Two agri-led multinational institutions have agreed to boost joint efforts aimed at catalysing the agriculture sector investments in Africa to end hunger and malnutrition and increase prosperity throughout the continent.
The institution…
The Heritage Christian College (HCC), has awarded eight teams of students with a total of GH¢100,000.00 to start their own businesses after emerging winners in the Star-Up Challenge.
The HCC Start-Up Challenge is an initiative of the Ce…
The Volume of goods passing through the country’s two seaports increased by 14. 3 per cent to 11.8 million tonnes in the first half of 2018.
This is as a result of the relative improvements in some major macroeconomic indicators of the …
Luxury carmaker Aston Martin says it may float on the London stock market, completing a turnaround that has seen the firm boost sales and profits.
The listing would be the first by a UK carmaker for years, following the sale of brands s…
Tiffany & Co’s (TIF.N) results topped Wall Street estimates on Tuesday as a heavy advertising spend drew in both affluent and more price-conscious shoppers to its stores in the Americas and China, prompting the chain to raise its annual pr…
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), has urged the government to learn from the fallouts of projects funded with petroleum revenues to hold the future selection and allocation.
It explained that the government would continue to s…
If you need a job, you may want to consider training as an airline pilot and moving to China.
Boeing forecasts that the Asia Pacific will need the greatest number of pilots, technicians and cabin crew over the next two decades.
The r…
Importers who shipped containerised cargo into the country for the first half of this year paid US$28.5 million as demurrage to shipping lines for undue grounding and detention of containers after the mandatory free period.
The figure r…
Even in the bloated-budget world of oil exploration, $70 million is a lot of money. And yet that’s how much Kevin Okyere, one of Ghana’s savviest yet understated entrepreneurs, has personally expended in developing the highly promising Wes…
The U.S. goods trade deficit widened sharply in July as exports of agricultural products tumbled, suggesting trade will likely be a drag on economic growth in the third quarter.
The Commerce Department said on Tuesday the goods trade ga…
Nestlé and Starbucks Close Deal for the Perpetual Global License of Starbucks Consumer Packaged Goods and Foodservice Products
Nestlé and Starbucks Corporation today announced the closing of the deal granting Nestlé the perpetual rights…
Professor Xu Liping, a Researcher at the International Poverty Reduction Center in China, has advised that Ghana's development aspirations should focus more on building a strong infrastructure base.
"It is appropriate that the governme…
Former Minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, has added his voice to the controversy surrounding the total public debt as at December 2016, stating that no minister has the power to change the public accounting methodology or fiscal methodo…
Aurecon is aiming to be the first consulting engineering company to become a registered drone operator in South Africa. The infrastructure advisory and engineering consultancy company intends to use their squadron of drones as a value-addi…
Dr. Nii Adjei Kraku ll, the Tema Mantse has called for a formal identification of porters and scrap hunters, popularly called ‘truck pushers,’ so that the state can keep a thumb on their activities and also make them responsible partners i…
Dr Godfred Oko-Appiah, Tema Sector Commander, Customs Division, Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has appealed to striking freight forwarders at the Tema Port to call off the action.
Dr Okoh-Appiah made the appeal when he met with leadersh…
A delegation from Ghana’s energy sector, including 40 Ghanaian companies, are participating in the 2018 Onshore North Sea (ONS) Conference and Exhibition in Stavanger, Norway.
The four-day event has brought together in excess of 1,000 d…
Mr Egbert Faibille Junior, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Petroleum Commission (PC), Ghana, says the Commission’s resolve to embark on trade missions with indigenous firms is to create the opportunity to strike partnership deals with…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Nigeria to join the Continental Free Trade Area that seeks to expand intra-Africa trade.
He said Nigeria, by the sheer size of its economy and population, was an “automatic leader of any r…
China’s yuan finished Monday afternoon trade at a near 4-week high to the dollar after the central bank revived a “counter-cyclical factor” in its daily fixing to support the currency, halting a record 10-week slide that rattled global mar…
Madam Benonita Bismarck, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA), has said Ghana’s maritime trade outlook for this year is positive, which is expected to post a good growth of not less than 10 per cent.
The tot…
The Ghana Employers Association has held a consultative breakfast meeting of its members in the Tema enclave.According to Mr Alex Frempong, Chief Executive Officer, the ideas gathered will be put in a national advocacy strategy to advance …
The world population will reach 9.9 billion by 2050, up 2.3 billion or 29 percent from an estimated 7.6 billion people now, according to projections by Population Reference Bureau (PRB) in its 2018World Population Data Sheet released today…
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) has rejected the recent calls for Churches to pay taxes on tithes, pledges and offerings stating categorically that churches are already paying taxes.
According to Reverend …
Africa holds 60 percent of the world’s arable land and yet, imports $35 billion worth of food annually.
Ghana on the other hand, imports some $2.4 million of food annually.
Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance, quoting the AFDB Gr…
The Social Enterprise Development Foundation of West Africa (SEND–Ghana), a Non-Governmental Organization, has organised a regional town hall meeting to elicit views of citizens at the community level on the 2019 national budget.
The me…
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A new era is beginning for the more than 110 million…
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated announces the appointment of Yves Mayilamene as Group Executive, Human Resources
Prior to this appointment, Yves Mayilamene was the Deputy Group Head of Human Resources and Head of Human Resources for …
Alibaba Business School continued its push to train the next generation of global entrepreneurs last week with a program tailored to educators in Rwanda.
Called the “Global E-commerce Talent – Train the Trainers” program, the weeklong…
Gravity Supply Chain launches partnership with Microsoft to accelerate the digital transformation of the supply chain for retailers and manufacturers through its SaaS solutions
Gravity Supply Chain today announced a partnership with Mic…
Mr Godwin Kwami Tamakloe, Senior Manager, MTN Ghana, has commended the Bank of Ghana for its role in the growth of the Mobile Money (MoMo) sector.
He said the BoG’s introduction of new regulations in 2015 has helped to grow the mobile m…
The Petroleum Commission (PC) says the Petroleum Local Content and Local Participation Regulations, 2013 (Legislative Instrument 2204) will be reviewed next year to make it more pragmatic and practical.
Mr Kwadwo Asare Kyei, Manager of …
Ghana and La Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday took a major step to tackle the spread of the Swollen Shoot Viral Diseases (CSSVD), on cocoa farms with the joint launch of a control programme in the two neighbour countries.
The event, which too…
AngloGold Ashanti swung back into a first-half profit on the back of higher production and lower-than-expected retrenchment costs, Africa’s top gold producer said on Monday.
The firm posted headline earnings of $99 million for Janu…
Ghana needs strong men and women who will be bold enough to enforce the laws in the country, Managing Partner of Bentsi-Enchil, Letsa and Ankomah, Mr Ace Anan Ankomah, has stated.
While praising the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ern…
The Media Coalition Against Galamsey (MCAG) is urging further stakeholder engagement on the government’s announced roadmap towards lifting the ban on illegal small-scale mining, popularly, referred to as “galamsey”.
It said although it …
Participants at a day’s workshop on anti-corruption have acknowledged the need for the fight against corruption to start with the individual.
“Corruption, no doubt continue to ruin the developmental fortunes of the nation and it is esti…
Investors are becoming concerned with entrenched state corruption and the persistently weak state of the economy - Report
EXX Africa (EXXAfrica.com) published a special report on the investment risk outlook on Angola.
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Uganda offers opportunities for companies looking to explore, develop and utilise its petroleum assets
Hon Irene Muloni, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, in the Republic of Uganda will lead a delegation of private and pub…
Participants come from Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania
Twenty-five Africans have been selected to participate in the prestigious Cornell University Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows Program, whi…
Andersen Global continues its expansion in Africa through a Collaboration Agreement with Oliveira & Associados, a law firm based in Angola, founded by Formosa Oliveira in 2016.
Andersen Global Chairman and Andersen Tax LLC CEO, Mark Vor…
ABB’s global leadership in fast charging solutions for electric vehicles leads Fortune magazine to rank it #8 among top companies that “help the planet and tackle social problems.”
ABB has been named #8 in Fortune magazine’s “Change th…
Poultry farmers have been admonished to provide their birds with the right feed to ensure healthy and optimal growth of their birds in order to boost the poultry industry and their incomes.
They have also been encouraged to adhere to be…
Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, Chairman of Groupe Nduom, says the Bank of Ghana should be strengthened with the requisite resources to support small, local banks in Ghana.
According to him, Ghana’s banking sector was in a crisis of poor regulato…
Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Omega Performance, a leading provider of online credit training. Moody’s announced its intention to acquire Omega Performance, a business unit of Twent…
Technologies such as blockchain are already being implemented in sectors such as agriculture and in many other areas, and will drive user sophistication
Reduction in cash dependency affecting the overall economy. Digitalisation is cu…
Wealth Managers Seek AI Tools to Make Sense of Vast Amounts of New and Alternative Data According to New Report by Thomson Reuters and Celent
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Enabled Data has become the lifeblood of the modern wealth m…
In recent months, Africa has seen several big announcements of international multi-million-dollar awards to build more inclusive, sustainable economies in the region. Jack Ma’s Netpreneur Award, France’s $76m Africa Start-up Fund, MIT’s In…
The maiden edition of the Ghana Fiesta Tradeshow is slated for Monday, August 27 to Sunday September 2, 2018 at the Cape Coast Town Hall.
The fair is expected to create a common platform for local and international businesses to network…
New Contracts in the Republic of Montenegro, Western Sahara, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Expanding Company's Global Reach
After recent contract wins, XCMG, the world-leading construction machinery manufacturer, is now exporting to the…