Telecoming will exclusively distribute the digital contents of Real Madrid through mobile operators in Africa
The famous Spanish club chooses a partner with extensive experience in technologies to distribute and monetize digital content…
CoinDeal Celebrates Wolverhampton Wanderers Sponsorship Renewal with the Launch of an Innovative Free Token
CoinDeal, global cryptocurrency exchange, to continue as official sleeve sponsor of Wolverhampton Wanderers for 2019/20 Engli…
Recently, the launch of Impact Investing Ghana (IIGH) an independent, private-sector collective of entrepreneurship advisory and investment practitioners with the release of an emotive video that captured with a breathtaking narrative just…
Terrestrial fiber infrastructure investments key to enabling the growth of Africa’s digital economy say experts at International Telecoms Week's (ITW) Africa Panel Session
The dialogue centered on the notion that the development of the …
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Trillium Flow Technologies (“Trillium”), formerly Weir Flow Control (“WFC”), today announced the completion of its sale from The Weir Group PLC (“Weir”) to First Reserve, a l…
Weekly Highlights
Producer Price Inflation dropped to 6.7 percent in May.
GSE witnessed a turnaround, supported by price appreciation in some financial stocks.
Yields on short-dated treasury securities eased.
Cedi depreciated a…
Liesel Pritzker Simmons is fabulously wealthy. But this member of one of America's richest families is also uneasy about it.
"It's time for us who are blessed with unusual financial success or luck to contribute more to our common good …
Government says it will make some changes to the Vehicle Luxury Tax in the mid-year budget review to be presented to Parliament in July.
Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, who announced this at a press briefing, said while the fundame…
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, has been honored as the ‘Best Airline in Africa’ for the third consecutive year at the Skytrax 2019 World Airlines Awards held i…
The Ghanaian stock market was livelier than the previous week; investors were bullish on the shares of EGH which pushed the Composite Index 10.94 points up from 2,383.88 points the previous week.
The increase in share prices had an impa…
MTN MoMo customers are excited about the launch of an exciting promo which will deliver 10 cars and 1000s of prizes.
The promotion which was launched this month will reward the top 1000 MoMo subscribers every month for three months. P…
Access Bank Ghana (+13.33%) pushed the benchmark index up by 2.02 points (+0.09%) to close at 2,372.99 with a -7.75% YTD return while market capitalization increased by 0.04% to settle at GH¢58.31 billion.
The GSE Financial Index turn…
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Airtel Africa has floated on the London stock market - and its shares fell as much as 15% in early trading.
The shares were priced at 80p but fell to 67p as trading started.
The company is part of India's Bharti Airtel.
Even so Ra…
Frank Mosier, the chairman of Rendeavour, the developer of Appolonia City, an estate in Greater Accra Region, has been appointed a member of the United States President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA).
Set up i…
Products from Ghana pulled massive audience and recorded high patronage at the first ever China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE) held in Changsha in the Hunan Province of China.
The event, which took place at the Hunan Internati…
Ernest Chemists Limited has once again confirmed its position as the leading pharmaceutical company in Ghana, by winning a total of 5 awards at the Ghana Pharma Awards 2019 last Friday, which was the highest number of awards for the night.…
Parliament has urged the Minister of Finance to seek approval from the House to enable the Finance Ministry disburse the unutilized Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) of GH403.74 million.
According to the legislators, the amount, which…
Telecommunication infrastructure should be classified as critical national infrastructure of security concern and legal punitive measures instituted against recalcitrant people whose actions and inaction caused interruptions in its flow to…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he hoped for productive talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on a trade war that is casting a shadow on global growth, but said he had not made any promises about a reprieve from escalating tar…
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) report has indicated that trade restrictions among the Group of 20 countries remain at historically high levels.
It comes before a G20 meeting in Japan later this week.
G20 economies implemented 2…
Huawei, a leading producer of technology devices says it has observed an increase in growth in its shipment of products. The company said it had shipped 100 million smartphones by 30 May, beating last year by 49 days when it clocked the …
Deputy Minister of Finance, Kwaku Kwarteng, has stated that government is reviewing its tax exemption policy to include taking up stakes in businesses in exchange for the exemptions.
According to him, this would enable the government to…
Reverend Johnson Avuletey, Deputy Volta Regional Minister, has challenged the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to redouble efforts at capturing self-employed and workers in the informal sector in the Region under the Sc…
Sir Jony Ive, the Briton who over two decades helped turn Apple into the world's most valuable company, is leaving to set up his own venture.
Sir Jonathan, designer of the iMac, iPod and iPhone, leaves later this year to start a creativ…
Sir Jony Ive, the Briton who over two decades helped turn Apple into the world's most valuable company, is leaving to set up his own venture.
Sir Jonathan, designer of the iMac, iPod and iPhone, leaves later this year to start a creativ…
An industrialist and former Board Chairman of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Mr Tony Oteng-Gyasi, has welcomed the recent increment in utility tariffs as a necessary step that would help sustain the service providers and cushion t…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Enterprise Group Limited (EGL), Mr Keli Gadzekpo, has announced plans by the company to explore new business opportunities in the financial service market with an entry into other West African countries…
The EG Ronda Licensing Round Roadshow 2019 in Beijing will be showcasing the 27 oil & gas blocks on offer under the country’s 2019 oil & gas licensing round
Equatorial Guinea Ronda has received great interest from public and private Chi…
Car giant Ford has said it is planning to cut about 12,000 jobs across its European operations by the end of 2020.
The carmaker is trying to cut costs and restructure its European business, which is losing money.
It plans to have clo…
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) is to engage with other stakeholders along the value chain to ensure the smooth implementation of the ‘one-system rule’ in the petroleum downstream sector.
Although the ‘o…
The Receiver of the defunct Beige Bank, Nii Amanor Dodoo, has gone to court to retrieve about GH?1billion from the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the bank, Micheal Nyinaku and 12 of his subsidiary companies.
The writ which was filed at …
Mr. Birender Singh, the High Commissioner of India to Ghana on Wednesday sought for Ghana Support for India's candidature to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) council election.
The ICAO Council election slated for Sep…
Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has proposed some amendments to the process of loan repayment, which she says could address the growing concern of debt sustainability in Africa.
The…
The Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs) has commended the management of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) company limited for setting-up a Call Centre to enable stakeholders have quick response to issues regarding their stock b…
The GSM Association (GSMA) is forecasting that the mobile economy will reach $214 billion, representing 7.6 per cent of the overall GDP of Africa, by 2020.
The association, therefore, believes Africa has an opportunity to harness the …
Three counters in the banking and consumer goods sectors dragged the benchmark index down by 9.94 points (-0.42%) to close at 2,370.97 with a -7.82% YTD return while market capitalization declined by 0.17% to settle at GH¢58.29 billion.
G…
Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTC) [1], Botswana’s fastest and widely available mobile network, has revamped and introduced SMEGA, its mobile money service. SMEGA now works on Comviva’s [2] mobiquity® Money platform [3]]…
Golden Star Resources Ltd. (NYSE American: GSS; TSX: GSC; GSE: GSR) ("Golden Star" or the "Company") announces that Daniel Owiredu will be stepping down from the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of Golde…
The Chief Executive officer of Ghana Export-Import Bank, GEXIM, Mr. Lawrence Agyinsam has been elected as the president of the Global Network of Export-import Banks and Development Finance Institutions, G-NEXID in Geneva, Switzerland.
M…
The Akosombo Textiles Limited (ATL) is still struggling to find its feet, one year after the government injected GH?17 million into the company to resuscitate it.
Currently, the company only produces for institutions on demand and str…
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has supported the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative with GH¢100 million.
The amount will be in the form of credit facilities and working capital loans to enable agro-inputs to get to ben…
The price of gold has gone up recently - in the last month, it rose by £200 an ounce, from just under £1,000 to just under £1,200.
But why has this happened?
"The bigger picture is about the US Federal Reserve and the direction of th…
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has assured the Managing Director of the National Investment Bank (NIB) Mr Samuel Sarpong of his support and blessing, and urged him to work assiduously to turn the fortunes of the bank.
This, he beli…
China has suspended some pork imports from Canada, adding to tensions between the two countries.
The move comes after Chinese authorities found a banned feed additive in a batch of pork products exported from Canada to China.
An inve…
Cocoa farmers in the country have been urged to use only approved methods and procedures to ferment and dry harvested cocoa beans, as this would ensure its standard quality on the local and international markets.
Mr Michael Kwabena Osei…
A business forum to promote the adoption of cost-effective and proven storage technologies among small holder farmers has been held at Yendi, in the Northern Region.
The forum, attended by small holder farmers, aggregators, input dealer…
The United States (US) Embassy in collaboration with the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) on Tuesday launched the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in Accra to train and establish young women with entrepreneurial skills.
The …
There is the need for more judicious use of revenue generated from Ghana's petroleum sector for accelerated economic growth, Dr. Stephen Manteaw, Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), has said.
"It is impo…
The benchmark index moderated by 5.83 points (-0.24%) to close at 2,380.91 with a -7.44% YTD return due to downward price movement in two counters in the banking and beverage sectors while market capitalization decreased by 0.10% to sett…
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