Guinness Ghana has launched its 60th anniversary in Accra to take stock of its contribution to the development of the beverage industry and creation of jobs in the country.
Established in 1960, the company has evolved and built its succ…
Ms Patricia Obo-Nai, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vodafone Ghana, has called for cooperation between the government and the private sector to recover the economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
This could be achieved by strengthenin…
About 22 artisans trained in various vocational skills in the Talensi and Nabdam districts of the Upper East Region have received start-up kits and certificates after completing a one-year training.
The young women and men were trained …
LAGOS/LONDON (Reuters) - Four months ago, Abolaji Odunjo made a fundamental change to his business selling mobile phones in a bustling street market in Lagos: He started paying his suppliers in bitcoin.
Odunjo sources handsets and acce…
China has taken aim at the US saying its tech firms are victims of "naked bullying".
The accusations come as the Chinese government launches a new set of global guidelines for technology companies.
Its new initiative outlaws illegall…
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Finnish telecom firm Nokia (NOKIA.HE) has suffered a setback after a source close to the matter confirmed it had lost out to Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) on a part of the contract to supply new 5G equipment to Veri…
The Regional Chief Executive Officer of United Bank for Africa (UBA) (Group) Limited has called for the conduct of rigorous background checks on workers in sensitive roles and other staff as part of measures to curb cyber-attacks on banks …
BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Looking to travel from Beijing to Hangzhou in eastern China? A flight can be had for as low as 180 yuan ($26) - one of a slew of deals fuelling a robust recovery in Chinese passenger levels and which could provid…
LONDON (Reuters) - World shares rose slightly led by Europe on Monday after last week’s rout in U.S. tech stocks, though investors worried that any rally could be short-lived and valuations remained high against the backdrop of a global ec…
The next National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will set up a Gold Board to regulate and support the small-scale mining sector.
The service support would range from concession viability, health, safety and efficiency in mine oper…
Part of proceeds to be realised from the Agyapa Royalties Investment Ltd deal will be used to fund the GH¢100-billion Ghana CARES Obaatanpa programme to accelerate the recovery of the country’s economy from the ravaging impact of the coron…
Mr John Dramani Mahama, former President and Leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 Elections has promised to establish a training centre at the ‘Wa Magazine’(place designated to automobile craftsmen} to promote skil…
The chiefs and people of Chirano in the Western North Region have commended Zipline for its remarkable efforts in improving healthcare delivery in the area.
Zipline is an American medical product delivery company headquartered in South …
The proprietor of Clearpower Ventures, Mr Clearforce Tetteh has urged fellow young entrepreneurs to diversify their product offerings to help survive the uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sharing his experiences alongside other be…
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s tuna market, the world’s largest, is taking an outsized hit from the coronavirus pandemic, pressuring restaurants and wholesalers at Tokyo’s sprawling Toyosu fish market to adapt to survive.
Businesses had hope…
Nestlé has appointed Mauricio Alarcon as new Chief Executive Officer of Nestlé Central and West Africa Limited, effective September 1, 2020.
Mr Alarcon has a robust and in-depth understanding of Central and West Africa.
A statement is…
Telecommunications giant MTN Ghana is at the Supreme Court seeking a review of the High Court's ruling that quashed its suit against the National Communication Authority’s (NCA) declaration of the network as a Significant Market Power (SMP…
Ms Juliet Aboagye-Wiafe, the Director of Audit at the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has been appointed as the new acting Deputy Director-General, Finance and Administration of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
Ms Aboagy…
A cross section of fashion designers in parts of Accra have expressed their hope for transformation of business after the re-opening of the Kotoka International Airport.
A visit by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to some fashion houses in E…
Vodafone Ghana has reinforced its commitment to helping Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) become more resilient and experience growth amid COVID-19 with the dedication of September to SMEs.
The telecom Company as part of this ye…
Scancom Plc. (MTN Ghana) on Friday 4th September filed papers at the Supreme Court seeking to review the High Court’s recent decision regarding the declaration of MTN Ghana as a Significant Market Power (SMP). This step was taken after a c…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China may gradually cut its holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds and notes, in light of rising tensions between Beijing and Washington, state-backed newspaper Global Times cited experts as saying.
With Sino-U.S. relation…
The Sekondi-Takoradi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (STCCI), has appointed Mr Eugene Fredua Ofori-Atta , a renowned Architect, as its new President for the next three years.
Mr Ofori-Atta replaces Mr. Ato Van-Ess, while Mr Kwaku Enni…
The Sekondi/Takoradi chapter of the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST) has introduced new MMDAs to CoST project which seeks to improve openness in the award of public contracts.
It also works to ensure benefits of improved in…
US and Asian stock markets have gone into reverse after shares in America's biggest technology firms tumbled.
Companies that have powered US markets to record highs - Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and Facebook - fell between 4% and…
The Advanced Information Technology Institute of the Ghana-India Kofi Annan ICT Centre of Excellence (AITI-KACE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) and select…
The Ministry of Business Development, will from next year, 2021, start allocating 10 million Ghana Cedis each year, for entrepreneurial initiatives in the Zongo communities in the country.
The money which will cover a period of four yea…
Hundreds of stores have shut during the pandemic but not at Lego, which is on track to open 120 new shops this year.
The Danish toy firm told the BBC bricks-and-mortar stores had a solid future, despite the drop in footfall on high stre…
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has presented personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Volta Region branch of the Association of Arts and Craftsmen, Ho.
It also presented similar items to bead makers in New Juabeng in the …
Mining of the precious metal called gold is a lucrative business with operations spread across the various continents with the exception of Antarctica (Metals Focus & World Gold Council, 2020).
In 2019, forty-three (43) countries produc…
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has begun a campaign to sensitise food sellers and consumers to mechanisms to prevent aflatoxin contamination and its negative impact on human lives.
The five-day exercise, which started last Monday, …
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is engaging the government to come out with a plan on how to reduce government's indebtedness to the central bank.
The 2017 Auditor-General's report presented to Parliament revealed that the government's debt sto…
Access Bank Ghana has unveiled a new promotion targeted at children to improve financial literacy from an early age.
Riding on the back of the Bank’s kid’s savings account - Early Savers, the campaign dubbed “Perfect Start” is aimed at …
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has assured that no customer will be excluded from the government’s bailout package for persons whose funds have been locked-up in the 53 defunct fund management companies since November 2019.
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Ghana and Nigeria are proposing a joint business council that would govern matters of trade and investment between the two countries.
The initiative is as a result of the recent high-level exchanges between the two West African neighbou…
To create a sustainable future of shared value with all stakeholders, AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine has implemented, among other things, an Aquaculture project to address unemployment within its host communities.
Mr. Stephen Adjei, S…
The Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA) and the Police Service have renewed their commitment towards working together to remove trade barriers along the country’s transit corridor.
The two made the pledge when the Chief Executive Officer (CE…
Busy Internet Ghana has launched a new self-service mobile app: “My Busy App”, on both the Apple App and the Google Play stores to allow customers to manage and stay in total control of their accounts.
The new Busy App comes with enhan…
Unilever has pledged to drop fossil fuels from its cleaning products by 2030 to reduce carbon emissions.
The consumer goods giant said it would invest €1bn (£890m, $1.2bn) in the effort.
Unilever said it would replace petrochemicals …
The boss of carmaker Rolls-Royce has said global demand for luxury vehicles is rebounding despite the pandemic.
Boss Torsten Müller-Ötvös told the BBC that markets in Asia, Europe and the US were now "more or less back to normal".
Mr…
The valuation of US tech giant Apple has continued to surge, surpassing the entire value of all the members of the UK's top share index.
Apple's shares rose 4% on Tuesday, valuing it at $2.3 trillion (£1.7tn), compared to the £1.5tn val…
The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana Limited is set to lay off a number of jobs due to a collapse in business which has been worsened by the coronavirus pandemic.
An internal memo dated August 31 and signed by the Business Unit Manag…
Zeepay, a fast-growing Financial Technology and Mobile Money company, has formally opened an office in Kasoa to serve the financial needs of residents of the area and its environs.
The new flagship branch, located along the Bawjiase Roa…
The Chairman, Public Accounts Committee of Parliament (PAC) Dr James Avedzi Klutse, on Wednesday could not hide his anger when certain names repeatedly came up in connection with wrongful payments from the Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF)…
The country lost more revenue in airport taxes than it collected in the first half of this year, mainly as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which broke out in the country in March this year.
Provisional fiscal data on pub…
The Kotoka International Airport (KIA) has reopened for commercial and international passenger flights, five months after it closed its gates to the world as part of the restrictions on movement to contain the spread of the coronavirus dis…
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is still struggling to recover GH¢778.6 million owed it by the government and its related agencies since 2015.
Although the amount, owed by the government, the Ministry of Finance, the Tem…
Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah, Minster of Roads and Transport has said numerous roads projects are being executed throughout the country in fulfilment of the President’s declaration of making “2020 the Year of Roads”.
He said though many projec…
The Ghana Interbank Payments and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), a subsidiary of the Bank of Ghana, has introduced ACH DC Near Real Time (NRT) platform that allows Corporate Institutions to make bulk payments much faster.
The service, bei…
Techfarm a start-up company has launched Mobibasket an e-commerce platform to provide an improved shopping experience for consumers during this period of COVID-19 and beyond.
Mobibasket comes with the best technology to deliver value, p…
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