The Energy Foundation in Ghana has launched the Energy Efficiency for Households, Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs)to train and certify 280 qualified energy advisors.
The project will introduce the best practices in energy effic…
Introduction
There have been decades of development plans/ frameworks, education reforms, education strategic plans (education policy), curriculum planning, design and textbook and syllabus development in Ghana. And yet, transforming educ…
By Morne van der Merwe, Managing Partner, and Wildu du Plessis, Head of Africa at global law firm Baker McKenzie in Johannesburg
Ahead of the Baker McKenzie African Transactional Summit taking place in Johannesburg in May 2019, Baker Mc…
Market Performance
Market Indices Trend
Top Trades by Volume
Top Trades by Value
Gainers & Losers
Market Summary
Gains in four counters in the telecom and banking sectors pushed the benchmark index up…
Ecobank Ghana Limited (+0.15%) advanced due to a 51% growth in profit before tax and a 22% growth in total assets in the bank’s 2019 first quarter earnings results. Consequently, the financial index opened the week on a positive note, up…
Ecobank Ghana’s initiative to promote a cashless system is yielding the desired results with more than 15,000 merchants signing on to the digital product, EcobankPay Zone.
The digital product, which is designed to promote financial incl…
The Benso Oil Palm Plantation Limited (BOPP) increased its production capacity in 2018 by processing 115,566 metric tonnes of palm fruits.
The increased capacity showed a six per cent increase of what the company did in 2017.
The …
The Ministry of Communications has tasked the National Communications Authority (NCA) to immediately liaise with the mobile network operators in the country to determine the prevalence of fake mobile phones in use and the level of potentia…
The Chief Executive Officer of Spektra Global, Mr William Halm has urged investors to take advantage of the country’s widening housing deficit to create wealth through the real estate sector.
He said the housing deficit, which currently…
Players in the insurance industry will gather at the plush Kempinski Ambassador Hotel in Accra on June 26 to celebrate the achievements of practitioners and institutions and chart a new course for the industry.
It will be the second edi…
Stanbic Bank Ghana’s ‘MobyCash’, a market leading innovation which provides clients with secure and convenient on-location cash management, has been recognised as the most innovative digital product in the Cash Management sector by the Glo…
Wine lovers have reacted with shock, and perhaps some envy, after it was revealed that a customer at a Manchester restaurant was given a £4,500 bottle of wine - instead of the one they ordered.
Why is some wine so eye-wateringly expensi…
The fourth CEOs Summit scheduled for May 20-21, 2019 will focus on how to explore the ongoing technological revolution to transform Ghana’s economy, the convenor of the summit, Mr Ernest De-Graft Egyir, has stated.
He said this year’s…
Mr Phillip Owiredu, Executive Director of CAL Bank Limited on Thursday said the bank will continue to leverage on technology to improve on its operations and provide quality service to its customers.
He said Management had developed a n…
Mr Isaac Osei, Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery(TOR), says the country's refinery must be allowed to refine portions of Ghana's crude oil for the local market instead of selling all on the international market.
Mr Osei note…
Dressed in a smart black pantsuit behind the wheel of her pearl-white Audi, Zhao Na has come a long way from her roots in rural Henan province, in central China.
The 29-year-old real estate agent cheerfully admits to having shopaholic w…
EasyJet's chief executive, Johan Lundgren, has defended his airline's high ticket prices to fly to Madrid for the Champions League final between Tottenham and Liverpool on 1 June.
Football fans complained to BBC Radio 5 live that flight…
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations in collaboration with the European Union has organised technical assistance training for Labour Inspectors to enhance employment coordination and functions of the ministry.
The training, w…
The Government has been urged to increase its budgetary allocation for the procurement of start-up kits to enable Business Advisory Centers (BAC) in the various local Assemblies, reach out to more beneficiaries.
Mr. Michael Opoku, the P…
ECONOMIC OPENNESS REACHES HIGHEST LEVEL GLOBALLY, SPREADING GLOBAL TRADE, INNOVATION AND PROSPERITY YET MANY WESTERN COUNTRIES’ INSTINCT TO PROTECT AND TURN INWARDS, COMBINED WITH A WIDER STAGNATION IN THE QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE GLOBALLY IS…
Total Petroleum Ghana Limited a locally listed oil marketing company has held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Accra.
Reviewing the performance for 2018, Samba Salfal Seye, the Board Chairman, stated that the Company recorded a 32.6%…
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced that it resolved 95 per cent of complaints of residents within the Tamale Metropolis against utility providers to improve services.
A statement signed and copied to the GNA…
MTN Ghana has launched its 2019 Internet Festival, dubbed: "iFest" in Accra to educate customers on the relevance of using the internet to enhance their everyday lives.
iFest 2019, which is the nineth in the series, focused on three the…
Access Bank Ghana has emerged “Bank of the Year” at the maiden edition of the Women’s Choice Award Africa, held in Accra.
The Bank of the Year award is in recognition of the bank’s efforts at promoting financial inclusion and its cont…
Online giant Amazon has announced a big investment in food courier Deliveroo.
The exact figure was not given, but Amazon is the biggest investor in Deliveroo's latest round of fund raising, which in total raised $575m (£450m).
Delive…
The low domestic revenue mobilisation to finance economic growth risks leading the country into accumulating more debt, which can derail macroeconomic gains.
It could also force the government back to the International Monetary Fund (…
It may entirely be poisonous to feed from the ‘business is difficult these days’ chorus, advises CEO Summit Founder, Ernest De-Graft Egyir, who says there are great Ghanaian business success stories to learn from.
Such are the businesse…
Indigenous Ghanaian businesses and joint ventures executed upstream oil and gas contracts totalling $10.6 billion in the last 10 years, Tullow Oil Ghana has disclosed.
The Executive Vice-President of Tullow Oil Ghana, Mr Kweku A. Awot…
An advocacy organisation, House of Liberation for Empowerment (HOLIFE) has given the assurance that women farmers in Upper West will receive credit facilities for farming if they form identifiable groups and acquire farmlands.
The women…
International oil companies (IOCs) and Joint Venture companies have been called upon to help build and develop indigenous Ghanaian companies to their full capabilities within the oil and gas industry.
Mr Egbert Faibille Jnr., Chief Exe…
Donald Trump's book The Art of the Deal could give you some insight into how he is negotiating with China amid the current trade war.
One of his business philosophies is called negative thinking - anticipating the worst outcome, and pre…
The Asantehene Osei Tutu II has commended AirtelTigo for its continued support and investment in education, specifically its efforts in improving the lives of children within deprived communities across the country.
The Asantehene made …
The Management of the Pan-African airline, ASKY, has launched its mobile Application.
The application, according to the airline, allows its customers to consult all the options offered by ASKY, whether for booking reservations, purchasi…
MTN Ghana on Wednesday presented a cheque of GH¢9.937million to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) as dividend accrued from the company's operations in 2018.
Mr Modupe Kadri, the Chief Financial Officer, MTN Ghana,…
The year-on-year inflation rate rises slightly to 9.5 per cent in April from 9.3 per cent in March on account of increases in inflation rate of the non-food group.
Mr David Yenukwa Kombat, the Deputy Government Statistician, at a press …
Travel firm Thomas Cook has warned of "further headwinds" for the rest of the year after reporting a £1.5bn loss for the first half of the year.
It said there was "now little doubt" that Brexit had caused customers to delay their summer…
Chief Fishermen in the various fishing communities along the coastal belt in the country have agreed in principle to deal severely with fishermen who flout the closed season laws, which comes into effect on Wednesday, May 15, to serve as a…
An agreement has been signed between the Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA) and China Railway Wuju Group Corporation, for the continuation of the development of a new Standard Gauge Western line.
The US$500 million project would…
A national Insurance Campaign to educate the public on risk management through various Ghanaian languages has been launched in Accra.
The campaign, under the auspices of the Insurance Awareness Coordinators Group (IACG) and the Ghana In…
The National Lottery Authority (NLA), in collaboration with the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) Secretariat, have trained about 36 NABCO recruits on technology transfer and assembling procedures for the NLA solar-powered e-kiosks.
The e-k…
The Sissala East Municipal Assembly has presented 13 Galaxy Motorbikes to the Municipal office of the Department of Agriculture for distribution to agricultural extension agents to improve service delivery to smallholder farmers.
The mo…
ONEGO, an Investment Consulting Firm based in China, has begun negotiations with some key stakeholders to establish an ultra-modern industrial city in the Central Region.
The city would be built on 10,000 to 25,000 acres coastal lands w…
Ghana and Slovenia have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards developing and strengthening economic cooperation to exploit the wide range of investments and business opportunities between them for the wellbeing of their cit…
Scancom Plc (“MTN Ghana”) hosted over 4000 of its shareholders at its maiden Annual General Meeting following its Initial Public Offer (the “Offer” or the "IPO") in May last year and subsequent listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange in Septem…
An exceptional learning and development programme run by the UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) and Standard Bank has won a Gold award in the Professional Development category in the prestigious EFMD Excellence in Practice (EiP) Awards.…
Five banks have been fined €1.07bn (£935m) by the European Commission after traders clubbed together to rig the foreign exchange market.
Four banks in the "Banana Split" cartel - Barclays, RBS, Citigroup and JP Morgan - were fined €811m…
Allianz Life Insurance has introduced two micro-insurance products to address the investment and funeral-related planning needs of workers in the informal sector.
The two policies, namely Allianz Anidaso and Allianz Apomuden have been d…
Market Summary
The benchmark index moderated by 24.96 points (-1.04%) to close at 2,389.63 with a -7.10% year-to-date return due to downward price movement in three counters while market capitalization declined by 0.43% to settle at G…
Singapore-based business intelligence group, The Asian Banker has named Barclays Bank Ghana’s “Ultimate Account” as the best deposit product in West Africa for the year 2019.
The award, Deposit Product of the Year, was announced at The …
The managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Mr Isaac Osei, has made a strong case for a percentage of crude oil produced in the country to be given to the state-owned refinery to process into final products for domestic consumpti…