Beverage companies in the country must take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) initiative to export to other African markets, Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mark Okraku-Mantey.
He said with th…
The key highlight of Absa Bank’s soil-turning event was three mounds of soil. These mounds had been placed concertedly in the middle of the vast compound that is to house Absa Bank’s new Head office in Ghana.
They had been carefully cur…
SIC Insurance Plc, Ghana’s largest General insurer, has announced a dividend of 0.0153 per ordinary share, representing GH¢3million for the financial period ended December 31, 2020.
Notwithstanding the challenges faced by businesses due…
Chemico Ltd. pledges more support to CRIG to enhance cocoa production
Ghana’s leading Agro-inputs company, Chemico Limited, has pledged its commitment to support the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (GRIG) to enhance its research activ…
The government is projecting the creation of over 280,000 jobs with the operationalization of all the 278 factories under the One District One Factory policy.
According to the Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, over 153,0…
The government remains committed to the development of the requisite skills needed to enhance local content and local participation in the country's oil and gas industry.
According to the Ministry of Energy, the robust petroleum sector …
The all new Nissan NAVARA double-cabin pickup was at the weekend launched in Accra onto the Ghanaian automobile industry by Auto Parts Limited, the sole authorised distributors of Nissan vehicles in the country.
The 2.5-litre turbo d…
The African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) (www.AVCA-africa.org) and the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp) are pleased to release the first ever report on Nigerian Pension funds engagement with pr…
Board members and company executives can be held liable for an increasing range of scenarios. Today’s market volatility, with the increased threat of asset bubbles and inflation, the prospect of a growing number of insolvencies due to the …
2021’s most exciting, effective new approaches to teaching and learning have been announced by QS Quacquarelli Symonds and The Wharton School, after a gruelling competition comprising eight months, 1350 applicants, and five rounds of close…
The management of Alitheia IDF (AIF), Africa's first women-led and women-focused private equity fund, has announced the final close of the $100 million fund with European Investment Bank (EIB) joining as the closing investor with $24.…
The expected lifecycle of an AC drive is long and contains diverse phases, each with different characteristics and requirements. From engineering and dimensioning for a new installation through procurement, delivery and installation to the…
To spur private sector growth and promote access to finance in Kenya, including for women-owned businesses and businesses focused on addressing climate change, IFC announced today a partnership with Bank of Africa Kenya (BOA Kenya).
Thr…
European clubs accounted for 95.8% of total spent on intermediaries; Spending on intermediaries remained stable, while transfer fees decreased for second year in a row; FIFA (www.FIFA.com) implementing comprehensive transfer system reform.…
Corporate sustainability moves from the sidelines to centre stage; Big businesses embracing a triple bottom line see positive business returns; Growing commitment by corporates to helping achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
Opening up Africa’s borders to travel will drive investment and an economic rebound, according to the authors of the 2021 Africa Visa Openness Index (bit.ly/3IPoRkJ).
Published yearly since 2016, the Index measures African count…
An innovative programme aimed at giving small and medium enterprises and start-ups in some Sahel countries access to finance and the skills needed to promote their development has been introduced.
Dubbed “Investisseurs and Partenaires (…
Upfield, the global leader in plant-based nutrition has announced the launch of the first phase of its Shea Sustainability Initiative in West Africa, which will restore about 150 hectares of savannah parkland in the North East Region of Gh…
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has celebrated various stakeholders at its 30th anniversary awards and dinner night, which was rescheduled due to COVID-19 last year.
Long-serving staff and various stakeholders who have contributed in di…
Ghana's consumer price inflation was 12.2% in November 2021 compared with 11.0% in October 2021, the country's Statistical Service has said.
According to the Ghana Statistical Service data, November was the sixth month in a row that inf…
Access Bank Ghana Plc, has lauded AsanteheneOtumfuoOsei Tutu II for his commitment to Ghana’s peace since ascending the throne two decades ago.
Speaking at the launch of the Commemorative Gold Coins in honour of Otumfuo’s standing leg…
Mr Kwame Jantuah, Chairman of the Oil and Gas Sector of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), says the introduction of e-levy can collapse businesses in the private sector of the economy.
He said though the levy if managed well c…
The Vice President of Sierra Leone, Dr Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh, on Monday, toured some operational areas of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCO).
He was accompanied by the Sierra Leonean Minister for Energy, Alhaji Kanja Sesay, Sierra …
The Department of Agriculture of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has embarked on programmes to promote backyard agriculture, enhance food security and job creation through innovative technologies in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Muni…
The Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) and Mondelez International Cocoa Life, a global organisation, yesterday (Monday) launched a project to support 436 youth to venture into businesses in the cocoa sector.
Under the one-year project nam…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the Western Region on Friday declared that it required a robust system to forestall any spillage from the oil and gas activities along Ghana’scoast.
The EPA assured the public that it was dev…
The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and Africa50 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to initiate a new phase in the launch of the Millennium Impact for Infrastructure Accelerator (MIIA) Africa.
The new MIIA-Africa platform…
Wilmar Africa Limited, producers of Frytol Vegetable Oil and Fortune Rice wins three awards at the just ended 10th AGI Ghana Industry & Quality Awards’ 2021; held at the Grande Arena in Accra, on Saturday, November 27, 2021.
Wilmar Afri…
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) is dissatisfied with the results of the government’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme.
The union says the intervention has failed and unless it is reviewed and a new stra…
The Finance Ministry says all the processes for the collection of the proposed Electronic levy (e-levy) on mobile money transactions, bank transfers and inward remittances will be done by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
The Ministry,…
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture says steps are being taken to restrict the movement of maize and other grains from Ghana to other parts of the sub-region.
This follows consistent complaints of a lack of maize, in parti…
Enterprise Group on December 14, 2021, donated GHS 30,000.00 to the Caring Sisters of Anlo as a contribution to their work helping affected children of the recent tidal waves disaster in the Anlo district, Keta, and Ketu South municipali…
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) has appointed Shanil Williams as new Chief Underwriting Officer Corporate. In this role, he will join the AGCS SE Board of Management with effect on January 1, 2022, subject to regulatory appr…
Blue California announced the expansion of its natural flavor and fragrance portfolio of captive ingredients by producing a clean, sustainable nerolidol.
Nerolidol is a rare sesquiterpene alcohol ubiquitous in nature and found in many f…
The transition from the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to the African Union (AU) highlighted the need to promote African integration and the African continent ‘as one’ on the international stage, defend Africa’s common interests and s…
Now is the time to save big on Samsung’s well-loved range of high-quality home products. You can now bring the very best of Samsung’s famous innovations home – and pay less. The Samsung End of Year Sale is your chance to find incredible de…
Accountants in Africa have been advised to move from imitating ‘best practices’ to set their own standards.
Speaking at an Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) Virtual Africa Members Convention themed Repositioning the …
KGL Group, a world-class brand and one of the leading private sector companies in Africa, has acquired the first-ever 24- carat commemorative gold coin for GH¢1 million in support of the establishment of a cultural resource centre which wi…
Iron ore has been discovered in commercial quantities in the Oti Region. It is at Akokrowa, a farming community in the Oti Region.
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor disclosed this when he toured the area…
A Deputy Minister of Finance, Mrs Abena Osei-Asare, has said 31 upstream companies are yet to pay corporate taxes as captured in the 2020 Auditor General’s Report because they are either in exploration or development stages in their operat…
Ing. Magnus Lincoln Quarshie, the newly elected President of the Ghana Consulting Engineers Association Association (GCEA), has called on the government and other stakeholders to involve local consulting engineering as lead firms and promo…
Mining companies must take strategic advantage of the price boom and by extension increased margins from last year and this year to invest in modern infrastructure and expand existing ones, General Secretary of the Ghana Mine Workers’ Unio…
The country’s economic outlook for 2022 is positive although, there are some potential risks which should be closely monitored, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, has said.
He said uncertainties surrounding food prices,…
The Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC), a non-profit organisation that invests in young entrepreneurs and small businesses, has held its first pitch in the 2021 AgriTech Challenge Pro Competition.
The competition is an acceleration progra…
With a little over 3 months to the end of the ongoing SIM registration exercise, the CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications Ing. Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey says his members are committed to helping government achieve its ambitious target…
The global renewable energy market which is currently valued at over $928 billion is expected to cross the $1.5 trillion threshold by 2025, Project Manager for the Renewable Energy Development and Acceleration Project (REDAP), Mr Odjobi Kw…
Fruit processors in the country are processing less than their installed capacities due to delays in payment from buyers, quality standard issues, the seasonality of the fruits supplied to the companies among other factors.
Consequently…
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is urging tomato traders in the country to desist from travelling to Burkina-Faso to buy tomatoes this festive season as local producers will be able to supply enough to meet their demand.
The Tomato…
African CEOS expressed optimism about their business and economic growth over the next 12-18 months. A new survey of African CEOs from 46 countries conducted by PAFTRAC, the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee, found…
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