Eleven Asia-Pacific countries have just signed the trade pact formerly known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Although the US pulled out last year, the deal was salvaged by the remaining members, who signed it at a ceremony in the Chil…
An aircraft operated by Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, made an emergency landing on Tuesday when the pilot detected smoke in the cabin.
The aircraft, travelling from Lagos to Accra, Ghana, had smoke coming from its cabin many mile…
A Deputy Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Eugene Boakye Antwi, has revealed plans by the government to grant tax holidays and other incentives to new estate developers in the country.
The incentives forms part of a grand scheme by the …
The Komenda Sugar Factory, set up to provide 7,300 direct and indirect jobs, remains shut, two years after its inauguration.
Sugar cane farmers and the people of the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem municipality in the Central Region are hop…
The fair affords South African exporters with an opportunity to promote a broader food and beverage sector with a view of establishing a more prominent market presence and reputation
Twenty-eight South African companies will showcase …
EnergyNet, organisers of the Africa Energy Forum, is partnering with African Business to publish this year’s Africa Energy Yearbook - the official publication of the annual Africa Energy Forum 2018
EnergyNet and African Business have jo…
Infiny by Epsilon’s on-demand connectivity platform will be deployed in Johannesburg and Cape Town, giving African service providers rapid access to Cloud-centric networking and assisting international service providers in extending servic…
#MyChicAfrica, the digital campaign by AccorHotels and Air France to explore Africa makes a stop in Dakar
AccorHotels Africa is working on developing the MyChicAfrica brand content platform, the aim being to showcase a trendy, dynamic A…
At its 19th Board Meeting in Songdo, South Korea, the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved the first funding proposal of the African Development Bank for Zambia's Renewable Energy Financing Framework. The GCF will provide a U…
A former President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and Chief Executive Officer of Tropical Cable and Conductor, Mr Tony Oteng-Gyasi, says domestic manufacturers are still losing out to their foreign counterparts following the …
A Kumasi based entrepreneur has called on the you to attend to their duties with seriousness and take advantage of the numerous interventions being implemented by government.
Mr Mohammed Aminu Osman, Chief Executive Officer of Karima Mu…
Ecobank Ghana on Wednesday officially opened its new Head Office in Accra, to boost Ecobank’s commitment level to the Ghanaian market and for improved customer service.
The new Ecobank Ghana Head office is a customer centric ultramodern…
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has announced the appointment of Mrs. Abiola Bawuah as the new Regional Chief Executive Officer (RCEO) in charge of six African countries.
The new appointment, which takes effect from 1st March 2018, wil…
As far back as she can remember, growing up in Ofankor, Portia Ama Anobea Oduro always wanted to be a Petrochemical Engineer. She didn’t know of any women in the field but this didn’t deter or discourage her. On 8th May 2017, Portia’s drea…
Marian is a Geotechnical Engineer with the Mine Engineering Department of Newmont Ghana’s Akyem Mine. In November 2016, Marian was adjudged the Best Candidate (Civil Technical Division) in the Engineering Professional Examination by the Gh…
Some countries may be exempt from US plans to impose tariffs on metal imports, the White House has announced.
The exemptions - on national security grounds - included Canada, Mexico, spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said.
Reports, however, …
ADB Bank has denied media reports that uniBank has taken over its operations.
Media reports on Wednesday stated that four shareholders of ADB, comprising Belstar Capital, Starmount Development company, EDC as well as SIC Financial Servi…
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appealed to banks to reduce their interest rates so as to compliment the efforts being made by his government to create a more stable macro-economic framework in the country.
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There is the dark web and then there is the event rental business in Ghana. Slight exaggeration but in reality trying to navigate the event and décor rental space in Ghana is like trying to buy the most prized bitcoin on the dark web.…
Graphic Online can confirm that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) will later Wednesday denounce as null and void, the purported take over of ADB Bank [Agricultural Development Bank] by its counterpart indigenous lender, uniBank Ghana Limited.
The…
Stakeholders and farmers of AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Gold Mine host communities have met to deliberate and agree on crop rates for mine-wide farm compensation for 2018.
The meeting, which is held yearly, brings together relevant stak…
“Only two people in our community here own canoes.
We are forced to hire a canoe at GH?10 daily to fish because we cannot afford to buy a canoe at the cost of GH?1,200 in addition to the fishing nets,” Nana Kojo Mmoyin, a fisherman with…
African capital markets indicate recovery in 2017 with overall increase in value and volume of equity capital market (ECM) transactions
ECM activity in 2017 was the second highest since 2013 in terms of volume with 121 issuances, up 2…
The World Bank (WB) has urged the government to ensure more “forward-looking expenditure planning” to sustain its fiscal consolidation efforts.
It additionally asked that it took steps to improve domestic resource mobilization.
This …
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday said after a year of fiscal discipline and innovative economic management, the results have been remarkable.
“Ghana’s economy has grown from 3.6 per cent in 2016, the lowest in 22 years, …
Anti-immigration rhetoric coming from the White House is deterring software developers from going to the US.
That's according to the world's youngest self-made billionaire, 27-year-old Irishman John Collison.
Stripe, the company he f…
Coca-Cola is planning to produce an alcoholic drink for the first time in the company's 125-year history - with an alcopop-style product in Japan.
It is keen to cash in on the country's growing taste for Chu-Hi - canned sparkling flavou…
Nestle has bowed to pressure from public health advocates and is removing the Health Star Rating from Milo.
Public health groups have targeted the food giant for labelling the sugary chocolate powder with 4.5 stars, when they claim it…
Ghana needs to improve revenue collection and can’t keep reducing spending on capital items to achieve its fiscal targets, the International Monetary Fund said.
That’s one of the recommendations made by the Washington-based lender durin…
The Dangote (http://Dangote.com) Rice Outgrower Scheme in Jigawa State reached a turning point yesterday when the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote laid a foundation stone for the construction of a multi-billion Naira rice processi…
WaxPrint Media, a boutique strategic media and digital marketing agency, produced a fashion shoot for Ghana’s largest European shopping outlet Numero Uno at Marina Mall. The shop was transformed into a full-fledged fashion shoot under the …
Africa’s facts at your fingertips! Ecobank’s African markets website goes live, profiling Francophone West Africa as the leader in intra-regional
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The website provides key facts for businesses and investors on the economies of S…
• The airline’s two-class Boeing 777-200LR features a 2-2-2 Business Class seat configuration
• First of these newly refurbished aircraft will operate to Fort Lauderdale from 6 March
Emirates has unveiled a brand new Business C…
INSEAD, the business school for the world, today announced that its faculty have performed exceptionally by receiving prestigious awards and commendations in The Case Centre Awards and Competitions 2018, which honours and celebrates worldw…
Christened Dangote Business School, the business mogul disclosed that talks are on to affiliate the school with the popular Harvard Business School, in the United States of America
LAGOS, Nigeria, March 5, 2018/ -- The business educat…
New bilateral agreement signed in Maputo on Friday between the petroleum and mining ministries of Equatorial Guinea and Mozambique.
Mozambique’s natural gas reserves “will revolutionize the economy”; Equatorial Guinea extends offer…
From the time the first state-run courier was established by Roman Emperor Augustus in the first century AD, global postal services have slowly evolved: the first postage stamps, for example, were only issued in 1840. For nearly 2000 years…
Investors sold shares in BMW (BMWG.DE) and Daimler (DAIGn.DE) on Monday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. may tax imports of European cars if the EU retaliates against his plan to impose tariffs on aluminium and steel.
The Unit…
The cedi could slip this week on an expected surge in dollar demand as businesses mobilise forex to settle end-of-quarter bills, an analyst has said.
The cedi has remained firm in the past week on positive investor sentiment about the e…
The public has been urged to resort more to electronic forms of payment in order to reduce their exposure to armed robbery and related risks.
Mr Archie Hesse, the Chief Executive of Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPSS)…
The Farmer Input Subsidy Programmes (FISP) in its current form cannot deliver the desired crop productivity and food security to smallholder farmers as envisaged, Dr John Jatoe, a Researcher at the University of Ghana, has said. He said in…
Counterfeit electrical products has been tagged as death warranty, which must be avoided for the protection of life and property, Mr Vijay P. Gokaldas, Electrical Product Authentication Expert stated in Accra on Monday.
He has therefore…
How much money do you need to be happy? Some people believe the best things in life are free; others are happiest when they’re striking multi-million deals in the back of their chauffeured town car.
There’s no right answer, per se; natu…
A business day on Morocco has been held at the ongoing 22nd Ghana International Trade Fair and Exhibition in Accra, with the aim of showcasing trade and investment opportunities in Morocco.
The business day, which was patronised by a la…
Miss Lydia Alhassan, the Chief Executive Officer of Concern Life Foundation (CLF), has said the Foundation is seeking to train 1,000 women in soap making and fabric designing across Ghana’s 10 administrative regions.
As part of its proj…
One hundred and thirty-five males and females in the Northern Region have been trained on carpentry, domestic electrical installation, fabric weaving and mobile phone repairs to equip them with self-employable skills.
The beneficiaries …
Luxury labels from the African continent are expanding rapidly and some hope they will become the next generation of global household names.
The global luxury goods industry is worth more than $1.5bn (£1bn), according to research by glo…
SMEs in Africa’s infrastructure sector to benefit from African Guarantee Fund’s increased capacity through GuarantCo’s re-guarantee facility
The African Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (AGF) (AfricanGuaranteeFund.c…
Accra is set to host the seventh annual African Human Resource Leaders Conference under the theme Revolutionizing HR by Challenging the Status Quo on 25-27 April 2018. This conference is expected to be attended by over 150 delegates from b…
China has set its 2018 economic growth target at "around 6.5%".
The figure, announced at the opening session of the annual National People's Congress, is in line with the country's existing expansion goals.
But it is below the 6.9% r…