Real Estate Agency is a very noble profession one can think of. Representing a buyer or seller in real estate transaction involves much work to satisfy the one you represent. Agents go through a lot of stress and time in the process. A la…
Hundreds of Financiers and Developers gather online for Africa’s premier Affordable housing Conference
This year’s AUHF Virtual conference & AGM will provide a platform for Africa’s affordable housing leaders to reconnect and meet with …
INFINOX Capital believes that as technological accessibility increases, the boost in the economic standpoint of the country will result in a growth in the middle class population
“For any financial institution, Africa is the place to be…
Market Summary
The benchmark index moderated by 5.58 points (-0.30%) to close the week at 1,837.27 with a -18.60% year-to-date return due to MTN Ghana (-1.61%) while the market capitalization inched down by 0.29% to settle at GH¢53.12 bi…
Over the years, Maser has become a leading player in the re-distribution business of high-quality and low-cost electronic products
Having recently received capital injection from a British private equity firm, Prateek Suri, founder and …
Oil prices hit a five-month low on Monday following fresh virus-induced lockdowns.
More economies have tightened social restrictions including the UK, France and Germany as they battle rising infection rates.
The fear is that the new…
Mr Eric Kwakye Darfour, Eastern Regional Minister, has commissioned two-storey-92-Unit stores at Asamankese to enhance local economics in the municipality.
The Minister, whiles commending the Assembly for the project, tasked the Municip…
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), OXFAM, and the Friends of the Nation (FoN) have launched a campaign to ensure that adequate resources were allocated to the agriculture and education sectors to propel the country's growth.
Du…
South African telecommunications giant, MTN Group on Friday, October 30, 2020, announced the sale of its stake in Jumia, one of Africa’s largest eCommerce firms.
MTN says it’s making a net proceed of $142.31 million dollars from the sal…
Business leaders express support for multilateralism, global value chains to build back better post COVID-19
Eminent business leaders from across the Asia-Pacific region have expressed strong support for multilateralism and regional coo…
Ethiopian Airlines has won "The 2020 Business Traveller Award" in the category of Best African Airline.
A statement issued in Accra by the Airline, said the winners of the 2020 Business Traveller Awards were unveiled by the publishers o…
The lack of law to support entrepreneurship development and job creation is the cause of failure of young entrepreneurs in the country.
"This failure persists, although there are many scattered policies that are supposed to support entr…
A research report has recommended policy support for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to be competitive in participating in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
The report said the support should focus on cheaper and mor…
The US economy emerged quickly from the depths of the crisis triggered by coronavirus lockdowns this spring, but full recovery remains out of reach.
Official figures show the economy grew at a record 7.4% in the three months to 30 Septe…
The management of the University of Ghana Co-operative Credit Union has indicated its resolve to transform the Union into an model institution that would offer credit unions a new narrative.
"The vision is to become a model of Excel…
The 37 Military Hospital on Thursday commissioned an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Farm to help patients, staff and visitors access to cash at the Hospital's premises.
Six out of a total of eight available ATM slots have been occupied …
Mr Seth Twum Akwaboah, Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), has stressed the need for member countries of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to put their acts together to kick start tradi…
World stocks slipped further on Friday and save havens got a fillip as jitters over a rising global COVID-19 infection rate and next week’s U.S. presidential election weighed on sentiment.
A strong central bank-fuelled bounce back from …
The Lead, Youth Engagement of Mastercard Foundation, Mrs Kafui Mills-Odoi, has underscored its commitment to support African governments in finding solutions to Africa’s youth unemployment challenge.
One of Mastercard’s key intervention…
An innovative project to help farmers use empirical research to overcome soil fertility challenges and other technical bottlenecks affecting increased crop yields, has been launched at a ceremony at Akyawkrom, in the Ejisu Municipality.
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The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Keta Municipal Assembly, Mr. Elliot Edem Agbenorwu, has assured the Ghana Shippers' Authority (GSA) of his readiness to collaborate with it to facilitate trade.
He said his office would liaise …
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has earned the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 27001; 2013 Certification following a rigirous process by PECB Group based in Canada.
The Managing Director of the Bank, Dr. Jo…
Building on eighty years of pickup heritage, the new Nissan Navara is set to tackle tough terrain with proven capability and reliability to go anywhere. Conquer your world with confidence, take on the unknown. The Nissan Navara is the next…
MTN Group on Friday announced a strong set of financial results for the third quarter, supported by the performance of its larger operations in South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana, and good group-wide growth in subscriber numbers despite chall…
2020 has forced businesses to change the way that they do things – whether through promoting greater entrepreneurial thinking and innovation in the workplace, or simply encouraging employees to follow their passion projects or ‘side hustle…
Market Summary
Ecobank Ghana (+3.64%) advanced the GSE Composite Index by 6.16 points (+0.34%) to close at 1,837.27 with a -18.60% year-to-date return while the market capitalization increased by 0.12% to close at GH¢53.12 billion.
Ac…
Private sector investment in Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Senegal to accelerate following EIB insurance support
Agreements for EUR 60 million from EIB will enable the four countries to either become full members or increase their curre…
Taking place last week, the Fourth edition of the Ndiaye Lecture was organised at a time of major tectonic shifts around the world and the choice of the main theme “Africa and the Remaking of the New World Order” reflected these developmen…
IFC’s pandemic response is focused on reaching the most vulnerable people in developing countries. Of the $8 billion in IFC COVID-19 fast-track financing approved by the IFC Board in March 2020, $4 billion has been committed to date, of wh…
Ford’s annual Chairman’s Award programme, launched regionally in 2016, has announced its 2019 winners honouring Distributors who are at the top of their Customer Satisfaction game.
“These awards are not only the ranking of a survey resu…
Plans for Japan's first homegrown passenger plane in more than five decades have been frozen as the airline industry suffers from a deep drop in demand.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the company behind the new SpaceJet, is cutting its bu…
Some of the heavyweights in the business community will be honoured on Friday night at the second Corporate Ghana Hall of Fame Awards at the Marriott Hotel at Airport City, Accra.
A flagship forum of top-tier executives in thriving busi…
Zeepay, a fast-growing fintech and a Challenger Electronic Money issuer (Mobile Money Company), has announced a new partnership with Enterprise Life to provide beneficiary insurance to remittance senders from the diaspora.
The product, …
Airbus said on Thursday it expected to stop burning cash in the fourth quarter, giving investors the first glimpse of a path out of the coronavirus crisis after speeding up deliveries to cash-strapped airlines.
The European planemaker s…
Samsung Electronics has reported record revenues of $59bn (£45.4bn) in its third quarter.
The strong revenues were fuelled by a 50% jump in smart phone sales, while profits from microchips rocketed 82%.
The Korean tech giant posted a…
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) in-charge of Operations and Finance, Mr Samuel Dentu, has said the National Export Development Strategy (NEDS), presents more opportunities to build capacity…
Out of the 144 Rural and Community Banks in the country, the Builsa Community Limited has been rated third best performing bank as at the end of 2019, Mrs Asokea Agamu Akanbangbiem, Board Chairperson of the bank has revealed.
The bank e…
The government’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PfJ) Programme has engaged 639,751 people in the Ashanti Region over the last four years.
The Reverend John Manu, Ashanti Regional Director of Agriculture, said 20,459 benefitted from the Pro…
A total of 10,055 medium and small-scale businesses adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Volta Region have received financial support from the Government to scale up activities.
The COVID-19 relief funds were disbursed to …
Amid Continuing Uncertainty, Investing in African Mining Indaba Announces Cancellation of the 2021 Edition and Launches a Virtual Event
Seven months since the World Health Organisation declared a global pandemic, the continuing uncertai…
The Minister for Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has said that Ghana is making economic progress and “there is no turning back” to the days of Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) tag.
The Minister said the decision of the President John Ku…
Wärtsilä report shows potential for G20 energy stimulus to accelerate energy transition towards renewable energy systems and economic recovery
A new report from global technology company Wärtsilä has revealed that the G20’s stimulus p…
Government expects growth to rebound strongly in 2021 at 5.7 per cent as a result of the implementation of the Transformation and Revitalization phase of the Ghana CARES Programme.
Presenting the 2021 Expenditure in Advance of Appropria…
Market Summary
The benchmark index stayed flat at 1,831.11 with a -18.88% year-to-date return for the second straight session while the market capitalization remained at GH¢53.05 billion.
Accordingly, the GSE Financial Index recorded …
Egypt is the largest non-OPEC oil producer in Africa, as well as the continent’s second largest natural gas producer
The UK Department for International Trade (DIT), in partnership with the Scottish Development International (SDI) organ…
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has projected Ghana’s economy to rebound strongly in 2021 at 5.
7 per cent as a result of the implementation of the transformation phase of the Ghana CARES programme.
He said the Government…
The Government of Ghana on Wednesday announced that it has invested in excess of GH¢15.7 billion on key flagship programmes.
According to Finance and Economic Planning Minister Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, “these flagship programmes have created …
The World Bank Group, has announced Naa Sika, a Ghanaian, as the first prize winner of "Mission Billion Challenge" with her micro-savings platform that enables informal sector workers to access digital wallets and fee-free savings accounts…
Heathrow says it has been overtaken as Europe's busiest airport for the first time by Paris Charles de Gaulle because of a slump in demand for air travel.
Some 19 million passengers used Heathrow in the first nine months of the year, ve…
Germany's Mercedes-Benz is to raise its stake in Aston Martin Lagonda as part of the UK carmaker's recovery plan.
Aston Martin, which has haemorrhaged cash since a disastrous stock market flotation, said Mercedes will increase its holdi…
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