Dr Samuel Asamani, the Board Chairman of the Citizens Rural Bank, says the financial entity has made impressive stride despite the macro-economic challenges that faced the country in 2015. He said the bank increased its total deposits from…
Staff of Stanbic Bank have contributed $ 8,500 to support the surgery operation of little Elain Awuku, who was born with three holes in her heart.Elain, born to Mr and Mrs Awuku, requires urgent surgery at the Apollo Children’s Hospital in…
The NDK Financial Services as part of their Silver Jubilee anniversary organized a dinner to celebrate most their cherished clients at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra.
Mrs Kuorkor Ayisa, the Deputy Managing Director of NDK, said…
Award winning 4G LTE internet service provider, Busy4G has introduced a new Christmas offer after its initial offer was over-subscribed.
Busy, on the 1st of December introduced an offer which gave internet users within Accra and Tema th…
Ghana and four other West African countries have agreed to tighten their air quality standards and stop importing toxic fuels from Europe, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has said.
After a summit with the UNEP, Ghana tog…
Invest in Africa (IIA), in partnership with Canon, has trained 22 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana’s printing industry.
The one-year training programme, which was on the theme: “Professional print excellence”, was meant to …
The German Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Christoph Retzlaff, says the mission in Ghana will contribute its quota to ensure the country stays on course for its economic stability.
Coupled with that, he said the country also had to ensure a co…
The Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (CSPOG) has presented its oil and gas governance poll outcome for public scrutiny.The People’s National Convention (PNC) came first with full complement of oil and gas policies and programmes, tran…
The Youth Inclusive Entrepreneurial Development Initiative for Development (YIEDIE) has awarded more than GHC 50,000 grants to ten beneficiary artisans who have completed their vocational training.
YIEDIE, is a five-year project aimed a…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) had collected a total GH¢21,204,978.54 in internally-generated revenue as of the end of September.
John Alexander Ackon, the Ashanti Regional Minister, who is also the acting Metropolitan Chief Exe…
The Western Regional Clients Service Access Unit (CSAU) of the Lands Commission, has been adjudged the best by the World Bank for delivering quality land documentation services to clients.
Mr Stephen Oduro Kwarteng, the Regional Lands O…
The Fisheries Commission Ghana, has awarded a joint citation of recognition to the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge, BUSAC Fund and the “Hen Mpoano”, a non- governmental organisation for their significant efforts towards a sustainable f…
A project to increase rice productivity and profitability and to promote a market-oriented approach to the production of rice in the country has been launched.
Dubbed, “Enhancing Market-Based Agriculture by Smallholders and Private Sect…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has recorded massive shoot-up in tax mobilisation through the deployment of Total Revenue Integrated Processing System (TRIPS).
The GRA said many companies now use TRIPS to automate the processes for a…
Any government that takes the reins of leadership next year must make it a priority to identify export products in which Ghana has comparative advantage and support their production to feed the European market.
This call is part of what…
The two leading telecom companies in the country, MTN Ghana and Vodafone Ghana, have given an assurance of network stability before, during and after the election which takes off tomorrow.
The assurance comes in the wake of public conce…
Premium mobile phone brand, TECNO Mobile, and the Premier League’s Manchester City, have launched their new global multi-year partnership. By the agreement, Techno becomes the official tablet and handset partner of Manchester City and TECN…
Anaina International Company Limited, a Real Estate Developer, has pledged to provide a set of cassava processing equipment to the Abutia Women’s Association.
The Company has also given the Association GHC20,000 as seed money to enhance…
Barclays Bank Ghana has launched a new payment system that allows users to pay for goods and services in any part of the world. The bank expects the Barclays Platinum and Classic Credit cards to bring a great deal of convenience to custome…
The European Union funded Trade Related Assistance and Quality Enabling Programme (TRAQUE) has embarked on an extensive good agricultural practices training for mango farmers in Northern Ghana.
The farmers were chosen from Salaga, Tamal…
The United States -Africa Chamber of Commerce (US-ACC) has launched its first office on African soil in Accra, to propagate the use of the Golden Rule of Business in the Ghanaian business community to promote peace and stability.
The of…
Over 300 participants are attending the annual event, co-organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on the theme, “Feed Africa: Towards Agro-Al…
Asokore Rural Bank is showing strong growth with profit on its operation hitting GH?220,063.00, last year. This represented an increase of 1,726.25 per cent over the year 2014 total of GH¢12,748.00.
During the period, its total assets…
Ghana has signed a $100-million (11,239 billion Yen) loan agreement with the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) for the construction of a 540-metre long cable-stay steel bridge over the Volta River at Volivo and Dofor Adidome i…
Ethiopian Airlines, by far the fastest growing airline in Africa, will commence scheduled five weekly flights to Oslo, Norway via Stockholm with its ultra-modern Boeing 787 Dreamliner effective March 26, 2017.
Oslo is the capital, most …
Investors and business associates in Ghana have reduced their investments and participation in the local economy in the first half of the year, in a typical ‘wait and see’ attitude that could reduce the amount of foreign direct investments…
Yields on treasury securities continued their downturns as government’s appetite for short term securities declines. The week ending December 1 saw the rate of return on 91-day bill softening by 175 bps to 16.86 per cent.
The yield on t…
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Ghana will require $7 billion in the next two decades to implement the 20-year Forestry Sector Master Plan aimed at halting the country’s dwindling forest resources.
The Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper who disclosed this in a speech r…
President John Dramani Mahama on Monday performed the ceremony for work to begin on the US$62 million-phase-two of the Kumasi International Airport Development Project, with a promise to remove some of the taxes in the aviation sector.
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The government has signed a mixed 7.84 million Euros credit facility agreement with Denmark for the construction of an Environmental Monitoring Laboratory for the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) in Tarkwa.
As part of the agree…
The Domestic Tax Revenue Division (DTRD) of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has so far mobilised more than 10 billion Ghana cedis in tax collection through the deployment of the Total Revenue Integrated Processing System (TRIPS), this ye…
The Chief of Kwahu Obomeng in the Eastern Region, Nana Effah Opinamang III, has called on the government, local and foreign investors to help make Kwahu a business hub in the country.
In his view, the Kwahu area is endowed with many nat…
Union Savings and Loans, has launched its new facility, Omnibank, and opened three facilities to better serve its customers, in Accra.
The bank aims to provide improved services to its customers through competent employees and modern tech…
Researchers, policy-makers and development partners converge in Abuja, Nigeria, for the 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) from December 5-7, 2016, to share ideas on topical African development issues including how to end hunger and en…
Political Parties should put Small; Medium Business high on Agenda as Ghana votes
Ghana should also look at how investments in roads, power and telecoms –in partnership with the private sector – might drive growth by lifting productivit…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) had collected a total GHC21,204,978.54 in internally-generated revenue as of the end of September. Mr. John Alexander Ackon, the Ashanti Regional Minister, who is also the acting Metropolitan Chief …
Investment inflows into the mining sector from 1983 to 2015 has increased the output of all minerals production in Ghana, bringing in about 16 billion US dollars. Gold production increased by 93 per cent from 2.24 million ounces in 2002 t…
FBNBank Ghana has scaled up its money transfer services with the introduction of TransFast Money, a global remittance service.Managing Director of the Bank, Gbenga Odeyemi, said the addition “is to present customers with a range of options…
Mrs. Lucy Quist, the Chief Executive of Airtel Ghana, (CEO) has called for a national stakeholder engagement towards empowering the youth to research and innovate technologies, especially in the Internet of Things (IoT), to leapfrog Ghana’…
President John Dramani Mahama has said Zoomlion Company had distinguished itself both locally and internationally and, therefore, deserved commendation from both government and all Ghanaians.
"I want to commend the management of Zoomlio…
Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) remains the biggest Oil Marketing Company (OMC) in the country in terms of both market share and number of stations. “This is despite stiff competition from the over 80 other OMCs. GOIL currently has a mark…
Mr Prince William Ankrah, the General Secretary of the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU), has called for a local content law specific to the mining sector in order to reverse the decreasing Ghanaian participation.
Speaking at the just end…
Vodafone Ghana has launched a campaign this December dubbed, #VodafoneSuperRedChristmas to reward and excite its customers throughout the festive season. The initiative is a holistic approach by the telecommunications company to reward all…
The First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, has urged beautician associations to unite for a collective bargaining power that would allow them to push for their holistic well-being. “The current situation does not give you collective bargaining po…
The University of Ghana’s West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has been commended for its initiative towards enhancing food security in Ghana and the West African sub-region.
Mrs Mona Quartey, a Deputy Minister of Finance, co…
US President-elect Donald Trump says he will impose punitive taxes on US firms that move manufacturing overseas.
Mr Trump promised a 35% tax on products sold in the US by any business that fired American workers, and built a factory els…
The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) in partnership with E-Connecta has launched the first phase of the SkyFi Internet services which allow customers to access WiFi at selected areas in town.
SkyFi is aimed at offering high…
Volunteering employees of Access Bank, Ghana have organised a blood donation exercise in partnership with the Rotary Club of Ring Road and the National Blood Bank service to help stock the national blood bank.
The exercise, which forms …
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has doubled up on its open market operations (OMO) over the last 10 months, in an attempt to mop up extra liquidity and drive down inflationary pressures.
From GH¢4.8 billion in October, last year, bills and not…
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