Trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) opened the first week of July on a positive note as transactions were registered in 16 counters with three gainers and a loser.
The benchmark GSE-Composite Index edged by 0.1 per cent to close a…
A cassava processing factory is to be established in Fanteakwa North District under the One District One Factory policy of the Government.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, the Fanteakwa North District Chief Executive (DCE) ,…
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Okere, Mr Dan Kwaku Botwe, has said that the Okere district was ready to become a tourism hub to create sustainable jobs for the youth.
He said considering the abundance of tourist sites in the district…
Eni has started gas production during the past weekend from the Sankofa field in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Integrated Oil and Gas Project, in Ghana, on schedule.
A statement from the company said the field would provide 180 …
Italian oil company, Eni, has commenced gas production at the Sankofa field in the Offshore Cape Three Point (OCTP) in a move that is expected to consolidate a reliable source of fuel for the country.
Ghana’s third oil field is expected…
Jaguar Land Rover has warned that a "bad" Brexit deal would threaten £80bn worth of investment plans for the UK and may force it to close factories.
The UK's biggest carmaker, owned by India's Tata Motors, said its "heart and soul is in…
dmg events establishes office to use as base for the company's events throughout the Kingdom
Having been granted a Saudi investment licence by the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) earlier this year, dmg events, a leadi…
Agarwal has echoes of the values we associate with the military,” says Trapp. “‘Officers eat last’ and the rest. If more young managers realized there was more to a successful career than a business school degree and a few well-chosen corp…
Recognized leader in private and hybrid cloud landscapes in Ghana and the West Africa region, IBM Ghana has been awarded Ghana’s best Cloud Service Provider at the recently held 8th Ghana Information Technology & Telecoms Awards (GITTA), t…
U.S. automaker General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Wednesday its second-quarter sales in China increased 0.7 percent to 858,344 vehicles compared with the same period a year ago.
However, the second-quarter growth rate of vehicle sales in …
The transaction marks the pan-African infrastructure specialist’s first investment in Gabon, Cote d’Ivoire and Congo Republic
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), Africa’s largest and most experienced infrastructure-focu…
GROHE was able to increase its energy efficiency to over 14 percent in the same amount of time, the target being almost 9 percent
GROHE’s sustainability performance is above target.
Sustainability is an integral part of GROHE's str…
Shares in mining giant Glencore sunk as much as 12% after it was ordered by US authorities to hand over documents relating to a money laundering probe.
The subpoena from the US Department of Justice is in relation to compliance with the…
The economy could receive a boost worth billions if England make it to the World Cup final, research suggests.
Work done by the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) estimates that the economy has benefitted from extra spending of more than …
The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Manama since 24 June under the chair of Shaikha Haya Bint Rashed al-Khalifa of Bahrain, today inscribed one mixed, i.e. cultural and natural, site in Mexico, and three natural sites in China, France…
Liquid Telecom, Dark Fibre Africa, IFC, SEACOM and Wananchi Group to discuss broadband leadership and investment strategies at London summit
TMT Finance Africa 2018 will return to London on September 19 in London, and will feature a ded…
This week we celebrate the United Nations International Day of Cooperatives, commemorated every year on the first Saturday of July. Cooperatives’ success in sustainable development, wealth creation, and poverty alleviation give many hope f…
Mrs Catherine Afeku, Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture, has appealed to local authorities at tourist sites to support the new toll system for a common good.
She said the new system allowed for transparency and would help ensure th…
BuddeComm recently launched an exclusive Telecoms Maturity Index (TMI), that analyses the broadband, mobile and fixed Line markets of a country as well as a range of economic parameters to rank it on a scale of 1 to 100 and compare it to i…
Highlighting the need to develop and strengthen partnerships between the private and public sector, the Roundtable provided a forum for business and government to engage on critical topics for South Africa's future development
Schneider…
Ghana’s cedi currency hit a record low on Tuesday, due mainly to global pressures as investors continued to exit emerging market assets, analysts told Reuters.
The currency of the major commodity exporter has weakened since the start of…
Seadrill Partners’, a subsidiary Seadrill Ghana Operations has been awarded a settlement of $273m by the English High Court over the West Leo contract dispute with Tullow Oil’s subsidiary Tullow Ghana.
The Hon. Mr Justice Teare ruled th…
The US has said it will allow the Chinese tech giant ZTE to temporarily re-start some business activities as it considers lifting a seven-year ban imposed on the firm earlier this year.
In April, the US found ZTE had violated trade bans…
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) plans to issue new customer protection directives to regulate the activities of airline operators and their customers.
The new directives are to help ensure that both operators and passengers ar…
The Board of Directors of ADB Bank have agreed to use a renounceable rights issue to raise GH¢310 million in fresh capital to be able to meet the Bank of Ghana's new minimum capital of GH¢400 million, Graphic Online has gathered.
The bo…
In a paradigm shift to shake the mobile industry in Ghana, Samsung Electronics has introduced four new premium smartphones at very affordable prices - Galaxy A6+, Galaxy J7 Duo, Galaxy J6 and Galaxy J4. Some of the features on the devices …
The Managing Director of the Ghana Post Company Limited, Mr James Kwofie has been appointed as the new Chairman of the West African Postal Conference (WAPCO).
He takes over from Ms Bety Aichatou from Niger and his appointment will last …
Alibaba Business School and UNCTAD Train African Entrepreneurs to become Catalysts for Digital Transformation
29 entrepreneurs from 11 countries in Africa travel to China to participate in intensive eFounders Fellowship course
Alibab…
Of 100 companies listed, the top four include the World Bank Group, Chevron, Exxon Mobil and the African Development Bank
The 2018 Careers in Africa Employer of Choice Survey (https://goo.gl/pnrSsw) has ranked the African Development Ba…
Mobile Telecommunication Network (MTN) Ghana last Friday bagged 12 awards at the 8th Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards (GITTA), held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.
MTN won the Data Centre Provider for the Ye…
The Minister of Transport, Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, says efforts by the government in ensuring efficiency at the ports through the introduction of the paperless ports system are yielding the desired results.
The minister explained that t…
Diesel-powered vehicles are expected to fall to just 5% of the EU car market by 2030, a new study indicates.
Worries about air quality and emissions standards have already hit diesel car sales, but consulting firm AlixPartners says the …
The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Eric Kwakye Darfour has called on the private sector to invest adequate resources to contribute to the development of the country.
According to him, the private sector had been identified as a key stak…
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has advised the newly-appointed Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited, Mr George Mensah Okley, to remain focused as he worked assiduously to achieve corporate …
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has advised the newly-appointed Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited, Mr George Mensah Okley, to remain focused as he worked assiduously to achieve corporate …
Total assets of the Builsa Community Bank hit GH¢25.98 million, last year, Naab Akanab Apoom-Weem, the Board Chairman, has announced. This represents a 25.10 percent growth over the year 2016 figure of GH¢20.77 million.
Deposits also g…
Economists at the Research Desk of Standard Bank, parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana expects the Bank of Ghana to cut the current policy rate by 300bps.
In the bank’s May, 2018 edition of the African Markets Revealed report, it said t…
Smartphone-maker HTC is to cut 1,500 jobs in Taiwan, about a quarter of its global workforce.
The job cuts are part of a "realignment of resources" across the organisation, the company said in a statement.
The Taiwanese company has h…
The Trump administration has said it does not want one of the world's biggest phone carriers, China Mobile, to provide telecom services within the US, citing national security concerns.
State-owned China Mobile applied to the US Federal…
Air Namibia, the national airline of Namibia, has re-entered the Ghanaian market after four years.
After a successful maiden flight to Accra from Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, via Lagos, Nigeria, the airline pledged to sustain the n…
Under the agreement, signed today, Oranto Petroleum will hold a 90 percent stake and ZCCM Investment Holdings will control a 10 percent share, on behalf of the Zambian Government
Oranto Petroleum to hold a 90 percent stake in two ons…
Seedstars World 2018 Africa tour is on and our next stop is Accra, on the 13th of July. More precisely, at Business Incubator Centre, University of Professional Studies, Accra!
A pitching competition where around 10 startups will p…
High-quality research is needed to improve food and nutrition security in the West African sub-region, Professor Eric Y. Danquah, Founding Director, West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, has said.
Profess…
Mr. Ahensah Asum-Kwarteng, the acting Country Director of Plan Ghana International, has called for the banks’ to bring down the cost of borrowing to aid businesses to thrive.
He said the current high interest charges on loans were not h…
Global Media Alliance (GMA) has organised its second edition of the Ghana beverage Awards in Accra to celebrate, honour and inspire the beverage industry in Ghana.
Mr Ernest Boateng, Chief Executive Officer of GMA addressing the stakeho…
A delegation of ‘MEDEF international’ to explore concrete avenues for more trade and investment between Ghana and France
A delegation of CEO and top executives of prominent French companies organized by ‘MEDEF International’ and led by …
Ghana adopted procedures to identify and refer trafficking victims to necessary services and supported a range of anti-trafficking awareness raising activities
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo released the eighteenth annual Trafficki…
China’s Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) priced its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) at the bottom of an indicative range, raising $4.72 billion in the world’s biggest tech float in four years, people close to the transaction said on Friday.
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Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited has appointed Dr. Emmanuel Oteng Kumah, as Chairman of the Board of Directors, with effect from July 1, 2018. The appointment follows the retirement of Mr. Ishmael Evans Yamson on June 30, 2018.
Dr.…
The Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) has been adjudged the Trade Facilitation Company of the Year for the second consecutive time at the Ghana Shippers Awards held in Accra.
The award is in recognition of the company’s p…