The Spare Parts Dealers Association of Ghana has called on the government not to introduce new taxes in the impending 2022 budget.
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to give present the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic …
In recent times, the concept of Real Estate has become prevalent in Ghana. Kass Towers is an iconic beautiful Airport City luxury apartments and penthouses with panoramic views of the Airport area.
Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Kadir Yad…
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Enterprise Value (EV): Enterprise value (EV) is a measure of a company's total value. EV includes in its calculation the market capitalization of a company but also short-term and long-term debt as well as an…
The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, and Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry, have bolstered their decade-long strategic partnership…
Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT) (the “company”), today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Findaway, a global leader in digital audiobook distribution. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Togeth…
Vivo Energy Ghana, the marketer and distributor of Shell branded fuels and lubricants has appointed Kader Maiga as its new Managing Director following Ben Hassan Ouattara’s end of tenure.
Mr. Maiga comes on board with over 20 years’ exp…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vodafone Ghana, Patricia Obo-Nai, has tasked policymakers to make fundamental changes to Africa’s macroeconomic environment to position the continent as a preferred investment destination.
According …
AstraZeneca has started to move away from providing its Covid-19 vaccine to countries on a not-for-profit basis.
The drugs giant has signed a series of for-profit agreements for next year, and expects to make a modest income from the va…
On November 17, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to present the budget statement for the 2022 fiscal year.
Ahead of this presentation, stakeholders are hopeful that issues such as Ghana’s debt sustainability, illicit fi…
Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr. John Kwakye is asking the government to adopt pragmatic measures in the 2022 budget to seal all loopholes in Ghana’s tax system to rake in more revenue for development.
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The Africa Technovate Awards and Fair 2021 has been rescheduled from its initial date, November 26 and 27, 2021 to February 2022.
According to a press statement issued by the event organiser, Africa Integrated Development and Communica…
A new version of the locally made soap, "alata samina", otherwise known as Black Soap has been launched at a ceremony in Senase in the Berekum East Municipality in the Bono Region.
The soap is manufactured with ingredients such as coco…
The Director-General of the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA), Mr Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, has asked leaders of state institutions and corporate entities to put in place progressive systems to make their organisations grow and…
The Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says the 2022 budget will focus on creating an enabling environment for young entrepreneurs in the country to develop and grow their businesses.
Youth entrepreneurship has become topi…
The leadership of the Akwamu transport unions, namely Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Co-operative Society and Progressive Transport Association (PROTOA) have appealed to the Asuogyaman District Assembly and the Ghana Police Se…
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* Total revenue growth of 9.5 percent in 3Q 2021
* 3Q 2021 operating profit increases 11.3 percent to 3.2 billion euros
* 3Q 2021 net income attributable to shareholders up 2.3 percent at 2.1 billion euros
* 9M 2021 …
Finalists to compete for the top prize and could be inducted into the coveted Ecobank Fintech Fellowship to pursue commercial partnerships with the Ecobank Group (www.Ecobank.com), with access to 33 presence markets across Africa; opportun…
The final day of African Energy Week 2021’s conference and exhibition featured a spotlight on South Sudan – sponsored by Trinity Energy – and the critical and lucrative role that the international community can play in building the nation …
Present in Africa for more than 100 years, Allianz, one of the world's leading insurers and asset managers is entering a new phase in its expansion on the continent with the launch of Allianz Technology's activities in Africa.
Indeed, …
Rheinfelden/Berlin. The German Energy Agency (dena) has presented Evonik and the southern Baden energy supplier Energiedienst with the “Energy Efficiency Award 2021” for their joint waste heat project at Evonik’s Rheinfelden production sit…
Absa Group today announced the appointment of Saviour Chibiya as Group Executive: Absa Regional Operations (ARO). Saviour will be responsible, together with RBB and CIB for the Group’s ARO businesses and for the Group’s strategy, collabora…
Africa's premier energy event, African Energy Week, currently taking place in Cape Town featured a panel focused on the role of hydrogen as an energy fuel of the future and the significant potential it has as an alternative energy source f…
Africa Energy Week 2021’s Day 2, held on 10 November at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town – organized by Energy Capital & Power (www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) – hosted a number of discussions and speeches about the future of Africa’s oil and g…
Africa is in the midst of a fintech transformation. Millions of Africans are now connected to financial services as a result of hundreds of start-ups. However, with the right mix of innovation and partnerships, Africa’s established commerc…
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), held its first breakfast meeting on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Investor Map utilization, with the goal of ch…
A new partnership between IFC and the European Union will support the growth and expansion of start-ups and entrepreneurs in Angola by providing them with improved access to training, markets, and a range of other development services, sup…
Samsung's latest home appliances, mobile phones, TVs, and sound devices are undoubtedly on the top of many Ghanaians wish-list as we enter the festive gift-giving season.
This is why this year's Black Friday specials from Africa's Numb…
In alignment with the company's relentless commitment to promote gender equality and women empowerment, Canon (Canon-CNA.com [3]) will bring together an esteemed panel of women entrepreneurs from the film industry in Middle-East and Afric…
H. H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum — Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Ruler of Dubai — first launched the UAE Centennial Plan 2071 back in 2017, with the express aim of making the UAE one…
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCOplc.com), parent company of Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Ltd, holds its first-ever show outside the shores of Nigeria tagged: GTCO Music Concert: Live in Ghana!
From the curators of the GTBank Fash…
Despite the global shift towards cleaner sources of fuel, the African continent – representing the highest number of people without access to energy globally – still requires fossil fuel development, if it is to meet its developmental goal…
The board of Directors of the Minerals Commission on Wednesday paid their first mining visit to the Electrochem site here in Ada.
The team after visiting the plant
The Electrochem Ghana Limited is a wholly-owned registered Ghanaian …
G-Money, GCB Bank’s innovative mobile money wallet service, has launched a new promotional campaign dubbed “Win like a Gee” to reward its fast-growing customer base.
The main objective of the six-month-long campaign, is to increase prod…
The Atwima Kwanwoma Rural Bank Limited in the Amansie Central District in the Ashanti Region grew its revenues in the 2020 as compared to 2019.
The bank posted a profit before tax of approximately GH¢5.9 million in 2020 as against the G…
A 30-member Belgium trade delegation will explore business and investment opportunities in Ghana between December 4 and 8, 2021.
The delegation will include Belgian companies, business leaders, entrepreneurs, professionals and experts f…
The year-on-year inflation rate for October rose to 11.0 per cent, up 0.4 percentage points from 10.6 per cent recorded in September 2021.
Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, the Government Statistician, at a press conference on Wednesday, s…
As the price of fuel at the pump continues to rise, a former board chairman of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies, Henry Akwaboah, says the government must begin drawing from the Price Stabilisation and Recovery Levy account to hel…
The 63rd Ordinary Session of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights has started at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to examine a number of applications during the four-week session that will close on December 3rd, 2021.
The African Cour…
Some traders at the Central Business District (CBD) in Kumasi, have expressed worry over the low sales of products ahead of the Christmas festivities.
They blamed the low patronage on the increases of taxes, especially import duties, an…
Ghana has signed a host-country agreement with the Secretariat of the Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) to host its 7th meeting of Ministers in charge of Fisheries and Aquaculture.
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botc…
Toyota Ghana Company Limited as part of measures to curb fake spare parts, has introduced a project dubbed, “Team Toyota” to partner various garages in fighting the menace in the automobile market.
“Team Toyota” is a unique spare parts …
Ghana’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Investor Map Pipeline Builder tool has successfully identified a base value of USD 39million worth of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) investments in Ghana.
Dr Angela Lusigi, the United Nation…
Enterprise Trustees Limited has won the 2021 Corporate Pension Trustee of the Year at the 33rd Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) Annual Marketing Performance Awards in Accra.
The Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIM…
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has downplayed reports that government is considering the option of returning to the International Monetary Fund, IMF, for some financial support to help stabilize the economy.
Some economists and financ…
Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison has called for a multidimensional integrated solutions approach to tackle the inherent frictions in cross-border payments in Africa.
According to the World Economic Forum, payments which…
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has pledged to strengthen partnership with the private sector to grow Ghana’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) sector, which remains vital to the country’s economic outlook.
A Deputy Minister …
An education think tank, Africa Education Watch, is calling for external investigations to ascertain the actual source of leaks in the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE).
Speaking to journalists, the Execu…
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has called on the government to desist from increasing the allocation of funds for the Planting for Food and Jobs programme in the upcoming 2022 budget statement and economic policy.
Speaking…
The 2022 budget statement and economic policy expected to be presented to parliament next week Monday will focus on jobs and skills training for the youth to address the growing unemployment in the country, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta…
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