Hilton Cairo Heliopolis Opens alongside Towers Luxury Hotel, the Soon-To-Be First Waldorf Astoria in Africa
Hilton (NYSE:HLT) (http://HiltonWorldwide.com) continues its growth and development in Egypt, 60 years after first entering the …
Among the awards: five Red Dot Design Awards (Europe), three Good Design Awards (Japan) and the International Design Excellence Award (USA)
More than 60 Design Awards in 2017
Twelve design awards have been received so far in 2018
A…
Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, Ms. Janina Kugel, together with regional and pan African executive management visited Sudan
Energy identified as a catalyst for growth
Local skills development identified as key p…
World's Leading Health Organizations Release Third Edition of Widely Used Resource on Family Planning
Global Handbook Gives Health-Care Providers Accurate and Practical Guidance for Counseling Clients
Family planning is considered a …
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said the government is considering raising the tax on gasoline as one option to pay for the newly released infrastructure proposal.
“The president has not declared anything out of bounds, so eve…
The European Union economy grew at its fastest pace in a decade last year, figures from the EU statistics office Eurostat have confirmed.
The 28-strong EU expanded by 2.5% in 2017, its strongest performance since 2007, when it grew by 2…
Are you thinking of doing some growth hacking for your business, or hiring a company to do it? Perhaps someone convinced you that it was a great idea, and that it wasn't too hard to do.
While there are many courses and sites availa…
New plant will add equivalent power needed to supply more than 100.000 Ghanaian homes
25 MW pilot power plant will utilize Isopentane gas as a fuel source
New plant will add equivalent power needed to supply more than 100.…
The Upper West Regional (UWR) Secretariat of the National Youth Authority has recruited 300 unemployed youth in the region for training under the Digital Marketing and Entrepreneurship programme.
The national programme, which was unv…
The stock exchange recorded a much higher trading activity in 2017 than in 2016 in both the equity and fixed income market, the Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange Mr Kofi Yamoah said on Tuesday.
The significant gain on the GS…
The Asante-Akim South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Alexander Frimpong, has called for the youth to give up on illegal mining to save the environment.
He said it was in everybody’s interest that they took care of the rivers and s…
This year, more than 600 startups from 52 different countries took part, more than 12 000 online votes were gathered, and 41 million people reached on social media
Startup.Info (https://Startup.info) has announced the winners of…
A strategic evidence-based data survey on employee’s performance, remuneration and welfare in the banking sector was on Tuesday launched in Accra.
The survey christened “Ghana Banking Human Resource Survey” was to provide the banking se…
The World Chess Federation (Fide) says its Swiss bank accounts have been closed after its president was accused of facilitating transactions on behalf of the Syrian government.
Russian millionaire Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was added to a US Tr…
The ABABI index family has two additional sub-indices (the ABABI capped and the ABABI excluding South Africa indices) to provide more diversification and reduce investors’ exposure to one major country.
The African Development Bank anno…
Ecobank scored the five-trophy hall at The Banker awards, which were held on 29th November at the Hilton London Bankside, with Cameroon, Guinea Conakry, Gambia, Togo and Uganda
Ecobank (www.Ecobank.com), the leading pan-African bankin…
“We are literally in a race against time. In the context of the fourth industrial revolution, with rapid growth in artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology, biotechnology, genetic engineering, and big data analytics, it’s clear th…
Uber Technologies Inc narrowed its fourth-quarter loss to $1.1 billion from a loss of $1.46 billion in the previous quarter, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
The ride-hailing company’s quarterly revenue rose 11.8 percent …
Japan's economic growth slowed in the last three months of 2017 and missed expectations, preliminary official figures show.
The world's third-largest economy expanded at an annualised rate of 0.5% in the quarter, against analyst forecas…
The biggest carmakers on the planet are posting their sales numbers for 2017 - so who is officially ranked number one?
Is it Germany's Volkswagen Group - which knocked Toyota off the top spot in the 2016 figures?
Or one of the newer …
Being offered cash at the gate to take a later flight because of overbooking may become a rarity if technology being examined by major airlines such as British Airways (ICAG.L), JetBlue (JBLU.O) and Qantas (QAN.AX) catches on.
The force…
We have talked a few times around here about a socialist republic that has been hit hard by sanctions imposed by the U.S. government and that, in response, is planning to issue its own cryptocurrency to raise money. I mean Venezuela. Venez…
Eni Ghana has signed two separate MOUs with the Bui Power Authority and the Volta River Authority for a joint development of power generation from renewable sources.
The MOU signed with the Volta River Authority aims to develop sola…
The major annual gathering for the African private sector takes place on 26 and 27 March in Abidjan
More than 1,200 decision-makers from more than 60 countries are expected to debate the theme of "African Champions: Powering Compe…
A practical, stylish and convenient smartphone series with serious attitude
Samsung Electronics Africa today announced the introduction of its latest addition to the Galaxy A series: the 2018 Galaxy A8+ unto the Ghanaian market.
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The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the weekend honoured taxpayers for their contribution towards national development at its 2017 edition of the Stakeholders Awards in Accra.
The awards night was also used to reward hardworking staff …
The National Health Insurance Authority is proposing a special tax on sugar-sweetened and alcoholic beverages as additional source of funding for the National Health Insurance Scheme.
The new levy would be put on beverage companies, whi…
Mr Mawuko Williams, a Consultant with the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, on Monday said huge financing gaps were reducing the job creation potentials of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs).
He said many SMEs that were…
The National Digital Addressing System has been hit with over 3,800 failed cyber intrusions since its inception last year, the Chief Operations Officer of Vokacom, Mr Gideon Kyemanu Sarsah, has revealed.
He told the GRAPHIC BUSINE…
African Development Bank President briefs diplomatic corps in Côte d’Ivoire on progress and perspectives for Africa’s development
Adesina calls for strong support to the Bank’s General Capital Increase
The President of the African…
Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo, the Auditor General (AG) has registered displeasure over audit processes and procedure in the public service of various institutions use.
He said, henceforth, the AG under the provision of the constitutional mand…
A stakeholders meeting for the final discussion on views so far collated on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo directive for 30 per cent of the 70 per cent local content in procurement to be given to women, youth and persons with disab…
Unilever has threatened to withdraw ads from platforms like Google and Facebook if they do not do enough to police extremist and illegal content.
Unilever said consumer trust in social media is now at a new low.
"We cannot have an en…
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) says it will soon start the export of some 50 megawatts of electricity to Burkina Faso once work on the interconnection lines has been completed.
Mr Frank Okyere, the Systems Control Manager at GRIDCo, wh…
Jittery investors and their smartphones stressed out leading U.S. online financial sites last week as heavy volatility shook markets, technology analysts said.
Major firms including Vanguard Group, TD Ameritrade Holding Corp (AMTD.O) an…
Access Bank has rewarded the ultimate winners of its ‘Akyede3’ ‘Kese3’ promotion.
The promotion dubbed “Save Today…Take Tomorrow,” was launched in July last year to reward loyal customers and encourage people to cultivate the habit of …
Mr Ernest Kofi Owusu-Bempah, Communication Director of Ghana National Gas Company(Ghana Gas ) has lauded the efforts of the local engineers of the company leading to the successful shutdown of the Atuabo Gas processing Plant.
He said…
The ARB Apex Bank Limited is strategically repositioning itself to help recapitalise rural and community banks so they could partner with government to implement some of its social flagship programmes.
The Bank, which serves as a mini c…
UK consumer price inflation remained at 3% in January, the same level as in December.
The rate, as reported by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), is close to November's six-year high of 3.1%.
Most economists were expecting a s…
Energy Commercial Bank is optimistic of making significant inroad in the Ghanaian banking industry with a clear cut strategy to grow substantially in all its business lines.
To this end, it has promised existing and prospective cl…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed Mrs Elsie Awadzi as the 2nd Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
The appointment is, however, subject to consultation with the Council of State.
Mrs Awadzi is an internation…
Labour's proposal to bring services such as water, energy and rail into public ownership would be "cost free", John McDonnell has said.
The shadow chancellor says he wants to put public services "irreversibly in the hands of workers" so…
The 2018 edition of the Springboard Road Show, a programme that aims at mentoring business executives, civil society leaders, and role models nationwide has begun.
The programme, which also aims at human capital development and socia…
The financial contribution will support a net distribution campaign, while also providing life-saving testing and treatments
As part of its partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Ecobank Found…
Wireless connectivity at the gate will allow the aircraft to connect to vital aircraft, airline systems
SITA (www.SITA.aero) is providing wireless connectivity on the ground to Air Mauritius’ new fleet of Airbus A350 aircraft, kee…
Opera News reaches 1 million downloads in just four weeks and becomes the number one news app on Google Play Store in Ghana
Opera News, the stand alone news app developed by Opera, has broken the 1 million download milestone in less t…
Mr Kobby Okyere Darko-Mensah, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Takoradi, has said government intends to build more airports in the Western and Central Regions.
The move, he said, forms part of measures to create an enabling environment…
The volume of trade between Iran and Ghana reached $50million last year, the Iranian Ambassador to Ghana, Dr Nosratollah Maleki disclosed on Friday.
Speaking at the commemoration of the 39th anniversary of the Islamic revolution of Iran…
The Bank of Ghana said the yield on its weekly 91-day bill rose to 13.36 per cent at an auction on Friday from 13.32 per cent at the last such sale, on Feb. 2.
The bank said it had accepted all 415.4 million cedis ($93.5 million) worth …
UK space firm EARTH-i Ltd will deliver the ACCORD project, worth over 381 million KES, to deliver timely, geo-targeted advice via a simple mobile application
The UK Government has announced an innovative new project to help Kenyan and …