The government, through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), is dedicated to promoting on-farm productivity through intensification of targeted crops; thereby, ensuring job creation in agriculture and other related sectors.
Dr S…
Ecobank supports World Environment Day
Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com) is reaffirming its commitment to help save the planet by supporting World Environment Day. Through this initiative, management and staff will plant trees across all 33 cou…
Thai Airways International Pcl (THAI.BK) will undertake maintenance and repair of Rolls-Royce Trent engines and expects additional revenue of up to 5 billion baht ($156.6 million) in 2020 from the business, the carrier said on Thursday.
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The recent blip in the foreign exchange market that saw a slight depreciation of the cedi against the dollar is short-term and a reflection of a spill over from external developments, an official of the Bank of Ghana has said.
Mr Steve …
The 2018 Sustainability Week is to be held from 5-7 June at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Tshwane. Global engineering and infrastructure advisory company Aurecon has taken an exhibition stand at the event and a strong team of…
Measuring countries and regions economic development is made possible thanks to new Telecom Maturity Index
BuddeComm recently announced the launch of its unique Telecoms Maturity Index. This groundbreaking index analyses the Broadb…
African Development Bank Launches Coding for Employment Program: Unleashing Africa’s Next Generation of Digital Innovators
Over the last 15 years, the African Development Bank has invested US $1.64 billion in programs to prepare youth f…
Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman Corp (BFb.N) (BFa.N) warned on Wednesday of trouble ahead from tariffs being slapped on U.S. bourbon and said it had been working in recent months to mitigate the potential impact by shipping more liquor ov…
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has provided financial support to the Oil Palm Research Institute to tackle leaf miner infestation of oil palm plantations in the Ashanti Region.
It has released GH¢88,260.00 to aid the sprayi…
Some basic school children in the Ningo-Prampram District who participated in the National Commission for Civic Education’s (NCCE) citizenship week celebration have raised some concerns on Ghana’s tax regime.
The theme for this year’s N…
Dubai’s tourism sector rallied strongly, steadily picking up pace through the first three months of 2018 in light of growing currency pressures as it continued to retain and grow share across global markets.
The city welcomed 4.7 millio…
Dr James K. Obeng, the President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), said the introduction of the Common External Tariffs (CET) was affecting their business operations and they were likely to go out of business.
Dr Obeng s…
The project – financed by a US $2.16-million loan from the African Development Fund, $299,000 from the World Bank and €345,600 from the Portuguese Trust Fund – aims to expand financial inclusion on the island
The first President of the …
Innovative technologies for maximum hygiene and comfort
Three attractive ceramics lines cater to specific requirements
Designed to coordinate smoothly with GROHE faucets and fittings
Innovative technologies for maximum hygiene …
All 200 spacious and well-appointed guestrooms boast panoramic views of the Niger river and the lush green hillside dotted with mango plantations, offering unmatched comfort
Marriott International (www.Marriott.com) today announced the…
Global flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) are forecast to increase only marginally in 2018 and remain well below the average over the past 10 years, according to UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2018, to be launched on 6 June.
An …
The Petroleum Commission is leading a delegation of over 40 Ghanaian companies on a week’s oil and gas trade mission to Aberdeen, Scotland. The goal is to engage with their Scottish counterparts seeking business opportunities in Ghana’s up…
Cassava Fintech and Comviva have jointly won the East Africa Com Award in Fintech Innovation Award category for EcoCash Merchant Payments powered by mobiquity Money. The award was presented recently at Radisson Blu Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya…
The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP) has partnered Ho Node Hub, a digital innovation hub to empower 82 Small and Growing Business (SGB) owners in the Volta Region as part of it’s national wide Business Support program. …
The World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law has said the capacity to adapt, both politically and economically, is crucial for sustainable development.
According to the report high priority should be given to the continuous…
The Ghanaian originator of building and pavement blocks molded from plastic waste has appealed to investors to partner him to commercialize the product.Nelplast Ghana Limited, a Ghanaian owned company, in a bid to find solution to the huge…
Emirates Airline has unveiled a new First Class Suite on board its latest aircraft that features virtual windows.
Instead of being able to see directly outside, passengers view images projected in from outside the aircraft using fibre-o…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has been implored to make full disclosures on steps it will take to rescue troubled banks.
This comes after the BoG was challenged by experts in the banking sector to make full disclosures on the performance of b…
The world’s 40 largest mining companies have delivered an impressive financial performance in 2017, increasing revenue by 23 per cent to USD 600bn
Market capitalisation of the Top 40 up 30% to USD $926 billion (bn)
Revenue up 23% t…
Company estimates $500 million dollars of owner investment already committed in the U.S.
Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR) (www.Marriott.com) today announced its transformation vision for Sheraton Hotels and Resorts (Sheraton.com), t…
Renewable Energy - Transformation is picking up speed in the power sector, but urgent action is required in heating, cooling and transport
178 GW of renewable power added globally in 2017
Renewable power accounted for 70% of net addi…
As part of the company’s transformation of its marketing organisation, Ford Middle East and Africa President Jacques Brent assumes new global role as Ford director, Product Marketing
Mark Ovenden, current president Marketin…
Event celebrates the inauguration of Ceiba-2 fiber optic cable,
Government officials included President of Equatorial Guinea, H.E. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Cable brings faster, cheaper Internet to the entire country, linking …
This is the first anniversary of Heritage Bank. As the Managing Director, how would you describe the experience?
It’s been an exciting journey for us. At the beginning of our journey we had made certain projections based on how we inten…
Japan’s Sharp Corp (6753.T) said it will buy Toshiba Corp’s (6502.T) personal computer business and issue $1.8 billion in new shares to buy back preferred stock from banks, highlighting a swift recovery under the control of Foxconn.
The…
Despite admitting the importance of Islamic banking to the development of the financial sector, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Ministry of Finance are yet to go beyond aspirations on the concept, almost two decades after it was first conc…
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Alan Kyerematen, has stated that effective September 1, 2018, tax stamps would be applied to the retailing, wholesaling and distribution of textile prints.
He said every textile print from the begi…
In a bid to ensure the full compliance of various mining regulations in the country, government has imposed a fine of $2,770,400 on three companies for various mining regulation breaches that resulted in the Ahafo Mill expansion accident.
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Eric Asubonteng, Managing Director of AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi, has assumed office as the new president of the Ghana Chamber of Mines. Mr Asubonteng takes over from Mr Kwame Addo-Kufuor, who ended his term at the 90th Annual General Meeti…
Mr Alex Opoku-Mensah, Ashanti Regional Director of National Service Scheme, has called on the youth to see agriculture as a profitable business venture, which must be taken serious.
He said agriculture has the potential to solve the une…
The United States has the largest economy in the world at $20.4 trillion, according to data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). From its data copied to the Ghana News Agency, it shows that the US economy increased from around $19.4…
The Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) have in a final communiqué signifying the end of the 53rd Annual Meetings of the Bank unanimously voted Equatorial Guinea as the next host of the meetings in 2019.
The new Pr…
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has said cocoa still remains significant in the economy of Ghana as a middle income nation and remained central in giving Ghana its agricultural identity.
“Cocoa is the mainstay of Ghana’s economy an…
Enterprise Life Assurance Company Limited (Enterprise Life) and Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited (SCBG) have announced the end of a fruitful Bancassurance partnership spanning over a decade. Enterprise Life pioneered the first ever Ba…
Warmer weather, bank holidays and the royal wedding helped to boost retail sales in May, a survey has indicated.
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said total sales rose by 4.1% in May from a year earlier, the fastest pace for more tha…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun a series of public hearing to clear misconceptions and receive feedback from various districts to be affected by onshore exploration in the Volta Region.
The week-long activity, which …
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited and DRA Ghana Limited are to pay fines totalling $2.5 million for their roles in the accident that claimed the lives of six workers at the Newmont Ahafo Mine in April this year.
DRA Limited will be sanctioned …
Societe Generale S.A. will pay over $860 million to resolve criminal charges in the U.S. and France for bribing Gaddafi-era Libyan officials and manipulating the Libor rate, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday.
The Paris-based…
The government has announced plans to sell a 7.7% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland.
The latest sale of 925 million shares, expected to raise £2.6bn, will reduce its holding in RBS from 70.1% to 62.4%.
The bank has been majority owned …
Mining companies operating in the country produced 2.81 million ounces of gold, last year, representing 11 per cent increase over the 2016 figure of 2.54 million ounces.
Mr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor, President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, wh…
The Fish Health Unit of the Fisheries Commission has organised a training course to upgrade the knowledge of 40 officers of the Commission on the best fish farm management and environmental practices.
The five-day course was to afford t…
The Ghana Women Entrepreneurship Summit (GWES 2018) opened in Accra on Monday with a pledge from government that it would do all it can to support women entrepreneurs to thrive in their businesses.
Addressing the opening session, Mr Rob…
Profits at the world's major airlines will be hit this year by rising fuel and labour costs, the industry's trade body has said.
The International Air Transport Association has cut its profit forecast for 2018 by 12% to $33.8bn (£25.3bn…
A day’s sensitization workshop on modernizing the nation’s agriculture through the Canadian Government’s sponsored five-year project, has been held for District Chief Executives, Coordinating Directors and extension officers in the Western…
Mr Kwasi Agyeman Busia, the Chief Executive of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), has directed regional and district managers to post the price list of services the Authority renders to the public to promote transparency.
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