KOFARB Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of KOFARB Poland, has launched a range of environmentally-friendly paint products that can be used in domestic and industrial applications.
The product range which comes with a six-year warranty includ…
Finance and Economic Ministers and Central Bank Governors in West Africa have expressed reservations about the recent renaming of the common currency for member countries in the Francophone zone (CFA?Franc) to ECO.
They described the ac…
The Ghana Revenue Authority exceeded its revenue collection target for last year by 3.2 per cent, the first time in two years.
The authority collected GH¢43.76 billion for the year under review, as against a target of GH¢42.08 billion, …
Mundipharma today announced a partnership with Samsung Bioepis to commercialize Samsung Bioepis’ first-wave biosimilar candidates in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
The partnership covers Samsung Bioepis’ biosimilar candidates in the field of imm…
Paxful, a global peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace, has announced its official 2019 growth metrics.
On the heels of a November high, in which the company saw nearly $30 million in P2P Bitcoin trades—a steady uphill trend since the platfo…
Africa has experienced a decade of near stagnation in per capita GDP
Impacted by prolonged trade disputes, the global economy suffered its lowest growth in a decade, slipping to 2.3 per cent in 2019. The world, however, could see a sli…
North West homebuyers scoop biggest share of Help to Buy Isa bonuses
Savers in the North West took greatest advantage of the Help to Buy Individual Savings Account (Isa), designed to assist young people own their first home, according…
About three million visitors are participating in the 25th edition of the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) currently on-going in Dubai.
The DSF which commenced December 26 will end on February 1, 2020, with Ghanaian shoppers being key targ…
Asia's richest man has scored two major wins in his ambition to dominate the Indian telecoms market.
The main competitors to Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio have been told they must pay the bulk of almost $13bn (£10bn) to the government in…
Professor Juventus Benogle Ziem, a Microbiology Professor at the School of Medical Health, University for Development Studies (UDS), has stated that farming is not the preserve of the uneducated and poor people in society.
He said it sh…
The three-tier pension system will enhance pension benefits and increase retirement income security for workers both in the formal and informal sectors of the economy and improve on the nation's economic future.
Mr Hayford Attah Krufi, …
Mr Charles Adu Boahen, a Deputy Minister for Finance, said government's quest to take Ghana out of the aid dependency syndrome was on course.
Speaking at the plenary session of the maiden edition of the Results Fair organised by the Min…
The Sefwi- Waiwso District office of the Small Tax office of the Ghana Revenue Authority(GRA) has exceeded its revenue target for the 2019 fiscal year.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), the District Manager, Mr Jojo Abraham Justi…
The Accra Mining Network (AMN), an association of professional miners in the country, has honoured Mr. Daniel Owiredu, President and Chairman of the Local Board of Directors of Golden Star Resources, for the enormous contribution he has ma…
It has emerged at a public hearing of a Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) that the Eastern Region is leading, among the regions of Ghana, on infractions on the management and utilisation of District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF…
Dr Ernest Addison, Governor, Bank of Ghana (BoG), has urged owners and directors of banks and other financial institutions to strictly adhere to corporate governance standards to avert challenges that have bewildered the sector in recent y…
The city of Bordeaux in France will host the 28th edition of the Africa-France summit on sustainable cities from June 4 to June 6 this year.
A statement issued by the Embassy of France in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency said t…
The benchmark index advanced by 13.48 points (+0.60%) on the back of upward price movements in CAL Bank (+10.00%) and MTN Ghana (+1.45%) to close at 2,257.45 with a 0.01% year-to-date return while market capitalization increased by 0.24% t…
The Jospong Group of Companies says it is moving into Nigeria and Liberia as part of its objectives to go international and consolidate its presence on the African continent.
This will bring to seven the number of African countries it h…
The Ghana Stock Exchange on Wednesday listed Dannex Ayrton Starwin Plc on its official list, following the merger of the three local pharmaceutical companies.
With the listing Ayrton and Starwin, which hitherto traded on the Exchange in…
Professor Kwadwo Adinkra-Appiah, the Vice-Chancellor of the Sunyani Technical University, has said there is the need for extensive skills development of the workforce in the effort to attain the objectives of Ghana Beyond Aid.
He said t…
ASKY Airlines has commenced its first flight from Lomé, Togo to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from January 15, 2020, which is also to mark the tenth anniversary commemoration of the airline.
A statement issued by Management of the Airline a…
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) says it will deploy an Automatic Tank Gauging and Stock Management and Monitoring Systems at all petroleum retail outlets across the country, this year.
The system will give the NPA and the Ghana R…
Mr. Kofi Bentil, Senior Vice President, IMANI Africa, a policy think tank, says the country needs service-minded leaders to achieve the Ghana Beyond Aid agenda.
"We need to produce leaders who will be dedicated and patriotic to their jo…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Wednesday called on the Police Service to help it to identify hidden and unlicensed financial institutions that might be operating secretly and possibly taking advantage of vulnerable customers.
Mrs Elsie Addo…
The German Government has given Ghana 250 million Euros to upgrade and expand the country's electricity transmission infrastructure.
The arrangement evolves from Germany's Compact with Africa programme, where the European nation has put…
The US and China have signed an agreement aimed at easing a trade war that has rattled markets and weighed on the global economy.
Speaking in Washington, US President Donald Trump said the pact would be "transformative" for the US econo…
The government has started constructing greenhouses to start the development of vegetable seeds to help boost Ghana’s vegetable cut flower production sector.
Three of the greenhouses are at various levels of completion, with the first o…
Ghana will join other African countries for the first ever UK-Africa Investment Summit which is scheduled for January 20, this year, in London.
The summit is expected to showcase UK’s unique offer to Africa and build strong partnerships…
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says it was likely the 2020 Population and Housing Census which had been scheduled to take place in March 2020 would be moved forward by “a couple of months”.
In a press statement issued Wednesday eve…
Orange Money’s e-wallets will enable users to fulfill their financial commitments via a wide range of digital solutions easily and securely
Orange (Orange.jo) Jordan officially launched its mobile e-wallet service, Orange Money, during …
The African Development Bank has allocated a €1.2 million grant to provide training to help resource-rich countries improve their mining revenues.
The Bank’s Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery Complex approved…
African Development Fund Board approves $37.2 million in credit risk participations by the Private Sector Credit Enhancement Facility for non-sovereign operations in Kenya, Sudan and Senegal
The Board of Directors of the African D…
Dansoman Community Set To Benefit from A Multipurpose ICT Library And Robotics Center Courtesy MTN Ghana Foundation
The MTN Ghana Foundation together with the Minister of Communication Hon. Ursula Owusu – Ekuful have inspected progres…
The UK's inflation rate fell to its lowest for more than three years in December, increasing speculation that interest rates could be cut.
The rate dropped to 1.3% last month, down from 1.5% in November, partly due to a fall in the pric…
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen thinks that it is an indictment on the part of Ghana not to think beyond cocoa.
According to him, the time has come for the country not to overly depend on cocoa for its…
Rice millers in the country were unable to meet the demand for milled local rice during the Christmas and New Year festivities due to financial constraints.
According to them, they had the capacity to mill but they lacked the funds to b…
Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana (UG), has challenged government to promote the adoption of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) towards achieving the Ghana Beyond Agend…
Emeritus Professor Brian H. Roberts, the Director of Urban Frontiers, Australia, an urban systems management consultancy firm, has said 40 per cent of the routine labour intensive jobs performed currently will disappear within two decades.…
Mr Asante K Berko, former Executive Director of Goldman Sachs International, in London, United Kingdom is the new Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR).
Mr Berko takes over from Mr Isaac Osei who resigned effective from Janua…
Mr Jonathan Teye Doku, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Ningo-Prampram, has repeated an appeal to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to establish offices in the district to …
Mr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, Acting Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has led a delegation on a familiarisation visit of three key Olam facilities in the company's packaged foods business.
Accompanied by senior o…
Mr Daniel Wilson Addo, the Managing Director (MD) of Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) Limited, has expressed commitment of the bank to partner customers to provide differentiated banking service in northern Ghana.
The indigenous Ghanaian u…
Dr Charles Adu Boahen, a Deputy Minister of Finance, on Tuesday, said the banking sector clean-up exercise was already yielding positive results.
This, he said, led to the recording by mid-year, a year-on-year after tax profit growth o…
Mr Ian Walker, British High Commissioner to Ghana, says widening of the tax net was one of the surest ways to achieve the "Ghana beyond Aid Agenda".
He said for Ghana to be self-sufficient, she has to broaden its tax base by extending t…
The Sekyere Rural Bank has recorded a huge profit growth of 481 percent in the 2018 financial year.
The Bank's profit before tax this year hit a record high of GH¢ 1,170,166.00 as against the loss of GH¢ 306,932.00 which occurred in 201…
Highlights vision and focus on public cloud innovation
GlobalData, a world-leading analytics company and one of the largest data and insights solution providers, has named Optiva a market disruptor. The GlobalData report cited Optiva's …
Mr. Romeo Richlove Kweku Seshie has been appointed as the new CEO of Quick Credit and Investment Micro-Credit Limited, An over ten year micro credit company regulated by the Bank of Ghana.
Until his appointment as the CEO of Quick Credi…
The GSE Composite Index was up 3.79 points (+0.17%) to close at 2,255.92 with a -0.05% year-to-date return as Enterprise Group (+13.94%) emerged as the lone gainer Market capitalization increased by 0.001% to settle at GH¢56.78 billion.
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