The National Labour Department (NLD), one of the major arms of the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, has over the years played a critical role in providing critical human resource needs for the public sector and even the private…
Business partners of mobile telecommunications operator, Glo Mobile, will continue to enjoy a pride of place in the company’s business focus.
This was disclosed at an event held in honour of the partners by Glo in Accra where the compan…
A section of the Rubber Out growers and Agents Association (ROAA) in the Western Region continue to express dissatisfaction in the trade relations between the Association and the management of the Ghana Rubber Estate Limited.
The ROAA …
The UK's inflation rate climbed to its joint highest in more than five years in August as the price of petrol and clothing rose.
UK inflation measured by the Consumer Prices Index rose to 2.9% in August, up from 2.6% in July, figures sh…
Prime Minister Theresa May has phoned US President Donald Trump over a threat to jobs at Bombardier in Belfast from a trade dispute.
In 2016, Canadian firm Bombardier won an order to supply up to 125 C-Series passenger jets to US airlin…
As evacuated Floridians sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic to head home and face the aftermath of Irma, the weakened storm is still bringing wind and rain to the Southeast.
Irma, which tore a path of destruction across the Caribbean and th…
WhatsApp and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have started a unique test for a new service on WhatsApp.
KLM now offers her customers around the world booking confirmation, check-in notification, boarding pass, flight status updates and asking q…
Ten years ago, there was a lot of excitement about the Oil & Gas industry. Expectations were high and a lot of anticipation of how the economy will be transformed by the discovery of oil in commercial quantity.
Ten years of participatin…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has officially revised the minimum capital of banks to GH¢400 million, in a public notice that also seeks to educate the banks on how to meet the new requirement.
The notice, published Monday afternoon, notes tha…
Privately managed pension funds have maintained their robustness in growth over the past four years, with contributions under the tier two and three schemes hitting an all-time high of GH¢8.3 billion at the end of July, this year.
The a…
Assemblies have become "a huge financial burden" to government due to lack of basic necessities to merit the status of assemblies, Mr Jonathan Azasoo, a Local Governance Expert with the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) ha…
An agreement to bail out Northern Rock which triggered a run on the bank should have been kept secret, the country's then top banker claims.
The BBC revealed the Bank of England's support of the struggling North East bank on 13 Septembe…
Petra Diamonds shares have fallen 7% after it said a parcel of its diamonds mined in Tanzania had been blocked from export by the country's government.
Several of its employees are being questioned by the country's authorities, although…
A Board Member of the Ghana Cement Company Limited (GHACEM), Mr Ishmael Yamson, has called on the government to give deliberate support to Ghanaian entrepreneurs to enable them to grow their businesses.
He said doing business in the cou…
The Ghana Chamber of Mines has urged Ghanaian entrepreneurs to fully exploit the enormous investment opportunities in the mining industry to create wealth and jobs.
Mr. Sulemanu Koney, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), noted that there…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Ghana, Mr Ebenezer Twum Asante, is encouraging greater collaboration between insurers and telecommunication companies offering mobile money services to help improve insurance penetration in the coun…
Oil prices dropped on Monday on concerns that Hurricane Irma’s pounding of heavily populated areas of Florida could dent oil demand in the world’s top oil-consuming nation.
Losses were capped by weekend talks between Saudi Arabia’s ener…
Accra Mall, the city’s most visited shopping centre is set to host and support Social Media Week (SMWi), an independently under Social Media Week (SMW) Global to discuss how social media and technology are changing businesses, society and …
iflix, the world’s leading subscription video on demand (SVoD) service for emerging markets, has entered the Ghanaian market with the introduction of a new platform to help market local content.
The platform serves as a digital hosting …
The total investment portfolio of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) increased from GH¢6.945 billion in 2014 to GH¢7.955 billion at the close of 2015, representing a positive variance of 14.55 per cent.
Of the amou…
The Commissioner of Insurance, Mr Justice Yaw Ofori has issued a warning to insurance companies not to short-change their clients with regard to the payment of claims.
Mr Ofori said per the National Insurance Commission’s (NIC’s) claim…
The use of fake invoices and fictitious customs claims to clear consignments at the ports appears to be on the increase in spite of the paperless clearance system deployed at the country’s ports a week ago.
While the paperless system is…
Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, will hold its third Shareholders Meeting in Dakar on Tuesday, September 12, at 11:00 a.m. at the King Fahd Hotel.
Hosting the first such meeting in West Africa, his Excellenc…
The president of Chad made a personal request of the international investment community to come and invest in Chad.
This comes on the coat tail of the Chad National Development Plan 2017-2021 two-day Round Table where development partne…
Building on the success of its 2nd edition in 2016 which saw over 350 attendees, UIOGS 2017 will again demonstrate the importance of Uganda’s exciting oil and gas industry
His Excellency, President Yoweri K. Museveni has been confir…
A couple of weeks ago, I suddenly found myself spending ten days in a hospital. Over the course of my treatment, I turned my focus to my experience with the medical team who attended to me.
I saw a team of highly trained professionals…
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has confirmed that the takeover of UT Bank by the GCB Bank last month, will not affect UT Life Insurance.
This, according to the commission, is because the insurance company is owned and controlle…
‘ No one would ask you for your driver’s licence, if your husband crashes your car; they will ask for his’ — Author
It is an indisputable fact that many people still have issues with comprehensive motor insurance. Many are of the view…
The South African economy has been experiencing low demand for its exports and going through a political turmoil that has weighed on its economy’s growth.
However, per data released by Stats SA, South African economy has dodged recession.…
Malaysia’s central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged, as expected, as economic growth strengthens and inflation moderates.
“The global economy continues to strengthen with growth becoming more entrenched and synchronise…
Nestle and Unilever both snapped up small, artisanal brands on Thursday, part of a drive by big food firms to boost slowing sales with products seen as ethical or healthy.
Changing consumer tastes and habits have rocked the processed fo…
South Africa’s four biggest banks, pummeled by political wrangling and enmeshed in the country’s economic malaise, are increasingly shying away from their main role: lending.
“Credit extension is going to be low for the next two to thre…
Bastiat Ghana, an economic research think tank, says a nation’s economic growth and development depended on the unit family performance and contribution.
It says every sustainable economy is measured by the quality of skills intertwined…
A former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Mahama Ayariga, has called on stakeholders in the area to invest in the development of talents in sports.
He said most of the young people in the area were talented in the various sporting disci…
Trade between the BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, has grown strongly this year, figures from the world's largest container shipper showed on Thursday.
Maersk Line, which handles one out of seven container…
The UK's manufacturing output grew at the fastest pace this year in July, according to official figures.
Output rose by 0.5% in the month, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, as car production rebounded after declining in Jun…
Top cocoa-growing nations, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, have applied to the African Development Bank (AfDB) for financial support worth US$1.2 billion to help mitigate the impact of falling cocoa prices on their respective economies and their …
Donald Trump has agreed to a Democratic plan to lift the debt limit for three months, fund the government and rush aid to Hurricane Harvey victims.
The US president went against Republican leaders who wanted to extend a debt-limit incre…
Uber [UBER.UL] will cease using diesel cars in London by the end of 2019 and the vast majority of rides will be in electric or hybrid vehicles by then, the taxi app said on Friday.
At the moment the company says around half of all the j…
Ecobank Ghana has launched its maiden southern edition of the Ecobank Housing Fair in Accra to provide an opportunity for stakeholders in the housing industry to showcase their products.
The Executive Director of Legal, Human Recourse a…
Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, has attributed many of the avoidable workplace accidents to lack of safety protocols and standards.
He said industrial accidents always came at a great loss an…
Enterprise Group, a leading insurance and financial institution in Ghana has donated an amount of ¢75,000.00 to the “Save a kidney, save a life” foundation.
This philanthropic gesture was made to the administrative authorities of the Po…
The owner of the Daily Mirror has said it is in talks to buy the owner of the Daily Express and Daily Star.
Trinity Mirror hopes to buy all of the publishing assets of Northern & Shell, which also owns celebrity magazine OK!.
As well…
An advisory board has been inaugurated for the Ghana Green Label Foundation, a body to certify locally produced fruits and vegetables to ensure that they are of high quality and safe for consumption.
The home-grown Green Label scheme wi…
BOSCH, a well-known international brand, has indicated its commitment to partner local industries to provide business solutions in Ghana’s mining and construction sectors.
In a media engagement ahead of a VIP market event in Accra, the …
Guinness Ghana Breweries Ltd, producers of the malt drink Malta Guinness, has launched a national consumer promotion- “Go Get It” - to give consumers the chance to win various prizes.
This promotion which runs from September 1 to Decemb…
Ghana is set to generate US$10 billion from Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) in the next four years, Madam Gifty Klenam, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), disclosed on Wednesday.
To achieve the ta…
The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on stakeholders in the mining industry to come out with strategies to confront the increasing trend of non-standard forms of employment (NSFE).
These…
Management of FBN Bank Ghana has indicated that the bank is open to the possibility of mergers and acquisitions in the country’s banking sector.
The indication of the bank comes at a time when the Bank of Ghana (BoG) is set to announce …
More than 100 institutions and individual investors have expressed interest in partnering the government to develop the multimillion dollar Marine Drive project in Accra for tourism development in the country.
The investors have approac…