The Leadership of the Ghana Navy and the Marine and Railways Unit of the Ghana Police Service on Wednesday assured the public of its continued service to safeguarding the port space and Ghana's territorial waters.
Commodore James Kontoh…
The 2019 Ghana Mining and Energy Summit that sets the agenda to foster growth and prosperity within the two sectors of the economy opened in Accra on Wednesday.
Organized by the Ghana Chamber of Mines, the Summit is on the theme: "Harne…
The Awards, held annually on the fringes of the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank, have established themselves as the Oscars of African banking
Winners of the 2019 edition of the African Banker Awards (AfricanBanke…
Switzerland gives 3.2 million Swiss francs to African Development Bank’s ‘Boost Africa’ E-Lab and urban development fund
‘Boost Africa’ was launched in partnership with the African Development Bank and the European Investment Bank to en…
Some ten fuel stations in the Greater Accra and parts of the Central Region have been found to be under-delivering the right quantities of fuel to customers.
This was discovered after the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) carried out un…
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) yesterday handed over a cheque for GH¢480,000 to the government for presentation to Mr James Obeng Boateng as his prize for being adjudged the 2018 National Best Farmer.
The Minister of Food and…
Ghana needs to diversify its economy and widen the country’s tax net in order to avoid falling into debt distress, the World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, Mr Henry Kerali, has advised.
He explained that th…
GCB Bank Limited (+0.88%) was the sole gainer at the session, pushing the GSE Composite Index up by 0.65 points (+0.03%) to close at 2,422.68 with a -5.81% year-to-date return while market capitalization increased by 0.01% to settle at G…
MTN Ghana has picked up three awards at the maiden edition of the Health Environment Safety and Security (HESS) Awards held in Accra.
MTN received awards in the following categories;
Most Safety and Security Conscious Company of t…
Through the WorldRemit website and app small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can now quickly and securely transfer money to pay employees and contractors in 140 countries including Ghana
Leading digital money transfer company WorldR…
Surging demand for floral prints and soft tailored dresses have helped Boohoo post a huge jump in revenue for three months to the end of May.
The fast fashion retailer, which also owns PrettyLittleThing and Nasty Gal, said strong block …
Landlords and other creditors will meet on Wednesday in London to vote on revised proposals to save Sir Philip Green's Arcadia retail empire.
Arcadia's brands include Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Burton, Dorothy Perkins, Evans and Wallis.
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Automation Anywhere, a global company specializing in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), has announced the expansion of its operations in Africa with plans to open an office in Johannesburg.
To lead the company’s expansion, Sriram Naraya…
Siemens invests in Southern and Eastern Africa to promote Digital Industries Software portfolio
Acquisition of distributor ESTEQ (ESTEQ.co.za) brings an experienced team and long-standing customer relationships to Siemens (Siemens.com);…
PETROSOL, a privately owned Ghanaian Oil Marketing Company (OMC), has won the Best Health and Safety Management Practices award at the Health, Environment, Safety and Security (HESS) Awards held recently in Accra.
The award was in recog…
The First National Bank, Ghana, has applauded the government for its efforts to stay on course with the fiscal consolidation it promised.
In a recent report, the bank also noted that the drastic personnel changes at the Ghana Revenue …
Eighteen Israeli Companies mostly in the Agribusiness sector have held an exhibition in Accra on the theme: "Ghana Grows with Israel," (GHrow-IL) to expose Ghanaian stakeholders to the Israeli Agricultural Technology space.
The exhibiti…
MTN Ghana in partnership with the National Youth Authority (NYA) is to train over 40 young people as part of this year's MTN 21 days Y'ello Care in the Eastern Region.
The two weeks training programme which has commenced, will see benef…
The governments of Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire on Tuesday expressed their commitment to unite towards setting up of a common floor price and fair living income for cocoa farmers to address the high income disparity in the cocoa value chain.
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The Chairman of the Alliance for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (ASDA), Dr Prosper Ladislas Agbesi, is calling on the leadership of the ECOWAS Sub-region and the international community to step into the political situation in Benin and br…
-- Another central bank rate cut likely in next two meetings
By First National Bank Ghana Corporate and Investment Banking Unit
Following Ghana’s release of first-quarter fiscal numbers on June 3 that showed the government missed …
Donors pledge $17 million to Africa Solidarity Trust Fund at African Development Bank Annual Meetings side event
The donor conference was attended by the presidents of Mauritania, Guinea Bissau, the prime minister of Eswatini and severa…
Central Africa could be the continent’s rising star, thanks to the African Continental Free Trade Area
Central Africa’s real income could increase by as much as 7% in one of the scenarios that researchers describe in the 2019 African Ec…
Global WWF study reveals humans ingest massive amounts of microplastics, equivalent to eating a credit card a week, prompting call for global action from Bluewater
Bluewater, a global leader in water purification technology and solution…
“To integrate Africa, bring down the walls,” Adesina urges at 2019 African Development Bank Annual Meetings Open in Malabo
Adesina urged African governments to work toward the elimination of non-tariff barriers
African leaders on Wed…
Uber has said Australia will become the first international market for its flying taxi service Uber Air.
The firm has selected Melbourne as the third pilot city for its air taxi programme, joining Dallas and Los Angeles.
Test flights…
Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Dubai Chamber) has announced its plans to host the fifth edition of the Global Business Forum (GBF) on Africa on November 18th-19th 2019 in Dubai under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed b…
Wage growth beat market and economist expectations in the three months to April.
Pay rose by 3.4% compared with a year ago. After taking inflation into account, wage growth was 1.4%, official figures show.
The unemployment rate remai…
China will respond firmly if the United States insists on escalating trade tensions, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said further tariffs were ready to kick in if no deal was reached at a G20 summit t…
There are warnings of an international online scam called the "Loom" scheme in Australia, which targets young people through social media and can lead to participants "scamming" their family and friends and leaving them hundreds of dollars…
The Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) Professor Alex Dodoo has led a delegation from the Authority on a familiarisation tour of the Tema Port Expansion Project.
The visit is to acquaint themselves with the operatio…
Government has announced that 300 dams under the One Village, One Dam (1V1D) programme are being constructed in three regions of the North to provide all-year round water for irrigation farming.
It said 99 percent of the dams were progr…
A research conducted into the activities of illegal fishing practice, popularly called 'Saiko' on Ghanaian ocean has revealed that Ghana lost between US40 and US50million Dollars in 2017, involving 100,000 metric tonnes (MT) of fish.
Th…
Vodafone Ghana, a telecommunication company, at the weekend assured Ghanaians of adequate security and excellent mobile money services as it ups campaign to move the more than five million subscribers onto the Vodafone cash wallet.
Acco…
The World Bank has urged the Government to strengthen efforts at diversifying the country's economy and broaden the tax base to ensure that larger numbers of tax payers contribute to the domestic revenue mobilisation.
The World Bank Gro…
The leading Mobile Financial Services operator in Ghana, MTN Mobile Money Limited has launched its 10th anniversary to celebrate the huge success it has chalked over the past 10 years in driving financial inclusion especially amongst the u…
The benchmark index moderated by 32.21 points (-1.32%) to close at 2,431.62 with a -5.47% year-to-date return due to losses in six counters in the banking, insurance, telecom and beverage sectors. Market capitalization declined by 0.54% …
GROHE is expanding its range of kitchen sinks to include composite sinks in Granite Black and Granite Gray
Filling pots, preparing food and doing the dishes after a delicious meal: Oftentimes things have to go fast and it can get a litt…
PayU launches operations in Kenya to enable global organisations seamless access to East African markets
The countries with the highest economic growth include Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania, with the service sector the primary driver of gr…
The 174 room Four Points by Sheraton Dar es Salaam, New Africa Hotel, features spacious and contemporary rooms including suites
POINT 1: Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) (www.Marriott.com) today announced the opening of its se…
African Energy Chamber to Host Roadshow for Equatorial Guinea Oil & Gas and Mining Licensing Rounds in China
The forum will be held at the Kempinski Hotel Beijing Lufthansa Center
The African Energy Chamber (EnergyChamber.org) will h…
As part of Ghana EXIM Bank's decision to aid President Nana Akufo Addo's industrialization agenda of 1 District 1 Factory initiative, a stakeholder's meeting has been held on the Shea Empowerment Initiative in Accra.
In an interview w…
Quick Angels Limited, the first formal and institutionalized Angel Investor Company in Ghana has started a nationwide tour to reach out to potential and existing entrepreneurs on the need for equity financing
The tour which is in collab…
Two young media professionals from PHD Ghana will represent West and Central Africa (WECA) at the 2019 Cannes Young Lions Media competition during the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity in France.
Ebenezer Arthur and Magdaline Afutu wo…
A "dramatic" fall in car production and an easing of stockpiling by manufacturers meant the economy shrank in April, official figures show.
The economy contracted 0.4% from the month before, according to the Office for National Statisti…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned the public against transacting business with the investment firms, Golden Empire Legacy Limited and Loom.
Golden Empire Legacy Limited is said to be engaged in gold investment…
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) spends more than GH¢1 million per month on invalidity pensions.
Some contributors in this category of pensioners who have been on the pension payroll for more than 20 years are be…
MTN Ghana has announced plans to grow its customers on the MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) platform from the current 14 million users to 20 million users by 2021.
Consequently, the telecommunications company indicated that it had already starte…
The UK and South Korea have signed an outline free trade agreement (FTA) that seeks to maintain existing trade arrangements post-Brexit.
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox signed the deal with his South Korean counterpart Yoo Myung-…
Fifteen women of the Agavenya community, near Koforidua, have been financially empowered through the Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA), initiated under the Community Child Protection Team (CCPT) of the International Child Develo…