The average price of a litre of fuel in the UK is now around £1.28 for petrol and £1.34 for diesel. But how much it costs to fill up can vary from street to street and town to town. Fill in our fuel price calculator to see how what you pay…
The Founding Director and Chief Business Strategist of Inspire Africa Consult Limited, Mrs Mawuena Trebah, has said young graduates must be fully prepared for entrepreneurship instead of nursing unrealistic expectations.
She said there …
The Sissala East Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Karim Nanyua, has described as encouraging the ability of the Assembly to mobilise 50 percent of its yearly targeted revenue by April ending 2019.
He said efforts by the Assembly was encour…
The US has added more Chinese firms onto its so-called "entity list", only days before a G20 summit in Japan where US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are due to meet.
In May, the US added Huawei to a list of comp…
Five District Assemblies in the Northern Region have recorded increased revenue generation, which will enable them to undertake initiatives that will bring development to their people.
Representatives of the Assemblies, which included S…
Mr. Gilbert Bene-Pewudie, Volta Regional Manager of the Ghana Cooperative Credit Union Association (CUA) Limited has said the Association remained solid and would not fall victim to the Bank of Ghana's financial sector cleansing.
He the…
In what seemed to be a relatively quiet week, the stock market fell 18.08 points from the previous week’s 2,401.96 points. This led to a year-to-date loss of 7.32%.
The Financial Stock Index returned to losses after rallying two weeks…
Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG), a wholly owned Ghanaian Bank has launched a unique tagline as part of efforts to identify itself as a customer focused brand, a bank for all.
The all-inclusive tagline “We Stand With You,” seeks to underli…
…...customers to enjoy better internet experience
Telecom operator AirtelTigo is partnering with Huawei Technologies on a US$30 million network modernization project aimed to provide faster internet experience to customers.
Thro…
Ghana’s economy slowed in the 1st quarter of 2019
Significant losses in some financial stocks closed the GSE in the red.
Yields on 91-Day T-Bill upped by a basis point.
Cedi lost shine, failing to take advantage of the daunting ou…
Scientists from round the world are meeting in Germany to improve ways of making money from carbon dioxide.
They want to transform some of the CO2 that’s overheating the planet into products to benefit humanity.
They don’t claim the …
The Commissioner of the National Data Protection Commission, Madam Patricia Adusei-Poku, has urged organisations to comply with the Data Protection Act in all aspects of their operations.
Speaking to the media on Friday as a precursor t…
The state-owned Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) has launched a tag line to identify with its local customer base as “a customer-focused brand” and “a bank for all”.
The tag line: “We Stand With You”, seeks to underline the bank’s commitme…
The Mobile Industry has experienced over 2,000 incidents of fibre cuts and 600 incidents of theft at the mobile cell sites.
The phenomenon affected more than 18 million subscribers within the first half of this year alone, according to …
From sending special offers on restaurants to burger-loving current account holders to selling anonymized credit card records, banks are racing to monetize the huge troves of data they hold.
Wall Street trails Silicon Valley in using cu…
Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN Ghana) has held an event in Tamale to celebrate the 10th anniversary of operating and providing Mobile Money(MoMo) services to its customers in the country.
As part of the celebration, which took …
Management of Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) has hinted of a legal suit against private developers and road contractors who persistently cause damage to their fibre optic cables.
This, according to the company, had become neces…
Apple has joined a growing chorus of firms urging the Trump administration to drop a plan for more US tariffs on Chinese goods.
The US has said it may impose duties on $300bn (£236.1bn) worth of Chinese products if the two sides can't r…
Stanbic Bank Ghana has reiterated its keen interest in contributing to the development of the metals and mining industry in Ghana.
Juliet Sheiddy Akamboe, Manager, Client Coverage, Metals and Mining, Stanbic Bank Ghana, speaking on the …
Professor Godfred A. Bokpin, a Fellow of IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, has urged government to rationalise the many tax exemptions that are granted multinational companies.
Government should also explore and deepen efforts in m…
The abuse of agro-chemicals as well as using untrained hands to administer these chemicals on farm lands has been identified as a great bane to agricultural productivity, toxicity of the farm land, resulting in inadequate yields and climat…
Businesses are well-positioned to offer innovative solutions to key sustainable development challenges, particularly in meeting the infrastructure and connectivity needs of rural and urban communities, concluded the annual Asia-Pacific Bu…
Vodacom Group (‘the Group’) today announced a strategic repositioning of its Vodacom Business Africa operations that will result in three separate share purchase agreements involving its enterprise businesses in Nigeria, Zambia, Angola, Gh…
Claim: President Trump says the US economy is perhaps the greatest it's ever been.
He launched his 2020 re-election campaign at a rally in Florida with the familiar claim about the success of the economy under his administration.
Acc…
The former chief executive of Barclays, John Varley, has been acquitted of charges of conspiracy to commit fraud.
The Court of Appeal declined an application by the Serious Fraud Office to overturn a decision by Mr Justice Robert Jay th…
Asafo, one of the oldest communities in Kumasi, can become the game changer in the economy of the Ashanti Region and a beacon of hope for many unemployed youth, on the evidence of its booming printing and local footwear industry.
Virtua…
Mobile telecommunication network, Vodafone Ghana, has introduced Vodafone ‘Bossu’, a new offer empowering its customers to remain connected to their friends and families without worrying about the cost.
The product relies on the concept…
Mr. Firmin Nkamleu Ngassam, the Managing Director of solar energy designing, developing and installation company, Yingli Namene West Africa, has advised businesses in the country not to allow the upfront cost of solar plant installations t…
Market Summary
The GSE Composite Index fell by 8.52 points (-0.36%) to close at 2,389.54 with a YTD return of -7.10% while market capitalization decreased by -0.49% to settle at GH¢58.48 billion.
The GSE Financial Index moderated b…
The chief executive of Hornby has said the company was in "chaos" when he took over almost two years ago.
Lyndon Davies, who was appointed in October 2017, said that the senior management had to be removed as they did not understand the…
Bank of Scotland has been fined £45.5m for failing to alert authorities to early indications of a fraud which ended with the jailing of six people.
The fine relates to activity in 2007 by Lynden Scourfield, the head of the bank's Impair…
Aerospace firms are joining forces to tackle their industry's growing contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, with electric engines seen as one solution. But will this be enough to offset the growing demand for air travel?
This week's…
Bank of England Governor Mark Carney gave Facebook's proposed digital currency Libra a cautious welcome in a major speech on Thursday.
He said it could substantially lower costs and increase financial inclusion, but needs regulation.
…
Revenue collected from the use of vehicles with engine capacities of 2.9 litres and above yielded only GH¢30.19 million in the first quarter of this year.
This is against a target of GH¢136.53 million, a shortfall of GH¢106.34 million w…
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta is urging African states to spare no effort at growing the African Development Bank (AfDB) as the largest provider of capital to the continent.
He says the very essence of ongoing integration efforts wh…
The aim of the Parque Agro-industrial de Moamba (PAM) agricultural project is to build reliable and resilient food production capacity in Mozambique
AGCO (www.AGCOCorp.com) and AT Capital S.A have signed a memorandum of understanding to…
Airbus called on Thursday for a chance to compete for a blockbuster plane order by British Airways owner IAG which stunned industry executives at this week’s Paris Airshow by ordering 200 of Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX.
Airbus launched a …
The Clydesdale Bank is set to continue issuing bank notes, despite the business being rebranded as Virgin Money.
We look back at some of the innovations by Scottish banks which have changed the face of cash down the centuries.
The fa…
Emirates has made a network-wide commitment to reduce single-use plastics on board its aircraft in line with the airline's ongoing sustainability efforts.
A statement from the Airline said as of June 1, eco-friendly paper straws have be…
Government has urged mining companies, service providers and stakeholders to pursue and adopt appropriate technology to improve performance of the sector.
The technology will help in improving the operations of mining companies and in p…
The Ghana Cocoa Board has announced the opening of the 2019 light crop cocoa season with purchases, beginning on Friday June 21, 2019.
A statement signed and copied to the Ghana News Agency by Dr Emmanuel A. Opoku, the Deputy Chief Exe…
The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) and popular food chain KFC have teamed up to promote the use of gh-link cards for payments. The move is part of efforts to promote electronic payments and reduce the use of cash.
…
Mrs. Doreen Asumang-Yeboah, Networking and Advocacy Expert at Tropenbos Ghana, has stressed the need for active involvement and participation of cocoa farmers in the implementation of the Cocoa and Forest Initiative to achieve the desired …
Two companies were on Wednesday awarded a grant of $478,180 under the second phase of the Remittance Grant Facility (RGF) challenge.
The beneficiary companies are Nsano Group, and IT Consortium Limited, all financial technology services…
Fiaseman Rural Bank Limited made a pre-tax profit of GH?6,007, 260 in 2018 representing 29 per cent as against GH?4,659,640 in 2017.
Osagyefo Amanfo Edu VI, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank, made this known at the 31st An…
The Akosombo Textiles Limited (ATL) is currently not in a situation that could be described as facing the risk of total collapse, Mr John Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, the Minister of Trade and Industry, assured Parliament on Wednesday, in Accra…
Ghana's economy grew 6.7 per cent year-on-year in the first three months of 2019 compared to 5.4 per cent in the same period last year, the Ghana Statistical Service said on Wednesday.
The quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted growth r…
BIGGER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER
Africa Sales at Parallel Wireless is of the opinion that network automation driven by innovation and is what is needed to drive Africa's communications forward. The mobile telecommunications industry is busy …
African Development Bank, Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) and the German Cooperation (BMZ/GIZ) host International Workshop on Africa’s Trade Finance Market
The workshop, themed: “The Consolidation of International Correspondent B…
Vivo Energy Ghana is sponsoring two hardworking Shell retailers, together with their spouses and a service champion for a sterling business performance and demonstrating a customer centric approach to their business.
Mr. Augustine Osei-…
