Banking and Corporate Governance Consultant, Richmond Atuahene, has called for a national agenda that will encourage consensus building on the creation of viable strategies for economic growth.
Speaking on the first-ever public dialogue…
The President of Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Mr Clement Osei Amoako, has inaugurated and sworn into office 14 trade sector leaders at Tarkwa to help identify and address challenges in the business of their memb…
The Second Vice President of Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Mr Abass Miezah, has tasked Ghanaians to embrace the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as it has numerous benefits.
He said many African …
A Rwandan delegation comprising government officials and relevant stakeholders in the private sector are in the country to explore bilateral opportunities in business, tourism and economic development.
The visit is in response to an ear…
Ghana's economy recorded a growth rate of 3.1 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021 compared with 7 per cent in the same period last year.
GDP growth rate without oil and gas (Non-Oil GDP) for the first quarter of 2021 is …
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the One District-One Factory initiative introduced by his government has come to stay.
According to him, the initiative holds the key to Ghana’s industrialisation agenda.
President Aku…
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has told Parliament that the government paid $937.5 million to three independent power producers (IPPs) for excess capacity charge between 2017 and 2020.
He said out of the amount, AKSA was pa…
The 52nd Annual General Meeting of GOIL Company Limited is slated for Thursday, June 24 to receive and consider the reports of Directors, Auditors, and Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2020.
In compliance with the cu…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Mr James Duddridge, UK Minister for Africa, have virtually co-chaired the fifth UK-Ghana Business Council (UKGBC).
A statement issued by the British High Commission in Accra, copied to the Ghana Ne…
The Bank of Ghana has launched a domestic gold purchase programme to help shore up the country's foreign reserves.
The move will enable the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to buy gold from selected local aggregators and mining firms and pay in the …
A diamond believed to be the third largest ever found has been put on display in Botswana.
The stone - weighing 1,098 carats - was shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi, two weeks after the diamond firm, Debswana, unearthed it.
The hu…
The World Bank has rejected a request from El Salvador to help with the implementation of Bitcoin as legal tender.
The international lender cited concerns over transparency and the environmental impact of Bitcoin mining.
Earlier this…
Internal auditors have been advised to adopt and implement the necessary measures to audit IT systems as part of their organisation's cybersecurity measures.
Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako, the Head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) collected a total of GH¢20.95 million as internally-generated fund (IGF) for 2020, Mr Osei Assibey-Antwi, the Mayor, has said.
This, he said, represented 87.30 per cent of the budgeted GH?24 millio…
Mr Elijah Memusi Kanchory, Member of the National Assembly of Kenya, says the parliamentary committee's visit from the East African country is to deepen and strengthen the bilateral relationship between Ghana and Kenya.
He said the r…
Mr Kobina N. Otoo, Commercial Manager of the Takoradi Container Terminal (TACOTEL), has stressed the need for all stakeholders, especially the business community, to partner with each other to bring the Port of Takoradi to its full operati…
Nana Osei-Bonsu, Chief Executive Officer, Private Enterprise Federation (PEF), says opportunities abound in agriculture as a driver of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for businesses to take advantage.
He said agricultur…
Hisense, the official sponsor of UEFA EURO 2020, celebrates the official kick-off of EURO 2020 in Italy. Football, as one of the top events in Europe, creates a chance for Hisense to build emotional connections with European consumers. Eve…
Caterers in Ghana can source fresh vegetables and fish quickly and easily on an innovative, one-stop mobile app. The produce is grown by urban farmers using aquaponics and is loaded for sale to the Aquaponics Hub digital marketplace once h…
Several Australian banks and US airlines suffered website crashes on Thursday, following an issue with the web services company Akamai.
Customers reported problems with banks including ANZ, Westpac, St George, ME bank, Macquarie Bank, A…
The ARB Apex Bank has received approval from shareholders to purchase 12 armoured cash transport vehicles, commonly known as bullion vans, at GH¢32 million.
This is to curb recent armed robbery attacks targeted at cash-carrying vehicles…
The Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic Bank, Mr Kwamina Asomaning, has called for the mainstreaming of digitisation into the national psyche.
He said due to the transformative power of digitalisation, such a move was critical, explainin…
The 2021 edition of MTN Ghana’s Pulse “Just Be Series” is slated to come off on Thursday 17thJune 2021 at 10:00am and will be streamed live on MTN Ghana’s social media pages, Facebook and YouTube.
The upcoming edition of the exciting a…
China's best-known entrepreneur Jack Ma is "lying low" and avoiding the spotlight, according to an Alibaba executive.
Joe Tsai, who co-founded the Chinese e-commerce giant with Mr Ma, told CNBC he speaks to him every day.
"He's actua…
The Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana is urging its members to avoid under-declaring their goods in order not to fall foul of the law.
According to the association, under the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) perso…
The Ghana Association of Bankers, GAB, says it is saddened by Monday’s bullion van robbery incident at James town in Accra that led to the deaths of a police officer and a trader.
In the wake of the incident, the IGP has served notice t…
The Takoradi Container Terminal (TACOTEL), the sole handler of import and export cargo at the Takoradi Port in the Western Region, declined in its target for 2020 by 19 percent as against 2019, where it achieved its target.
The declin…
Mr Samuel Dentu, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has invited Rwandan investors to take advantage of Ghana's friendly climate to invest in the country.
He described Ghana as a peaceful and st…
The management of R&B Farms, wholly-owned Ghanaian earthen pond farms has appealed to the government and other donors to support its drive, to provide free skills training in aquaculture for the youth.
Apart from the farm, R&B is putti…
SES HD PLUS Ghana has announced the launch of its “Eboso FeeliFeeli” promo to allow television (TV) audiences to enjoy this season’s live sports programmes in high-definition (HD) quality.
Via the promo that runs from June 7 to August 9…
Ghana has made significant progress over the past 10 years in increasing electricity generation and access. This has supported higher levels of economic growth.
However, beneath these improvements lie inefficiencies, including extraordi…
The African Development Bank launched a A$600 million (US$463.9 million) 5.5-year Kangaroo bond, marking its return to the Australian dollar bond market.
The transaction, announced on June 8, was led by Nomura and RBC Capital Markets. I…
The supply chain sector, and the adjacent global freight and transport spaces, are complex as well as crucial. A reliable supply chain prefigures a nation’s overall economic competitiveness and is a key enabler at the macro-economic level,…
MTN Ghana has been recognized for its sterling performance in procurement and supply chain management services at the 3rd Africa Procurement and Supply Chain Awards. The award comes on the back of a strong performance in a year that has se…
The African Energy Chamber (EnergyChamber.org) is set to host the first-ever African Energy Week (AEW) in Cape Town on 9th – 12th November 2021; Replacing Africa Oil Week, the four-day interactive conference seeks to unite industry stakeh…
Western Union (NYSE: WU), a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, continues to make significant headway in expanding its digital platform to provide enhanced services for global customers by enabling na…
G7 Development Finance Institutions and multilateral partners to invest over $80 billion into African businesses over the next five years
The G7 DFIs, the IFC, the private sector arm of the African Development Bank, EBRD and the Europea…
US$12 billion investment over the next five years, creating over 100,000 new jobs; Initial commitments include new ESG Centres of Excellence, Leadership Institutes, accelerated deployment of emerging technologies and increased investment t…
Nissan today launched the all-new Note Aura premium compact car in Japan, with sales planned to start in autumn.
The all-new Note Aura comes exclusively with Nissan’s e-POWER electrified powertrain, a key part of the company’s electrifi…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP) has commissioned the first Women-led Groundnut Processing Factory at Ayorya in the Kintampo South District in the Bono…
What will West Africa look like in ten years? Will we continue on the path of slow advancement, or will technology be a catalyst that could see us create a technologically advanced society such as the one embodied by Wakanda in the Black P…
The World Economic Forum, in partnership with the Government of Ghana, is launching the first Country Financing Roadmap (CFR) for SDGs initiative in Africa. The CFR is a country-led initiative – in collaboration with the Sustainable Develo…
The first Nissan Navara vehicles to be manufactured in Africa by Africans have begun rolling off the Nissan manufacturing production facility in Rosslyn on their way to South Africa and the rest of Africa.
The official start of producti…
More and more customers are also paying attention to sustainability when it comes to fashion and clothing. But garments are more than fabric - after all, there are also yarns, fibers and applications such as zippers. All the better if they…
Professor Edmund Sottie, a Principal Research Scientist at the Animal Research Institute of the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), believes the country’s agricultural sector will thrive if the government invests adequate…
Gazprom, a supplier of natural gas, has received a leadership boost to add value to its natural gas and fast-track the completion of the national petroleum-hub project at Jomoro in the Western Region.
PANWAYS Ghana, a subsidiary of PANW…
The Association of Rural Bank (ARB) Apex Bank Limited has put up an impressive performance, increasing its total operating income by 1 per cent from GHS64.96 million in 2019 to GHS75.3 million in 2020.
Profit before tax soared by a whop…
Professor Alex Dodoo, the Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), has called on Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to employ health and safety officers at filling stations to enforce the standards.
He said transparency, edu…
Many Ghanaians heaved a sigh of relief when the government introduced the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative, which is aimed at building strong value-addition-oriented companies as well as reducing the unemployment rate in the coun…
There was a record rise in the number of workers on payrolls in May as the jobs market continued to recover.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there were 197,000 more people in payrolled employment last month compared with A…
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