved to Virgin Money over the next three years.
It will be the UK's sixth-lar…
The Eastern and Volta Regional branch of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) in collaboration with Net Impact Ghana, a civil society organisation are to organise a roundtable discussion on climate change for young entrepreneurs acros…
Experts have urged economics and financial journalists to intensify their watchdog role on minerals revenue management to ensure its adequate and efficient utilisation, especially for the hosting communities.
Although, policies exist, t…
Posted by Jeff Dean, Senior Fellow, Google AI, and Moustapha Cisse, Staff Research Scientist and lead of Google AI Center Accra
We've seen people across Africa do amazing things with the internet and technology—for themselves, thei…
The Congo Licence Round promotion highlights the importance of Africa Oil Week in driving new business opportunities for explorationists in Africa
Africa Oil Week (Africa-OilWeek.com) and the Ministry of Hydrocarbons of the Republic of …
Domestic and cross-border Initial Public Offering (IPO) capital raising by African issuers in H1 2018 increased by 33% year-on-year to USD 396 million, while volume grew by 25% to 5 IPOs. This is according to Baker McKenzie's Cross-Border …
Ghana Petroleum Commission officials have undertaken an educational tour of Forth Ports of Dundee, Scotland which is one of the largest economic generators in the city of Dundee to understudy and establish bilateral operational links.
T…
Google will invest $550 million in Chinese e-commerce powerhouse JD.com, part of the U.S. internet giant’s efforts to expand its presence in fast-growing Asian markets and battle rivals including Amazon.com.
The two companies described …
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has organised a five-day new product development training for basket weavers at Asoegoom in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region.
The training, which was organised for about 12…
Fund transfers from one mobile network to another have witnessed consistent growth in the value and volume of transactions since mobile money interoperability was launched on May 10, this year.
In the first month of operation, mobile mo…
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited says it has made good progress in 2017, putting the business back on an upward growth trajectory.
“The growth is underpinned by deepening client relationships, investment in technology and strengthe…