A former Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Dr Alhassan Yakubu, is pushing for a comprehensive dialogue on agriculture to enable the sector to lead the effort towards economic recovery.
He said discussions on the sector had often not refle…
Papa Owusu Ankomah, Ghana’s High Commissioner to the UK and the Republic of Ireland has stressed the need to deepen bilateral trade and investment relations between Ghana and Scotland.
He said Ghana’s strong democratic credentials, good…
Mr Omar Hamidou Tchiana, Senior Minister and Minister of Transport of Niger, on Thursday said Ghana and Niger are exploring aviation areas for partnership.
Speaking to the GNA in an interview on the second day of the maiden African Air …
Global bond issuance will fall slightly this year amid a double-digit slide in public sector borrowing and is only expected to rise modestly next year as central banks pull back on looser monetary policy.
S&P Global Fixed Income Researc…
Hotel booking sites are to be probed by the UK's competition watchdog to see if consumers are being misled by them.
The Competition and Markets Authority is concerned that rather than helping consumers, the sites might actually be makin…
The General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), Mr Edward Kareweh, has called for a paradigm shift in the approach to agriculture in the country to enable a significant growth in the sector.
He explained that the…
In a bid to sanitize the petroleum downstream industry, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has since August this year begun the implementation of new export guidelines to clamp down on fuel smuggling in Ghana.
Addressing participant…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has left Accra for Vienna, Austria, to participate in the World Bank Group’s Investment Competitiveness Forum slated for October 25-27.
A statement signed by Anabel Gonzalez, Senior Director, Trade and…
Emirates Airlines on Thursday launched a special fare of $570 to Dubai, intended to get more people to visit Dubai. The special fare was launched at first African Air Show in Accra.
Mr Hendrik Du Preez, Country Manager for Emirates, sai…
The Melcom Group of Companies has intensified its strive to boost trade, industry, commerce and job creation in the country through its retail outlets, by commissioning its 38th retail shopping centre at Achimota, Accra.
The Achimota Me…
Twitter said it may turn a profit in the fourth quarter as the tech company narrowed its losses and added users.
The firm, which has not posted a profit since going public four years ago, said its losses narrowed from $103m (£78m) to $2…
Africa’s leading digital television operator StarTimes is giving out free decoders to Ghanaians. The move which is part of the company’s one year anniversary celebrations is also to enable every citizen have a feel of digital television, a…
The Shama District Assembly has budgeted aboutGHC 86 million cedis for various development interventions under its 2018 to 2021 medium term development plan.
The District would concentrate more on access to potable water and health car…
The European Central Bank (ECB) will cut back its scheme designed to boost the economies of the eurozone.
From January of next year, it will reduce the amount of assets it buys every month to €30bn from the current level of €60bn.
Th…
One of the world's biggest insurance firms has said it will take a loss in the third quarter because of hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.
Munich Re expects the hurricanes that ravaged parts of the US and the Caribbean to cost it €2.7bn…
The euro climbed for a third day and stocks slipped to a month low on Thursday, as traders waited for formal confirmation from the European Central Bank that will take its biggest step yet in unwinding years of loose monetary policy.
Ba…
“Koose” has made it to the international scene. “Koose”, a Ghanaian delicacy and side dish, is prepared by deep or shallow-frying thick cowpea paste, which is usually mixed with onions, spices and other condiments.
“Koose” has been reco…
MTN Ghana writes in reference to an article published in The Finder newspaper on October 23rd 2017, under the headline Mobile Money Fraud alarming. In the publication, which we note has been carried by other media houses, the newspaper …
Scotland's best-known business siblings have gone their separate ways to invest their fortunes.
Ann Gloag and Sir Brian Souter split the wealth they were managing together "to follow very different investment strategies".
The announc…
Cocoa Farmers at Agona Abodom in the Agona West Municipality of the Central region have appealed to the National Security and Bureau of the National Investigations (BNI) to rescue them from rampant stealing of their fresh cocoa beans.
M…
There is the need to develop capacities of agricultural actors and intensify promotion of value chain development to address emerging challenges to food security, nutrition and sustainable rural development in West Africa.
Mr Serge Raym…
Marks and Spencer clothing boss Jo Jenkins has quit, months after starting a new role at the struggling retailer.
Ms Jenkins is to leave M&S to become chief executive at White Stuff, a privately owned clothing chain.
The change comes…
The Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) has indicated its willingness to continue to work with government to implement initiatives that will transform the country from a passive technology consumer to one of innovations.
Th…
ECOWAS leaders have committed to fast-track measures leading to the creation and use of a single currency for the economic bloc by 2020.
At the Fourth Meeting of the Presidential Taskforce on a common currency for the West African Monet…
Worldwide mobile operators GSMA has launched a report in partnership with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) that examines the transformative opportunities presented by mobile-enabled digital services in Ghana.
The…
New Zealand will ban foreign buyers from purchasing existing homes in the country in an effort to cool soaring property prices.
Prime minister-elect Jacinda Ardern said the ban only applied to non-residents.
The country is facing a h…
The UK's economy had higher than expected growth in the three months to September - increasing the chances of a rise in interest rates in November.
Gross domestic product (GDP) for the quarter rose by 0.4%, compared with 0.3% in each of…
Once in a while you meet someone who may not be a family member but connects to you like one. You can also meet someone who may not be a father but relates to you as one. That is how I felt connected to Mr Dan Kofi Okudzeto the first time …
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised issues about the country’s revenue underperformance and asked the government to streamline its policies on tax incentives.
In a statement to the Daily Graphic, the IMF said revenue admini…
The Executive Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS), Professor Newman Kusi, has said mobilising additional revenue has become a key priority for the government, as it is the only option available to create fiscal space, increas…
The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea, Kosmos Energy of the US and national oil company GEPetrol have signed three new production sharing contracts (PSC) for Block EG-21, Block S and Block W offshore Rio Muni
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Corning reported third-quarter sales up 4 percent year-on-year to USD 2.607 billion, as demand for its fibre products and specialty materials like Gorilla Glass helped offset weakness in the LCD display market. Net income rose 37 percent t…
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) plans to initiate a programme to upgrade its database and also equip the police with modern devices to help clamp down on vehicles that are not properly insured, the Commissioner of Insurance, Mr Jus…
The decision of the government to abolish the Valued Added Tax (VAT) on domestic airline tickets has started paying off, as 184,772 passengers travelled domestically by air in the first nine months of the year.
This represented an incre…
Energy Bank has rebranded to Energy Commercial Bank, a statement issued by the bank has announced.
“The new name has become necessary because of the bank’s desire to be known as a full-service commercial bank, servicing the corporate, c…
Mothers Heritage Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that works to develop rural communities, in collaboration with the Sanzule royal palace, under the patronage of the Omanhene, Akatakyie Asafo Boakye III, is hosting a line-…
Global wine production is expected to fall to its lowest in more than 50 years, according to the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV).
The group blamed the decline on extreme weather in Italy, France and Spain - the world's…
Mr Daniel Ogbarmey Tetteh, the Director-General of the Ghana Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), has called on the investor community to have confidence in the instruments of the Capital Market.
He said the Capital Market was critical…
Over 100 Vodafone Ghana subscribers have benefited from an online life and vocational skills training launched by the telecommunication company and supplied with the basic tools to practice their trade.
Dubbed “Vodafone VIM”, they were …
Mr Abdulai Issaka, a Lecturer Department of Marketing, Valley View University, has asked the youth, especially Muslims to create a positive mind-set needed to succeed as entrepreneurs.
He said this was necessary as unemployment still re…
The government and stakeholders of the mobile industry have begun an initiative to harness the power of the mobile telephony to deliver life-enhancing services and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).
A …
The government will begin disbursement of a $10 million seed capital to startup’s and entrepreneurs through the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP) on November 1 this year.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NEIP,…
South Africa's Anglogold Ashanti is to sell two gold mines for a total US$307 million in the latest retreat from a sector which is in a state of steep decline.
Anglogold will sell its newest mine to Harmony Gold for US$300 million and a…
Former Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, has asked the government to ignore the advice of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to add the US$2.5 billion ESLA-backed Energy Bond to the country’s public debt.
Rather, he is urging the…
The auction of the GH¢6 billion cedi-denominated energy sector bond is set to begin today as the government seeks funds to refinance the huge energy sector debt which seems to be crippling the banking sector.
Local and offshore investor…
Toshiba expects to post a 110bn yen annual net loss (£732m) due to the tax impact of the sale of its memory chip business.
In August, the Japanese company said it would post a net profit of 230bn yen for the fiscal year to March 2018.
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First National Bank, a division of FirstRand Group has been adjudged the Most Innovative African Bank at the 2017 African FinTech Awards for the second year in a row.
The African FinTech Awards recognises innovative and disruptive finan…
By all rights, the UK's craft brewers ought to be toasting their success.
The number of breweries in Britain is up almost two-thirds in the past five years and is back to levels last seen in the 1930s, new research shows.
Yet the num…
Jumia Ghana says users of its e-commerce platform will enjoy the best deals in various categories during this year’s Black Friday event, scheduled to be run from 24th November to 8th December, 2017.
Mr Ore Odusanya, Managing Director of…
Under the patronage of the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the auspices of the Ministry of Aviation, the first Aerospace and Aviation Exhibition for West Africa is scheduled to take place at Kotoka International Airport from Oct…