Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the Government is focused on establishing partnerships with Indian businesses to aid Ghana's ambition of becoming the pharmaceutical hub in West Africa.
Vice President Bawumia said this when h…
U.S. makers of bulldozers and other heavy equipment are raising prices, losing sales and in some cases beginning to trim workers in response to the Trump administration’s protracted trade disputes with various countries, according to a new…
A group known as the Concerned Citizens of Talensi in the Upper East Region has appealed to the President to revoke all licences granted to Shaanxi Mining Ghana Limited and its partners, Yenyeya and Pubodtaaba Mining Groups, to mine at Gba…
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq extended last week’s gains on Monday, lifted by technology and financial stocks, as investors waited for the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting later this week for further clues on the pace of interest rate hikes.
T…
In fulfilment of maintaining national food security, the Assin North District has expressed its commitment to prioritise the cultivation of hybrid rice under the "Special Rice Initiative" (SRI).
Dubbed "Public private partnership for co…
Marks and Spencer is planning a big shift towards food at its stores, the retailer has said.
It said it wanted to target the weekly family shop by having more stores that offer its full range of food.
At the moment, only around 12 of…
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, left Accra on Friday for New Delhi, India for the 14th CII - Exim Bank Conclave on India - Africa Project Partnership slated for March 17th to 19th, 2019.
Over the past 13 editions, the CII- EXIM…
On a journey to catalyze innovation and fast-track growth for businesses, AirtelTigo Business has rolled out “Flexi Business”, a tailor-made mobile solution for small and medium enterprises and corporate firms to meet their specific needs …
Ghana will join the world to celebrate this year's World Facility Day, which falls on May 15, under the global theme, "Enabling Positive Experiences" to educate the public on the effects of poor maintenance culture.
The Day, aside focus…
Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister for Food and Agriculture (MOFA), has assured farmers that government would restore them to their former glory when farmers were the richest in the society.
"In the past, cocoa farmers were the richest bu…
Dr Josh Bamfo, the Partner and Head of Transfer Pricing Services, Andersen Tax, Nigeria, has urged Ghana to ensure that the existing regulations and laws on transfer pricing were effectively implemented.
This would be in line with gover…
A no-deal Brexit has always meant that the UK would have greater flexibility to set its own trade tariffs.
The government has now set out its plans on how it would take advantage of that opportunity.
It has said it will cut tariffs t…
The chief executive of oil-company Shell saw his pay more than double last year to more than €20m (£17m).
Ben van Beurden's total salary in 2017, which was approximately €9m, prompted a shareholder revolt.
The raise comes as the comp…
One thousand, one hundred and twenty personnel of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) had been placed in both private and public institutions in the New Juaben South Municipality.
This was disclosed by the Municipal NABCO Co-ordinator, Mr…
Members of the Kumasi Central Market Association (KCMA) and the Eastern Corridor Importers Association (ECIA) have called on the government to as a matter of urgency, ensure that all illegal security check points and barriers on the easter…
Ride-hailing taxi app firm Uber is to launch its initial public offering in April, the Reuters news agency reports.
Uber will register securities with US regulator the SEC in April, as well as launching an investor roadshow, Reuters sai…
The Gold Coast Fund Management (GCFM) says it will keep to its commitment to make regular quarterly disbursements to customers and called on customers to remain calm.
A statement issued in Accra, signed by Mr Benjamin Afreh, the General…
Government has started the implementation of the Digital Property Address System (DPAS) with about 12,750 Nation Builders Corp (NABCO) personnel posted nationwide to Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to commence opera…
For the first time, Coca-Cola has revealed it used three million tonnes of plastic packaging in one year.
It's part of a report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation which is pushing for companies and governments to do more to tackle plasti…
The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) under the Ghana Power Compact Internship and Mentoring Programme (GPCIMP), is to recruit 200 female Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students for internship into the variou…
Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Energy, has assured the public that the country is not back to 'Dumsor' and that areas within Accra experiencing power outages will soon heave a sigh of relief.
He said industry players were working …
The US is suing Volkswagen, accusing the German carmaker of "massive fraud" over the diesel emissions scandal.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claims the firm misled investors by issuing billions of dollars worth of bonds a…
The Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (GFDO) has called for the establishment of a national monitoring team for the usage of Persons with Disability (PWDs) Common Fund.
The GFDO said the Fund must be monitored effectively to …
Agriculture sector players in the Upper West Region have formed an ad hoc platform aimed at laying the foundation for agricultural value chain actors to have regular interactions and synchronize other interventions to reduce postharvest lo…
Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed on Sunday morning killing all 157 people on board.
It's led to a serious crisis for Boeing. The company manufactured the 737 Max 8 plane that was involved. The model has now been grounded globally a…
China has passed a new foreign investment law in a move widely seen as an effort to facilitate US trade talks.
Delegates voted overwhelmingly in favour of the law on the final day of the National People's Congress (NPC).
The measure …
The two lead growers of cocoa have jointly rejected aspects of a global standard on cocoa production as inimical to the fortunes of smallholder farmers and the cocoa industries in the two countries in general.
Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire, w…
Mr Daniel Appianin, the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), has called for a Maritime Transport Policy (MTP) to effectively address the regulatory and safety issues.
He said stakeholders in the maritime indust…
The year-on year inflation rate measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February 2019 was 9.2 per cent, up by 0.2 per cent point over the 9.0 per cent recorded in January 2019.
The monthly change rate in February 2019 was 1.0 per…
The Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) has presented 450 laptops valued at $247,000.00 to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) towards boosting domestic revenue collection.
This forms part of GCNet's commitment to support the…
Cocoa farmers have been urged to adopt modern agronomic practices and best farming methods to ensure better health for cocoa trees and the resultant increased crop yield.
Mr Samuel Badoo, Extension Coordinator for Cocoa Health and Exte…
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MTN Ghana (MTNGH) and Societe Generale (SOGEGH) have announced final dividends of GH¢0.03 and GH¢0.04 per share respectively for the 2018 financial year.
The benchmark index moderated by 3.17 points (-0.13%) to close a…
Boeing has grounded its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft after investigators uncovered new evidence at the scene of the fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash.
The US plane-maker said it would suspend all 371 of the aircraft.
The Fede…
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has given an assurance that the cedi will begin to appreciate against the major currencies within the next two weeks. “The reversal will occur and it is going to be pretty stable,” Mr Ofori-Atta …
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GCB Bank Limited (+2.63%) advanced for the second straight session on the back of bullish sentiment ahead of its earnings release. Consequently, the financial index increased by 3.58 points (+0.17%) to close at 2,133.28…
An Agric-business entity, Gohuballe Agric Business (GAB), has praised hardworking farmers for the 2018/2019 crop season at Gwolou in the Sissala West District with a call on them to "see agriculture as business and not punishment".
The …
The BUSAC Fund has called on Ghana's Lands Commission to engage field officers at the community level to provide extension services on land ownership and documentation to ease the process of people seeking land.
It said community member…
The Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) has said it is preparing towards the implementation of the First Port Duty Rule Policy to bring about significant efficiency at Ghana's ports.
Its objective is to deepen trade facilit…
The Adaklu District in the Volta Region has recorded more than a 300 per cent increment in the participation of farmers in government's flagship Planting for Food and Job (PFJ) initiative.
Mr Joseph Abanga, Desk Officer, PFJ Adaklu, sai…
African e-commerce start-up Jumia has filed papers for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange on the 30th anniversary of the worldwide web.
The company, headquartered in Nigeria, operates in 14 African countries and b…
Greece has entered a period of economic growth that puts it "among the best performers in the eurozone".
That rather striking judgement comes from the International Monetary Fund in a new report on the Greek economy.
A senior IMF off…
The government has announced that most imports into the UK would not attract a tariff in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
Under a temporary scheme 87% of imports by value would be eligible for zero-tariff access.
At the moment 80% of i…
The Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Mrs Elsie Addo Awadzi, has called for consented effort to help remove constraints militating against the progress of women in the country.
That, she said, was necessary to help adva…
Vodafone Ghana will on Tuesday March 19 launch its 4G network service across major cities in Ghana.
This is to help give superior internet service to Vodafone customers across Ghana.
At a pre-launch media briefing in Accra on Tuesday…
Ecentric Payment Systems, a payments company in South Africa, announced today that FSS (Financial Software and Systems), a global digital payment and financial technology company, has made a strategic investment in the company to accelerat…
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IEX:IBKR), an automated global electronic broker, announced that IBKR institutional and retail clients can now trade stocks on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). IBKR will connect clients to TASE via a ban…
Carestream Health has signed an agreement with Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, to sell its healthcare information systems (HCIS) business to Philips.
Carestream’s HCIS business unit provides i…
Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT) today announced the next step in its strategic relationship with Samsung Electronics by providing users with frictionless access to Spotify on Samsung mobile devices1. In addition, new Spotify consumers …
MTN congratulates women on International Women’s Day for their commitment to the development of the country.
MTN recognizes the important role women play in nurturing, enhancing and developing people, communities and nations around the …
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of VOKACOM Limited, Nana Osei Afrifa, has asked for a national policy that will stimulate collaboration between academia and the business community in the country.
That, he said, was crucial to finding …