The Commissioner of Insurance, Ms Lydia Lariba Bawa, has said the low contribution of the life insurance sector to the overall growth of the insurance industry indicates that the sector is largely unexploited.
She said the financial ser…
The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) has begun feasibility studies for the establishment of a fertilizer blending plant by the Asogli State in Ho.
The Asogli Fertilizer Blending Plant is to help revive farming in t…
CDH Savings and Loans Limited (formerly Ivory Finance Company), a subsidiary of CDH Financial Holdings Limited, has won a silver award for its contribution to the development of the banking and financial services sector in Ghana.
The co…
Veronica Kumako, a middle-aged trader whom Vodafone Healthline assisted with surgery to correct her face tumor last year, has expressed her profound gratitude to the telecommunication giant, adding that her life is more than beautiful now.…
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has been commended for making progress in the implementation of a Financial Management Improvement Project, a donor initiative from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, (JICA).
The proj…
Access Bank Ghana Limited has demonstrated its support to the development of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in the country as a way of contributing to national growth.
The company recently sponsored the maiden edition of the Regulus CF…
The Chief of Party of the West Africa Trade and Investment Hub, Mrs Carol Adoum, has advised the government to provide more assistance to the textile and apparel industry in order to position industries in that sector to fully take advant…
The Forestry Commission (FC) has begun investigation into alleged involvement of some of its employees in illegal timber logging in the Asenanyo forest reserve, in the Nkawie forest district.
This is in response to complaints by member…
Africa's most profitable and Largest Airline Ethiopian Airline, has been adjudged the Airline of the year (International) at the 27th edition of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana National Performance Awards in Accra.
Ethiopian …
The Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana, Mr Ebenezer Asante, says the company is currently engaging the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for the upward review of the transaction limits of mobile money services in the country.
He said the last time …
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the World Bank Group co-hosted two workshops in Ghana from October under the European Union Funded Improved and Facilitated Trade in West Africa Project.
The project aims to imp…
The Minerals Commission has started the allocation of concessions to unauthorised miners who have invaded the AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) Obuasi Mines.
The move is to relocate these miners without the use of force to the designated area, wh…
Chemico Limited has handed over a cheque of GH¢50,000 and agro-chemical products worth GH¢50,000 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) towards the celebration of this year’s farmers Day.
Additionally, the company has presented …
The Chinese Exim Bank has made available $119 million loan facility for the expansion and upgrading of facilities and the provision of equipment for five polytechnics and 10 technical institutes in the country.
A Chinese company, AVIC I…
The Coconut Grove Beach Resort, Elmina, has been adjudged the Hospitality Facility for the year 2015, at the recently held Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana, awards dinner dance.
The award comes at the back of one received a for…
Outperforming its competitors in the industry, Tigo, the country’s leading digital lifestyle brand, was adjudged Telecommunications Company of the Year at the 2016 Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) awards held in Accra.
The …
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has advised the public to buy products based on their quality but not on how low or affordable the price is. This is to ensure that they get the best product that are safe to their health.
“If we judg…
Access Bank Ghana Ltd has launched an Initial Public Offer (IPO) of its shares to raise a total of GH¢104 million to support its growth and expansion strategies.
The IPO is the flotation of shares on the capital market and enables inves…
The Ministry of Agriculture has underscored the need for effective private-sector collaboration and investment in agriculture to achieve the needed transformation that the government is pursuing in that sector.
It explained that such co…
PepsiCo Inc (PEP.N) has set a target for reducing the amount of sugar in its soft drinks around the world as part of a suite of goals aimed at tackling problems ranging from obesity to climate change.
The New York-based company will ann…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and four other organisations have signed an agreement under an initiative to provide life micro-insurance for fisher folk within the fishing communities in the country.
The…
Visits to major tourist sites and attractions in Volta Region, have declined from 91,594 in 2014 to 10,728 in 2015, Alhaji Sulemana Amadu, Senior Resource Officer, Ghana Tourism Authority (GHA), has said.
He described the decline as a “…
Brand owners of Indomie, De United Foods Industries (Gh) Ltd (DUFIL), is supporting the Ghana Police Service in the effort to better manage traffic, with the provision of traffic booths for the Tema Regional Command.
The booths, fitted …
Henry Oroh, the Managing Director, Zenith Bank Ghana Limited says the Bank believes in innovative products and services being offered to customers. He said within the year, the Bank had partnered institutions like expressPay to launch Bank…
The government last week trapped additional foreign exchange into its vault when it issued a United States dollar-denominated bond on the local market to raise a total of $94.64 million at a coupon rate (interest rate) of six per cent.
…
Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd (GGBL) is the first client to benefit from Standard Chartered’s ‘Vendor PrePay’ (“VPP”) product in Africa. It is an innovation aimed to promote local economic activity by bridging the gap between large companie…
Kasapreko has once again showed its dominance in both the manufacturing and beverage industry as the company took home two key awards at the just-ended Chartered Institute Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) awards ceremony held in Accra.
The Ghana…
The Public Procurement Authority’s (PPA) annual forum to educate stakeholders to enhance efficiency, transparency and fairness in the sector has opened in Accra.
The eight annual forum is on the theme, “Act 914: Transitioning into a Vib…
Entrepreneur-ship, the pursuit of opportunities despite lacking the necessary resources at the outset, is often celebrated as a hero of the global economy.
Globalisation, on the other hand, is often criticised as a villain contributing …
A traditional ruler has said successive governments have not given the needed attention to the development of tourists sites in the region despite its importance to the economy. The Tokali-Naa Walaman –i Dayamgiri Seuba II, said successive…
Remittances to developing countries are expected to increase only slightly in 2016, says the World Bank’s latest paper on Migration and Development. Remittances to low and middle income countries are expected to increase 0.8 percent to $44…
Mr Seth Terkpe, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to improve on their revenue generation efforts.
“Overdependence on central government revenue transfer…
The Ghana Rice inter-Professional Body (GRIB) has called on consumers to patronize locally produced rice to ensure the viability and growth of industry. It said the low patronage of local rice is a great disservice to small and medium Ente…
The minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, is scheduled to present the Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation and the Estimates of the Revenues and Expenditure of the government for the 2017 financial year to Parliament next Thursday.
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The applause was spontaneous and took time to die out when Japan Motors, official distributors of Nissan cars in Ghana, launched the redesigned sleek and stylish Nissan Altima.
With the Japanese auto maker putting its metal sheet and te…
Mr Ron Strikker, the Netherlands Ambassador says the phase two of the Sustainable West Africa Palm-oil Programme (SWAPP) would be implemented in the sub- region.
Mr Strikker said the significant impact made by the first phase of SWAPP …
The Executive Director, Academic, for CEIBS Africa, Professor Mathew Tsamenyi, has said although business growth is important, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) must ensure that the process is managed properly.
He said the ambition of…
Africa Oil & Power has signed a partnership with the South African Oil & Gas Alliance (SAOGA) to collaborate on the upcoming Africa Oil & Power conference, to be hosted June 5-7, 2017 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. SAOGA…
Chemco Limited has presented a GH¢50,000 cheque and agrochemical products also worth GH¢50,000 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) towards the celebration of this year’s Farmers’ Day.
Additionally, the company has presented s…
The Capital Bank has launched its latest branch at Labone in Accra as part of efforts to establish the bank as the prime Retail and Household Bank in the country. The inauguration of the Labone Branch forms part of commitments to enlarge i…
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reviewed upwards, the producer price of cocoa from GH? 6,720.00 per tonne to GH? 7,520 per tonne for the 2016/2017 season.
A statement issued in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the Boar…
Ghanaian Fertiliser importers stand the chance of importing the commodity at cheaper rates from Nigeria in the next few years, when the Dangote Fertiliser plant under construction in Lekki in Lagos State is completed.
Lower rates in imp…
Consistency pays if the steps are sure and steady. That is the story coming out of Accra Ghana.
There is this arrogance and chutzpah ingrained in any Nigerian, once he finds himself in any competition. Every Nigerian believes he should …
Mr Ishmael Yamson, the Board Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank Ghana, says the banking environment is riskier today than it was some years back because of economic uncertainty and volatility.
The uncertainty, he said, is affecting the…
Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) has launched its Water Blueprint, a document detailing the company’s strategy towards water resource management.
The project is part of the company’s focus on building thriving communities through…
Inesfly Africa, producers of insecticide paints, has won a Gold Award in business service excellence for its contribution towards promoting socio-economic development.
The award presented to the company at the ninth Ghana Business and F…
Garmin in collaboration with MTN Ghana and Izone has introduced health and fitness products into the Ghanaian market. The products, which include watches, have built in activity trackers to monitor and record daily activities and motivate …
Mantrac Ghana your authorized Caterpillar dealer in Ghana last Monday launched a special campaign on CAT Diesel Forklifts to material handling customers to prepare them for the peak end of year business.
According to the Head of Marketi…
The Adansi Rural Bank Limited has donated a number of items costing over GH¢10,000.00 in support of this year’s ‘Farmers’ Day’ celebration in the Adansi North District. These included 40 knapsack spraying machines, tricycle, 50 boxes of c…
Importers and exporters and their agents have been asked to appreciate the country's custom laws and procedures to avoid business discomforts. Mr Godwin Attoh, Deputy Commander, Legal, Custom Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA),…
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