The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will on Wednesday, September 21, 2016, sign an agreement with a consortium of banks for a loan facility of US$1.8 billion to be used to finance cocoa purchases in the 2016/17 cocoa season.
Already, a team…
MTN has said it will continue to invest in its network to enable its subscribers to enjoy continuous quality data and voice services at all times.
The Senior Manager, Corporate Communications of MTN, Mrs Georgina Fiagbenu, said this dur…
Ghana plans to issue its first domestic investor only dollar bond next month in efforts to deepen the government’s financing streams and bolster the local bond market, Finance Minister Seth Terkper has said.
The two-year bond with a tar…
As part of efforts to get closer to its 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…
Organisers of the annual Ghana Economic Forum (GEF) has introduced an awards scheme to honor and encourage individuals and businesses contributing in diverse ways to advance the Ghanaian economy.
Known as the Ghana Economic Forum Excell…
Olam Ghana Limited, a leading supply chain manager of agri-products and one of Ghana’s top cocoa buying organisations, received a thumps up for its value additions to the cocoa industry in the country.
The Deputy CEO of Ghana COCOBOD, J…
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has introduced an online validation and contribution report submission through its website. The initiative is to enable customers to avoid queuing for long periods in transactions.
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German multinational polymer specialist, REHAU AG & Co, is set to increase investment in Ghana to set up a warehouse and a fabrication factory to support its operations in the country.
The company, which has been prospecting the Ghanaia…
Indigenous cable manufacturing giant, Reroy Cables Limited have been enrolled into the Ghana Club 100 ranking for the first time at the 15th edition of the awards ceremony held in Accra, a couple of weeks ago.
The Ghana Club 100 ranking…
The World Trade Centre (WTC) Accra, is organising a trade and investment mission to China for 20 participants to explore business opportunities for the mutual benefits of the two countries.
The 12-day trip, from September 19 to October …
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in collaboration with the Ghana Revenue Authority is to hold a five-day training workshop in Accra, for Trade Facilitation stakeholders.
The workshop, sponsored by West Blue Consulting u…
Energy Bank has welcomed 30 National Service personnel posted to the Bank for the 2016/17 service year, with a call on them to inculcate the values of integrity and excellence during their stay.
In an orientation programme/reception org…
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has slapped the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) with a fine of GH¢ 202,640 for breaching its statutory obligations to customers. The PURC has therefore asked the ECG to pay the amount by…
The Chief Executive Officer of the BEIGE Group, Mr Mike Nyinaku, says in spite of the challenges that have plagued microfinance institutions “all is not lost for microfinance institutions”.
He believes microfinance institutions have not…
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has threatened to withdraw the licences of four insurance companies that have shown "clear signs" of not being able to meet the new capital requirement .
The four are among eight other insurers th…
Graduates taking part in the Kosmos Innovation Centre (KIC) project aimed at forming partnerships to tackle challenges in the agricultural sector of the country have vowed not to abandon their entrepreneurial projects even if they do not w…
One major business of the people of the Ehi Traditional Area in the Ketu North District in the Volta Region is cassava processing, which creates jobs for women and the youth.
However, according to the Dufia of Ehi, Togbui Dzeble-Adukpo …
The Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Ing. Owura Kwaku Sarfo, has given an assurance that workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will not lose their jobs under the concession agreement to br…
Tigo Ghana is set to pay about GH¢1million as interest to 1.2 customers of its mobile money service across the country in the first tranche of the electronic money payment. According to the company, interest payments for about 650,000 Tigo…
Harare (AFP) - Zimbabwe said Thursday it will introduce next month "bond notes" equivalent to the US dollar, sparking fears of a return to the hyperinflation that wrecked the economy several years ago.
The southern African nation, led b…
Indonesia's tax office will investigate Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google for suspected unpaid taxes from billions of dollars worth of advertising revenue, a senior finance ministry official said on Thursday.
Muhammad Hanif, head of the s…
The world’s biggest investment banks saw combined revenues sink by 15 per cent in the first half of this year, the most since the aftermath of the financial crisis, underlining the urgency of taking radical measures to boost returns to sha…
The Financial Inclusion Advocacy Centre, in collaboration with the Ghana Microfinance Institutions Network (GHAMFIN), is set to establish a financial inclusion fund that will provide cheap lending funds to microfinance institutions and rur…
One of the enduring features of oil markets is a tendency to over-analyze and interpret every word uttered by the various players, with the current debate over a mooted output freeze being the latest case in point.
But perhaps it's time…
Poultry farmers in the country are calling on all political parties to unveil their plans to revamp the ailing poultry industry ahead of the December 7 general election. They have subsequently written to all the 25 registered political par…
Vodafone Ghana has announced that it is paying close to half a million Ghana cedis as interest payments to its customers. The amount is significant, especially as Vodafone Cash, the telecom company’s Mobile Money service, started operating…
Enterprise Group has announced the appointment of Mrs. Jacqueline Benyi as Executive Director of Enterprise Life.
Mrs. Benyi takes over from Mr. C.C. Bruce (Jnr) who has been elevated to the position of the Chief Operations Officer of…
SIC Life Savings and Loans Company Limited has been awarded the 2016 West Africa SME Award of Excellence, as “Ghana’s Fastest Growing Savings and Loans Company For Enterprise Development”.
This was at the 2nd West Africa SME Conferenc…
SIC Life Savings and Loans, on the 26th and 27th of April 2016, joined other participants at the just ended SME Financing Fair organised by the Youth Enterprise Support, at the Accra International Conference Centre.
The programme, which…
Enterprise Life for the fourth consecutive time, maintained its enviable position as the highest ranked insurance company in 2014. This was made known at the Ghana Club 10 awards ceremony held on Thursday October 22, 2015 at the Banquet Ha…
Enterprise Life’s radio advert “Tomorrow Is not Promised “was adjudged the overall best Radio Commercial of the year 2014 by the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG). This was announced at the just ended awards ceremony held on Sa…
Enterprise Group Ltd. held its Fifth Annual General Meeting on Thursday 18th June 2015 at the Accra International Conference Center.
Despite the challenging business environment in 2014, Enterprise Group posted impressive results for …
Enterprise Life in partnership with Sanlam, one of the largest financial service groups in South Africa will on this Thursday, March 26, 2015 cut sod for the construction of a social Centre for the children of the SOS Children’s village in…
In a ceremony held at the Banquet Hall in Accra on 18th October 2014, Enterprise Insurance was crowned the Insurance Company of the Year 2013, by the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG). Enterprise Life was also awarded the Insu…
For two consecutive years, 2012 and 2013, Enterprise life a subsidiary of Enterprise Group, can now boast as the most efficient life insurer in the country: The revelation follows a life insurance survey that has been conducted by the Busi…
Enterprise Group Limited has sold a 40% minority stake in its subsidiary Enterprise Insurance Company Limited, to Sanlam Emerging Markets Proprietary Limited of South Africa (“Sanlam”), subject to regulatory approvals.
Sanlam is an ex…
Airtel Ghana, in partnership with MicroEnsure and Enterprise Life, has launched a free insurance product for Airtel customers. Airtel Insurance offers Airtel customers life, accidental permanent disability and hospitalisation insurance wit…
Enterprise Life for the third time running has maintained its enviable position in the Ghana Club 100 rankings. This was made known at the awards ceremony held on Friday 18th October, 2013 at the Banquet Hall- State House, here in Accra,…
Enterprise life has held its third in a series of Golf tournaments dubed the “Enterprise Life Invitational Golf Tournament” at the Ankobra Golf club in Bogosu
The event came off on the 1st September, 2013
Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) have been asked to institute Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Security Policies to ensure that risks associated with the implementation of ICT products are reduced to the minimum.
The…
Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) have been asked to institute Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Security Policies to ensure that risks associated with the implementation of ICT products are reduced to the minimum.
The…
Kosmos Energy, a leading independent oil and gas exploration and Production Company has marked one year of "zero lost time of injury" across its operations in the country.
Dr. Kwame Boakye-Agyei, Director for Health, Safety, Environm…
The Kintampo Mango Farmers Association (KIMFA) at the weekend called for a collaborative sub-regional level policy to control the fruit fly menace in sub-Saharan Africa.
The group, numbering more than 200, said the identification of …
The M/V Adobia, a first class multi-purpose cargo shipping vessel wholly owned by a Ghanaian, was launched in Tema at the weekend.
The shipping vessel whose acquisition was financed by UniBank, would help expand Ghanaian markets a…
US President Barack Obama will meet with leading lawmakers from both political parties on Friday to discuss 85 billion dollars in spending cuts that will go into effect on that same day, the White House said.
It would be the first face…
German anti-trust authorities on Wednesday approved the takeover of the Frankfurther Rundschau newspaper by the centre-right daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).
The Federal Cartel Office said there were no monopoly concerns for re…
Iraqi Airways was set Wednesday to relaunch service to neighbouring Kuawit with its first flight there since 1990, said a senior official at the state-owned carrier.
Iraq's Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in August 1990 after an oil disp…
Iraq's state-run airline on Wednesday resumed flight to Kuwait, a service halted after ousted President Saddam Hussein invaded the Gulf oil-rich state in 1990, an Iraqi official said.
"An Iraqi Airways plane made its first direct fli…
US-based construction equipment giant Caterpillar said Thursday it plans to cut 1,400 jobs at its plant in Belgium.
Company officials informed workers at the plant in the southern city of Charleroi, the Belga news agency reported.
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Members of the Simpaman Fishermen Association have appealed to the government to investigate how middle men manage to get large consignments of premix fuel and sell them exorbitantly to fishermen in Winneba and other coastal areas …
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