The President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG), Professor Kwame Boasiako Omane-Antwi, has asked young accountants to begin their career pursuing integrity instead of money.
He said a lot of accountants began their…
International tourist arrivals worldwide grew by four per cent between January and June 2016, compared to the same period last year.
Destinations worldwide received 561 million international tourists (overnight visitors), 21 million mor…
To underline Vodafone’s holistic support to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) nationwide, Vodafone Business Solutions (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone Ghana, has declared October as SME month.
The initiative, aimed at empowering …
‘The Exchange’, West Africa’s largest multi-use real estate project, and the first of its kind in Ghana, now under development is expected to create 2,000 jobs during the construction stage.
It is also expected that it will increase its…
Finance Minister Seth Terpker is leading government’s delegation to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank meeting which opens in Washington DC from October 4 to 14.
He is joined by the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Abd…
Izwe Loans, a savings and loans company, says it will extend its lending services to the informal and private sectors of the country.
The company, which currently focuses on the formally employed segment of the market with unsecured, sa…
Starbow Airlines has resumed its flights from Accra to Tamale with its new aircraft and a commitment to stay on the route.Mr James E. Antwi, the Chief Executive Officer of Starbow, said the suspension of its Tamale flights was due to circu…
Cocobod has encouraged the youth to venture into cocoa growing to sustain the industry which has over the years kept the national economy going. Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), said it was rewarding and rallie…
The Vodafone Ghana Foundation has taken its free quality healthcare outreach programme, Healthfest, to thousands of Ghanaians in Tumu and Chiana in the Upper West and East regions of Ghana.
The two-day activity, which is one of the Foun…
Petroleum Solutions Limited (Petrosol), a privately-owned indigenous oil marketing company, has launched a consumer education campaign dubbed, “Full Quantity Campaign” in Accra.
The campaign, which would run for three months, would educ…
Engineering & Construction International(ODEBRECHT), a global organization with expertise in construction and engineering, has won the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Engineering Company of the Year, at the recent Ghana CSR Excellenc…
The Capital Bank in partnership with MBM Associates and Revo Education has launched the Young Achiever Account which seeks to provide financial security for children from birth to age 17 by promoting savings culture.
It comes with the g…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced plans to renounce its ownership of two banks in the country.
Currently, the BoG, holds 44.06 and 48.17 per cent shares in National Investment Bank (NIB) and Agricultural Development Band (ADB) respe…
Prudential bank has introduced another innovative e-banking product known as ‘mobiWise’ which seeks to help customers experience a seamless integration of their bank account with the mobile money wallet platform of their selected telecommu…
The newly sworn in President of the Ghana Insurers Association, Mrs Aretha Abena Abrafi Duku has observed that for the industry to register continued growth, it would require that various stakeholders collaborate their efforts.
She said…
The SNV Netherlands Development Organisation has initiated stakeholder engagements aimed at strengthening relations between cocoa farmers and the Sefwi Traditional Council towards facilitating the replanting of overage cocoa farms.
Thi…
The agreement guarantees up to 50% of losses on $10 million in loans, allowing the bank to offer more loans to women entrepreneurs.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Swedish International Development…
More than 80,000 young people are to benefit from a training programme to prepare them to venture into cocoa cultivation.
Dubbed: "Ma so", which literally means ‘lift it’, the five-year programme is aimed at ensuring that the youth, age…
Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), as part of the Ghana National Single Window Project, has established electronic payment zones at some major ports in the country.
The e-zone facilities at Kotoka International Airport and the Tema Port is …
The Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) says the ongoing restructuring of Volta River Authority (VRA) legacy debts on the books of some local banks is on course. The process would show a reduction of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) by the end o…
MTN Business has engaged captains of industry in hospitality and housing at a business fair to explore ways of integrating ICT into their businesses.The platform enabled the companies to exhibits their products and services to the public i…
The government has increased the price of cocoa by 11. 76 per cent per tonne for the 2016/2017 crop season.
This means that a tonne of cocoa, which used to sell at GH¢6,800 in the 2015/2016 crop season, will now sell at GH¢7,600, an in…
Dr Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan, the Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture in-charge of Crops, says agriculture remains the central instrument of government effort at reducing rural poverty and improve development.
He said studies and empiri…
African Biodiversity Network (ABN) in partner with Regional Advisory Information and Network Systems (RAINS), has organised an exchange learning programme on Climate Seed Knowledge (CSK) to promote natural agriculture and local food sovere…
Bearish sentiments dominated Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) trading activities as the Bank of Ghana held its benchmark policy rate for the fifth consecutive time this year at 26 per cent.
Total volume traded was 22.9 million shares whi…
Customers of Diamond Micro-finance Limited (DKM), a collapsed micro finance company have been assured of receiving the first batch refund of their deposits in the first week of October.
Madam Jemima Oware, the Liquidator over-seeing the…
Tele-commuters might feel guilty or ungrateful admitting it, but let’s be honest: We often miss the office. Even the too-talkative, too-messy, or too-cutthroat colleagues you willed yourself to ignore when they sat near you can seem endear…
Crop production in the Upper West Region is expected to increase by 20 per cent, while livestock production go up by 15 per cent in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region by the end of the year, following the distribution of fertili…
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Korea’s electricity company, aimed at promoting bilateral cooperation between the two parties in the e…
Capital Bank has launched an account aimed at providing the best financial security for children from birth to the age of 17. Dubbed: ‘Capital Bank Young Achiever Account,’ it is a social initiative to help families to actualise their drea…
A strong Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector is important for the growth of every economy, advanced or developing.
In Ghana, more than 84 percent of all registered businesses fall in this category with a similar proportion of the…
NDK Financial Services has challenged Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to invest in personnel with the right skills set for their operations.
According to the Deputy Managing Director of NDK Financial Services, Kuorkor Ayisa, this is…
Nexans Kabelmetal Ghana Limited on Monday observed its safety day with a call on workers to consciously prevent work place accidents. Nana Yaw Akwada, Chief Executive Officer, Bureau of Public Safety, in a presentation on safety, said abou…
The International Road Transport Organisation (IRU) (IRU.org) report, “Transit costs in East and Southern Africa” clearly demonstrates how African countries implementing the TIR Convention can reduce the costs of trade in southern and east…
The Staff of Expresso Ghana, an African telecommunications services company, have asked their management to settle at least one-third of their accrued salaries by the first week in October, else they would advise themselves.
Expresso G…
Ghana has urged the private and public sector operators in the tourism to work closely to foster the common goals of the industry towards national prosperity.
Mr Bennet Otoo, the Public Relations Manager of Jumia, who made the suggesti…
Africa spends about five billion dollars on rice import annually Mr. Buka Tijani Deputy Director-General of Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has said.
Mr. Tijani said, rice consumption in Africa is rising more than any other sta…
Prudential Bank has introduced another innovative e-banking product known as ‘mobiWise’ which seeks to help customers experience a seamless integration of their bank account with the mobile money wallet platform of their selected telecommu…
Companies had no choice but to cut back on new developments, re-focus on profitable production rather than maximum production and to save costs
2016 marked another challenging year for SA’s mining industry in the wake of subdued commodi…
Mr Alex Josiah Adzew has been appointed by the Board of Directors of the Ghana Oil Company Limited, (GOIL), the foremost indigenous oil marketing company, as its Chief Operating Officer.
His appointment which was announced at the 427th …
Ghana’s economic growth slowed to 2.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2016 compared with 3.9 per cent recorded in the same period last year, a provisional data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) yesterday showed.
“The eco…
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has stepped up the collaboration with traditional leaders to develop cultural tourist sites to boost their attraction.
Mr. Ekow Sampson, the Ashanti Regional Manager, indicated that the tall list of her…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Communication Authority (NCA), to foster cooperation between the two institutions, to improve the telecommunication industry.
This would also ensur…
Tigo Business, the enterprise arm of Tigo, offering world-class Information and Communications Technology solutions for corporates and SMEs has partnered with Microsoft, Lenovo and IT Worx to support small to medium businesses in Ghana wit…
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is holding a-four-day training in export marketing fundamentals for exporters and banking officials across the country.
The workshop is to support the export community to acquire managerial, t…
Some 75 merchant outlets are now offering e-zwich services to complement the efforts of financial institutions. This is to make the biometric payment system available to many people as patronage goes up significantly.
These outlets are …
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by John Wakeman-Linn visited Freetown during September 14-27, 2016 to conduct the sixth and final review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF).[1]
At the conclusion of the visit, Mr. W…
In a country where the process of finding property has historically been more a pain than pleasure, the birth of meQasa three years ago was a welcome relief.
Founded by three Ghanaian graduates from Meltwater Entrepreneurial School…
A cloud storage service designed for the African environment has been introduced to solve problems faced with data management and processing.
It is also meant to help change business processes for companies to enable them to cut cost an…
The Ministry of Finance is courting state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to offer themselves up for corporate ratings to enable them to borrow on their own balance sheets to finance projects.
The Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, who mad…
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