Carestream Health has signed an agreement with Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, to sell its healthcare information systems (HCIS) business to Philips.
Carestream’s HCIS business unit provides i…
Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT) today announced the next step in its strategic relationship with Samsung Electronics by providing users with frictionless access to Spotify on Samsung mobile devices1. In addition, new Spotify consumers …
MTN congratulates women on International Women’s Day for their commitment to the development of the country.
MTN recognizes the important role women play in nurturing, enhancing and developing people, communities and nations around the …
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VOKACOM Limited, Nana Osei Afrifa, has asked for a national policy that will stimulate collaboration between academia and the business community in the country.
That, he said, was crucial to finding …
The 23rd Ghana International Trade Fair (GITF) organised by the Ghana Trade Fair Centre (GTFC) to provide a platform for businesses to network and as well promote their goods and services has been brought to a closure.
The 12-day Fair, …
12th International Shea Conference was on Monday opened in Accra with a call on stakeholders to work towards transforming the shea industry into a modern, resilient, lucrative, socially equitable and sustainable commodity industry.
Mr A…
Skyfox Limited, investors in agriculture is set to supply 1,600 farmers with solar irrigation pumps to enable them to increase their yield and to produce.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Kwahu Adawso in the Kwahu…
Equatorial Guinea will host the African Development Bank's next Annual Meetings in June 2019, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two parties.
The Annual Meetings will take place from 11th to 14th June, 20…
Ghanaian women constitute the bedrock of agriculture, forming over half of the labour force and continue to contribute enormously to the sector by producing 70 per cent of the country’s food stock.
They are highly represented in rural a…
The Management of Zenith Bank has launched the "Go Lite with Zenith Bank" campaign, in Accra.
The campaign is aimed at raising awareness of the Bank's digital products and services that makes banking safer, faster, smarter and more conv…
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Monday announced 10 measures introduced by government agencies, over the past nine months, to improve the country's ease of doing business.
Vice President Bawumia announced the measures in Accra at…
The UK economy grew by 0.2% in the three months to January, matching the growth of the previous three months.
The report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed a pick-up in activity in January when the economy expanded by …
The US has told Germany it would curb intelligence sharing with Berlin if it allows Huawei to participate in its 5G mobile network.
The warning came in a recent letter from the US ambassador to Germany seen by the Wall Street Journal.
…
The attention of the Management of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been drawn to a publication in the ‘Daily Statesman’ of Tuesday 12th March, 2019 with a banner headline “BIG CHANGES AT GRA, Commissioner-General, Two Commissioners O…
Singapore and Australia's aviation authorities have temporarily banned Boeing 737 Max aircraft from flying into and out of their countries.
The decision comes after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing Max 8 crashed on Sunday, killing 157 peopl…
The General Manager (GM) of the Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO), Mr Jonathan Cudjoe, has stated that his outfit and the Accra Diocese of the Anglican Church have come to an agreement on a series of negotiations to arrive at a spec…
The financial services sector is awash with digital cash services and products, yet little is done by the innovators to help create public awareness and usage of same, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has observed.
The lack of publicity for the …
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has charged state agencies whose mandate have a direct impact on businesses and investments to implement reforms that will help improve the country's ease of doing business.
The World Bank ranked…
Absa Group Limited, one of Africa’s largest financial services providers, reported an increase in revenue and earnings for 2018, a year of almost unprecedented corporate activity as the group repositioned itself for delivery against a new …
An international industrialist has asked Ghanaian law enforcement agencies and investment promotion bodies to immediately address the rise in the use of dud cheques in local business transactions.
Mr Charanjeet Sethi, Chairman, Sethi …
Central Bank's target of US$800-million inflows by end-March very positive for FX liquidity and price stability.
Further depreciation of Ghana’s Cedi in 2019 is limited based on our outlook on key economic indicators and foreign exchang…
After the highly successful launch and entry of Indian giant phone, Lava Mobile, onto the Ghanaian market in the last few weeks, the Indian mobile phone company has announced a pleasant surprise to its customers in Ghana.
A statement is…
The African Women Entrepreneurship Programme (AWEP) on Saturday held a gender equity advocacy walk and products exhibition in Accra to create awareness on the contribution of women to national development.
Companies that exhibited that …
Management of Societe Generale Ghana has commissioned a business centre dubbed "SG Home of Business" at the bank's osu branch in Accra.
The was to foster development of the economies and populations through multi-dimensional support f…
Turkey went into recession at the end of last year, according to the country's official statistics office.
The Turkish Statistical Institute said the economy shrank by 2.4% in the fourth quarter of 2018, from the previous quarter.
It…
Businesses looking to secure public sector contracts will need to do more to help improve society, the UK government is set to announce.
Ministers want firms to tackle issues like modern slavery and climate change.
The UK, which spen…
The First Atlantic Bank, made stronger by its merger with Energy Commercial Bank, is determined to grow from Ghana into other African markets in the coming years, Mr Odun Odunfa, the Managing Director, has said.
At a Customer Engagement…
Tesla is increasing prices of its electric cars after scaling back a store closure programme.
The carmaker said the 3% price rise would not apply to the new mid-market Model 3.
Earlier this month Tesla said it would close an unspecif…
At a time when some Ghanaians are coming to terms with the loss of their investments to gold dealership company, Menzgold, thousands in London are waking up to a similar reality.
The BBC reports that thousands of people who invested in …
The Co-Chair of the Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), Dr Steve Manteaw, has said there is the need for some critical interventions to halt abuse of revenues, especially in the mining sector.
With regard to th…
The Composite Index (CI) finished slightly lower than the previous week’s 2,4820.10 points as the stock market continued its bearish run.
In an opposite direction to the CI, the Financial Stock Index made some 1.80% gain to touch a y…
Today is the first day of trading for the FundedByMe shares. The company's A shares (FBM MTF A) and B shares (FBM MTF B) are now available for purchase on NGM Nordic MTF AB. You can trade these through most online banks or depots.
With …
Rana Motors, dealers in heavy duty vehicles on Tuesday introduced four new Ashok Leyland models onto to the Ghanaian market.
The vehicles are Partner, Boss 914, Captain 2524 and Hawk.
The Partner (freight carrier), Boss 914 (heavy du…
SWIFT will hold its 26th edition of the African Regional Conference (ARC) in Accra from June 18-20, 2019.
The ARC 2019, supported by the Bank of Ghana, will bring together over 500 leading financial services professionals representing f…
Government must limit its role in the operations of the Ghana Commodities Exchange (GCX) and allow the private sector to become the substantive actors, as any attempt to retain control is likely to stifle its growth.
Mr Mohammed Iddrisu…
Mr Giovanni Favillin, the Italian Ambassador to Ghana, has performed the ground-breaking ceremony for work to begin on the construction of multi-million Cedi Agriculture Training Centre at Kyeremasu in the Dormaa Municipality.
The centr…
Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) on Thursday introduced an online platform dubbed, "The GEPA Market Hub" for exporters and consumers.
Mr Albert Kasimah, GEPA Deputy Chief Executive Officer said the GEPA Market Hub is a unique one…
The Managing Director of GCB Bank Limited, Mr Anselm Ray Sowah, says women are the core of human life and that without them not much could be achieved. “There is absolutely nothing we can do without women.
Without you there will b…
Ghana International Bank (GHIB) has so far spent GH?10 million on corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects aimed at accelerating the development of the country and bringing relief to the poor and the vulnerable in society.
The p…
A $10 billion wipeout over the last week has compounded the worst start to a year for equity flows since 2008, Bank of America Merrill Lynch strategists said on Friday.
Citing data from flow-tracker EPFR, BAML’s analysts said just over …
Women in Agriculture Development Directorate (WIAD) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) on Thursday exhibited Ghana made food products with a call on women to shun chauvinism and reach higher heights.
The exhibits included pr…
Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund is expected to sell some of its oil and gas holdings.
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund owns $37bn of shares in oil companies such as BP, Shell and France's Total.
Selling the shares…
Women have been urged to leverage on technology to champion their cause to become more influential in society.
By that, they will be moving towards reducing the total dominance of men in all endeavours, including politics, economics and…
U.S. job growth almost stalled in February, with the economy creating only 20,000 jobs amid a contraction in payrolls in construction and several other sectors, which could raise concerns about a sharp slowdown in economic activity.
The…
The 2019 edition of the ‘Springboard Road Show’, a youth-oriented knowledge-sharing programme that aims at mentoring business executives, civil society leaders, and role models nationwide, will start on Saturday in Kumasi.
The programme…
Professor Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, the Founding Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, on Wednesday urged African governments to stop paying lip service to the development of agriculture.
"We…
East African Seed and Seed Co top Access to Seeds Index for Eastern and Southern Africa
Seed industry efforts to reach smallholders play key part in addressing food security issues
Maize dominates breeding, raising concerns over s…
Azuri Technologies and Energise Africa launch latest UK crowd campaign to raise £2.5m for solar in Africa
New investment of £2.5 M will extend pay-as-you-go-solar to 100,000 more people in Africa and accelerate the achievement of UN SDG…
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products, today issued the following statement in response to the …
The UK government may cut trade tariffs on between 80% and 90% of goods in the event of a no-deal Brexit, reports say.
Some tariffs would be scrapped completely, including those on car parts, and some agricultural produce.
However, 1…