The National Lottery Authority (NLA) is cautioning the public against the activities and operations of Lotto Fraudsters, Social Media Miscreants and illegal Lotto Operators and Agents.
These fraudsters and social media miscreants the au…
Stock Market Runs Slightly Higher….
The performance of the stock market measured by the GSE Composite Index (CI) was 2,454.51 points, up 13.95 points from the previous week’s 2,440.56 points.
Financial stocks this week were the toast…
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Ecobank Ghana Holdings (+3.88%), Republic Bank Ghana (+14.55%), Enterprise Group Limited…
Equatorial Guinea and Major Oil and Gas Companies Sign Definitive Agreements for Monetization of Gas from the Alen Unit
This agreement will see Sonagas GE, the National Gas Company of Equatorial Guinea stake increased from 25% to 30%
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FinTechs in both the credit and pensions space have bemoaned the challenge of existing regulations governing some aspects of financial services transactions in the country.
This, they believe is stifling growth within the sector and neg…
JuarJapan Co., Ltd., one of Japan’s main importers of Kenyan Tea has produced a medicinal Tea Supplement called “Juaardhi Super Catechin Capsule”. In this regard, Mr. Nobuhiro Sato, Chairman of JuarJapan Co., Ltd. and his Senior official…
Mr. Abubakar is also GE Africa’s Chief Information Office
General Electric (www.GE.com) has announced the appointment of Sulemana Abubakar (Abu) as the Chief Executive Officer for GE Ghana. In this position, Abu will play a pivotal role…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IT Consortium Limited, Mr. Romeo Bugyei, has called for closer collaboration between government, regulatory bodies and FinTechs in Ghana to push informal pensions to citizens.
He indicated that in or…
China's manufacturing sector saw a surprise return to growth in March following government efforts to boost the economy.
The Caixin/Markit survey, released on Monday, rose to 50.8 in March from 49.9 in February. A reading above 50 indic…
The Vice President of the World Bank responsible for Africa, Dr Hafez Ghanem has visited the Accra Digital Centre as part of his three-day official visit to Ghana.
The Accra Digital Centre is a government of Ghana mini technology park u…
Have you owned your rented Berlin property for 10 years or self-occupied property for 3 years? If so, now is an excellent time to sell as after this period, the so-called speculative tax is dropped – which can be up to 40% in capital gains…
A major new study has found that 300,000 women around the world - almost all of them in developing countries - are dying every year as a result of having caesarean sections.
The research, led by Queen Mary University in London, is belie…
China’s Huawei Technologies called on Washington to drop the “loser’s attitude” and once again rubbished U.S. allegations its gear could be used by Beijing for spying, as its network business weakened amid mounting global scrutiny.
“The…
The government would wean-off some beneficiaries under the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, Mr Frank Adjei, the Kintampo Municipal Director of the Department of Social Welfare, has said.
Most to be affected are o…
Madam Constance Swaniker, the President of the Stanford Seed Transformation Network, Ghana Chapter, on Thursday said the Network will work with the relevant government agencies to address the needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
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SES Networks’ Signature Maritime Solution to offer unmatched connectivity at sea aboard custom-built luxury yachts
SES Networks will be providing an innovative, fully-managed hybrid broadband connectivity service to The Ritz-Carlton Yac…
Gold Coast Fund Management, a subsidiary of the Groupe Nduom conglomerate has ramped up its customer interactions by engaging them on Facebook Live.
The Facebook Live interaction session tagged, “A date with Gold Coast Fund Management” …
World Vision International in Ghana (WVI-G), acting in collaboration with its local and foreign partners, has launched a four year Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) pilot project in the Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region.
Und…
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance has asserted that the cedi has made great strides towards recovery on the back of the successful issue of the US$3 billion Eurobond and the completion of the IMF review, which restored confidence in t…
Shares in taxi-hailing firm Lyft have been priced at $72 amid strong demand, valuing the firm at $24.3bn (£18.6bn).
That makes it the largest company to go public since China's Alibaba in 2014. Lyft's shares will start trading on the te…
The Institute of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development on Thursday launched the second Micro Business Excellence Summit (MBES) Awards to project small businesses and recognizes their efforts at the micro level.
The awards, sla…
Mr Habibu Adam, a Senior Economist on Thursday identified the greatest threat to the government as the state of the construction industry inherited from the previous administration which was nearly collapsed.
"Monies owed contractors ar…
Dr Hafez Ghanem, the World Bank Africa Vice President, has expressed desire to increase support for World Bank Group funded projects in Ghana, particularly social projects that focussed on poverty reduction.
"We will be very happy to in…
Agricultural Extension Agents (AEAs) in the Tamale Metro and Sagnarigu Municipality have been trained on the Ghana Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) project to help improve the operations of farmers in terms of access to market and credi…
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has charged the Department of Urban Roads to maintain the roads under their jurisdiction well especially the medians.
He noted that the condition and state of most highway road …
A project aims at moving the Technical and Vocational Educational and Training (TVET) system from a supply to a demand-driven system has been out doored.
Named Skill-Up Ghana Project it would build on existing structures and strengthen …
The way consumers engage with brands changes constantly and it is important that companies keep up.
Marketing drives how messages are communicated to consumers and is key to fuelling a company’s growth.
A research conducted by Global…
The benchmark index moderated by 31.13 points (-1.29%) to close at 2,419.49 with a -5.94% year-to-date return due to losses in four counters in the banking, insurance and telecom sectors. Market capitalization declined by 0.52% to settle…
African Development Bank approves $20 million investment in Uhuru Growth Fund, building regional champions across West Africa
The African Development Bank has approved a US$20 million equity investment in Uhuru Growth Fund 1, a first-g…
Bidemi Zakariyau, one of Africa’s leading PR/Branding experts will meet with leading Ghanaian business executives and entrepreneurs to conduct individualized Personal Branding Consultation sessions in Accra 29 April - 3 May . The two hour…
Movitel, a Viettel brand, has become the first and only telecommunications provider to generally recover its services in Mozambique following the devastating Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai, which wreaked havoc in the country, killing thousa…
Boeing has issued changes to controversial control systems linked to two fatal crashes of its 737 Max planes in the past five months.
But it is still not certain when the planes, which were grounded worldwide this month, will be allowed…
The acting US defence secretary has warned that the testing of anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons can create a "mess" in space after India destroyed one of its own satellites on Wednesday.
Patrick Shanahan said the US was still studying the …
The Minority Leader in Parliament, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has called for a law that will help identify personalities behind corporate entities that benefit from tax exemptions in the country.
Speaking at a joint symposium organised by the A…
Senior Management Officials and Employers at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) are undergoing a two-day training in human rights in business to help reduce abuses at the work place.
The short course is …
Mrs Cynthia Morrison, the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection has urged young women with passion for entrepreneurship to consider starting their ideas from the scratch.
She said the problem of the current generation of y…
Mr Benito Owusu-Bio, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has called on mining companies in the West Africa sub-region to let communities within which they work see the benefit of their operations.
He said this is important b…
Banks that issue domestic cards have made some progress in converting them from magnetic stripes to Europay, MasterCard, Visa (EMV), the global standard for chip-based Debit and Credit Card transactions.
The EMV technology has an enhanc…
Market Summary
Cal Bank Limited (CAL) announced a final dividend of GH¢0.048 per share for the 2018 financial year. The dividend signals a recovery in CAL’s performance after a massive write-off in 2016. Only investors who purchase or…
Dr Ade Freeman, African Regional Programme Leader of Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, has said about 40 million dollars is needed to fill the financial gap in the agricultural sector.
He said there is a de…
A Team of Researchers from the University of Development Studies has recommended that agricultural policies should include measures that promote non-farm work to increase market participation and commercialisation.
Dr Paul Kwame Nkegbe,…
A sod-cutting ceremony has been performed for the construction of a multi-purpose office complex for the Ghanaian-German Centre for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration.
The centre, estimated at the cost of 500,000 dollars, would provide a…
The Minister for Roads and Highways, Mr Kwesi Amoako-Atta has warned directors and engineers of the Department of Urban Roads against interference in the award of road contracts.
He said he received complaints from Regional Ministers an…
Madam Suzan-Hermina Yemidi, the Country Representative and Global Coordinator for Cocoa Programme for Solidaridad, has called for more efforts to secure the future of cocoa production in the country.
She said much emphasis must be given…
Mr. Seth Osei Akoto, the Director of Crop Services, Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has urged African countries to collaborate in cashew production.
That, he said, was the way forward to grow the cashew industry.
He was spea…
Mr Isaac Appau-Gyesi, the New Juaben South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has cut the sod for the construction of fencing and 80 lockable stores at Koforidua Zongo market.
The GHC 5,000,000.00 project is expected to be funded from the…
Mr Ken Ashigbey, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, has said network operators in 2018 paid a total of GH¢1.94 billion tax and a direct capital expenditure of over GH¢276 million to the state.
He ex…
The maiden Information Security (InfoSec) and IT Leaders Conference, a partnership between Delta3 International, a cybersecurity firm with operations in Europe and Africa, and IBM, the global technology provider, kicks off on Thursday, Mar…
MTN Chat will enable customers to initiate purchase of airtime and data bundles within their WhatsApp chat session
MTN South Africa has partnered with global customer engagement company, to launch MTN Chat, enabling its customers to…
The lecture focused around the question of digital transformation in Africa
Former Nigerian Minister for Communications Technology, Dr. Omobola Johnson, delivered the UN Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) (www.UNECA.org) annual …