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…
An Advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank, Franklin Belnye has emphasised that diversification of the country’s export sector is critical to addressing Ghana’s trade deficit with the developed economies.
“We need to move away from …
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) hit the streets early this month to reach out to customers via its customer clinics where the general public was engaged on social security matters.
The 2016 clinic was organised …
With the rapid evolution of Multimedia Startups in Ghana and the high enthusiasm of the youth to set up Multimedia companies, is it no surprise that the 6th Startup Dialogues is designed to focus on helping young people build and grow succ…
MAPUTO, Mozambique, 28 September 2016,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- - Over the next few days Mozambique will play host to a series of train-the-trainer (TTT) workshops during the official build-up to SAP's Africa Code Week (ACW), taking p…
The Ghana Printers and Paper Converters Association (GPPCA) has announced a reduction in the prices of exercise books, note books and textbooks from this academic year.
The decision follows the implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT…
Representatives from energy, infrastructure and education and training companies will be participating in the Department for International Trade (DIT) London trade mission to Nigeria and Ghana, taking place September 25-30.
A statement …
The IZWE Loans Limited, one of Ghana’s largest non-banking financial institutions in the country, says it has disbursed in excess of GH?150 million as loans to over 80,000 customers during its five years of operations in Ghana.
“We are …
Mabani Holdings Ghana Limited, in partnership with the largest Real Estate Fund in West Africa, Actis LLP, has commenced the development of “The Exchange” project at Airport City in Accra.
Mr Ghassan Yared, the Executive Director of Mab…
Voltic (GH) Limited has announced the appointment of Mrs.Joyce Mateko Ahiadorme to the position of Country Sustainability and Community Affairs Manager.
Consequently, she will take over responsibility for all corporate affairs activitie…
Monday night’s presidential debate isn’t all about politics. It’s also about money, and the potential to lose a lot of it.
Ahead of the first in-person clash between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic rival …
The establishment of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) has received legal backing with the passage of the Public Financial Management (PFM) Act, Act 921.
Clauses 45 to 53 of the new Act makes provision for cash and asset management by …
MTN Group Ltd. shares slumped the most in almost two months after Nigerian lawmakers raised new allegations about the wireless carrier, this time accusing the company of illegally moving almost $14 billion out of its largest market.
Nig…
Vodafone Ghana has bagged two awards at the just ended CSR Excellence Awards held in Accra. The company was voted the best in *Health* and *Safety and Wellbeing*.
The awards ceremony, organised by the Centre for Corporate Social Respons…
With the Nigerian economy in recession, support for Small & Medium Businesses could be one of the key ingredients to carrying the country through these tough times. Assisting them should become a priority for big business and government.
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On Tuesday, the 20th of September, 2016, students of the Spiritan University College benefited from the Student and Youth Entrepreneurs’ Network (SYENet) entrepreneurship program dubbed Rock Your World hosted in partnership with the Local …
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has called for bold action to light up Africa within the next 10 years.
“Ten years is the timeframe. We need to take Africa out of the darkness. Period,” he told a pa…
Fitch Ratings, an international credit rating agency, has assigned Ghana’s USD750million six-year 9.25 per cent senior unsecured notes a final rating of ‘B’.
Credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other inves…
A Vietnamese Trade and Investment delegation is in Ghana, to explore opportunities in rice production/farming, processing, storage, marketing and distribution.
The trip is being organised by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vietnam a…
The 2016 Africa Oil Week (Africa-OilWeek.com) showcases 130 speakers with a high-quality exhibition, plus special features, cocktail receptions and dinners, five days of networking, state/corporate delegations, and much more – all inclusiv…
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, good morning, everybody! Let me begin by thanking Mayor Bloomberg -- not just for the introduction but for the incredible work that Bloomberg Philanthropies is doing, not just in helping this event but for all the …
MTN Business is taking provision of business solutions to the next level in its maiden Housing and Hospitality fair scheduled to take place on 29th September, 2016.
The fair, which is targeted at players within the hospitality and housing…
Vodafone Ghana is rewarding 750, 000 customers nationwide in a 90-day promotion dubbed “Yee Twi K? reloaded.” This follows the success of last year’s “Yee Twi K?” promotion which rewarded close to 180,000 customers with exciting cash prize…
As part of efforts to get closer to cherished clients, telecommunication giant, Vodafone Ghana has taken the reloaded edition of its flagship promo “Yee Twi K? reloaded” to the people of Ashaiman.
The promo, which is Vodafone’s way of s…
One hundred and five health personnel from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have been deployed in the sub-region as standby forces to respond to outbreak of diseases and emergencies situations in member countries.
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The overall level of economic freedom in Ghana has grown higher than the country’s neighbours, says the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom released by Heritage Foundation at Institute of Economic Affairs.
The Washington based organisation s…
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture has launched the Coastal Sanitation Module at Abotoase in the Biakoye District of the Volta Region.
Mr Kobla Bechem, the Chief Executive Officer of YEA, sa…
The Ghana Social Opportunities Project (GSOP) has rehabilitated 67 dams and dugouts in communities in the Upper East Region to assist rural famers to undertake dry season farming.
Most of the rehabilitated dams were completely broken do…
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), a civil society organisation, says as the nation prepares for the December polls, there is the need for political parties to show enough commitment to continue with the constitutional amendme…
Mr.Daniel Owiredu Board Chairman of the GCBMr. Daniel Owiredu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the GCB Bank, has strongly defended the processes and procedures used by the bank to grant loan facilities to its customers and the genera…
The government has signed the security package agreement with the World Bank (WB) amounting to US$700 million for the Offshore Cape Three Points Project Known as the Sankofa Gye Nyame Gas Project, meeting the key final deliverable under th…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced plans to increase the minimum capital requirement of the thirty-two universal banks in the country.
The Governor of the BoG, Dr Abdul Nashiru Issahaku who disclosed this at the 16th annual working l…
Unilever Ghana has conducted fields sales accreditation programmes for some of its key Direct Sales Representatives (DSR) across the country.
The exercise was aimed at developing the skills and capabilities of its key partners, in line …
The introduction of a new clearance system enabled the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority to exceed the revenue target by 26 percent in 2015. According to the Division the "single window system" introduced by the government …
Volume traded at the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) hit 32,649 shares which were valued at GH? 128,171.34 at the close of trade on September 22, a stock market analysis paper made available to the Ghana News Agency, said.
Nordea Capital is…
As the September 26 to 28 “informal” meeting of OPEC producers in Algeria draws near, media speculation could easily cause mental anguish. On oil news websites simultaneous headlines claim OPEC will both fail and succeed in capping output.…
Ghana could become the fourth biggest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa by 2020 once two new offshore fields come on stream, to push total output above 240,000 barrels per day (bpd), pan-African bank Ecobank has said.
The country produ…
Inflation shouldn’t be new to you if you have followed this column for a while. Time and again, l have had to look at issues surrounding inflation because it affects almost everything around us, as far as economics is concerned.
But do …
The ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) which was introduced in February this year is collapsing the renewable energy industry, the General Secretary of the Renewable Energy Association, Mr Enoch Yeboah Agyepong, has said.
He explained …
The payment of beneficiaries of the Ghana Social Opportunity Project (GSOP) via e-zwich has seen phenomenal growth, rising from GH?38, 000 in February 2015 to GH?3.8 million paid in August this year.
The volume of e-zwich transactions h…
The prospect of gas production in the country looks very bright as Ghana is set to produce about 300 million cubic feet of gas daily by 2018 from its oil and gas fields.
This comes on the heels of major exploration activities commencing…
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