The Sissala East Municipal Assembly intends procuring 20,000 elite grafted cashew seedlings for farmers in the municipal area for 2019, a sharp decline from 60,500 seedlings supplied to growers in 2018.
The supply of cashew seedlings to…
HALTON GROUP HAS AGREED TO ACQUIRE THE DUTCH MIWO LUCHTBEHANDELINGSTECHNIEK B.V. THAT HAS SOLID EXPERIENCE IN DELIVERING
TURNKEY INDOOR AIR SOLUTIONS ESPECIALLY FOR CHAIN RESTAURANTS IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE COMPANY IS THE SECOND ACQUISITI…
The 8th Annual International Universities Networking Conference + Edu Agency Workshop, dedicated to the cooperation with universities of Russia and CIS countries, took place in Moscow, Russia. The event was attended by about 200 participan…
Market Summary
The benchmark index opened the week on a positive note, up 2.86 points (+0.12%) to close at 2,386.74 with a YTD return of -7.21% due to gains in two banking stocks while market capitalization increased by 0.05% to settl…
The Economic Development in Africa Report 2019 focuses on preferential trade liberalization among the members of the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
UNCTAD’s Economic Development in Africa Report 2019 will be launched g…
Some of America's richest people are urging US presidential candidates to back a wealth tax on the super-rich to improve inequality and climate change.
"America has a moral, ethical and economic responsibility to tax our wealth more," t…
The country could be in for another round of banks collapse in the near future if the government does not adopt measures to deal with the growing debt situation in the energy sector, the Minority in Parliament has warned.
The minority b…
Salim M. Salim, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kenya
'Champion' countries of the Commonwealth Blue Charter are laying the groundwork for joint action and developing robust, innovative strategies to tackle the world's most pressing ocea…
U.S.-AFRICA Business Summit Successfully Advances The Trade, Investment And Commercial Partnership Between The U.S. And Africa
Heads of State, Vice Presidents, and Prime Ministers from nine African nations attended the Corporate Council…
Several media companies use enterprise-class providers for their domains, yet haven’t implemented some of the most fundamental security measures needed in today’s threat landscape
Securing a company’s digital infrastructure has become a…
A total of 10 startups from Africa and the UAE have been selected to participate in Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Global Business Forum (GBF) Mentorship Programme which aims to foster cross-border cooperation and help participan…
Remarks Muhammad Ali Albakri Regional Vice President, Africa and Middle East
Your Excellency Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Honourable Joseph Kofi Adda, Minister of Aviation – Ghana, Mr. Sadiq Silla, Depu…
African Development Bank welcomes EUR 40 million investment from the European Commission for the Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI)
The announcement was made to energy sector stakeholders at a sideline event held during the Africa Ener…
Enterprise Life, a subsidiary of Enterprise Group and currently the leading Life Insurance Company in Ghana, has introduced a new product, the “Funeral Finance Plan Unlimited!
The main objective of this product, is to widen and deepen …
There is no doubt that support for the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can be the answer to both economic growth and job creation across Africa, where more than 60% of the continent’s population is aged under 35.
Many…
The masterclasses are jointly conducted by the African Development Bank Group and Entreprenarium
The fourth Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA)/Entreprenarium masterclass began Monday in Pretoria, South Africa, aimed …
Quality assurance (QA) testing isn't the easy, quick fix, simple solution that it's purported to be
In a recent analysis entitled DevOps and Cloud Speed are Driving the end of QA as We Know It, Gartner [1] pointed out that quality assur…
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 …
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Market Summary
The benchmark index moderated by 18.08 points (-0.75%) this week to close at 2,…
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…