About 2,500 businesses are to benefit from an innovative entrepreneurial project being spearheaded by the African SME Organisation by the end of 2018.
The incubator and accelerator business hubs project, known as the ‘Job Station’ will …
Mr Alan Bawa, the Factory Manager of Lecaro International Ltd, emerged as the winner of the second edition of the ‘Shop n Save’ raffle campaign dubbed “Win a Car” promo, to reward its customers.
‘Shop n Save’, a community-based retail s…
The Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) says a total of 800 applications were received for the maiden Chamber Business Awards due to be held on Saturday 25th November, 2017.
Out of these, 16 finalists have been selected by th…
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), of the University of Ghana, has backed government’s intention to establish a national bank purposely to support investment in agriculture and manufacturing sectors.
Pr…
The Ghana Chamber of Mines has launched an online portal to provide information to industry players on the opportunities available to local businesses and to bring more visibility into the value chain of the mining industry.
The portal…
The Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has assured the business community that the government will scrap the national fiscal stabilisation (NFS) levy in 2019 after extending it beyond the original dateline of December 2017.
He said the…
Mrs Kate Quartey-Papafio, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reroy Cable, an indigenous cable manufacturing company was nominated for the energy personality of the year, female category and brand of the year by the Ghana Energy Awards Co…
Ghanaian taxpayers have been urged to honour their tax obligations by making accurate and timely payments for the rapid socio-economic development of the nation. Mr Andrews Kyereh, an Officer of Medium Tax Payers Office (MTO) and Head of C…
Zimbabwe must act quickly to dig its economy out of a hole and access international financial aid, the International Monetary Fund has warned.
Government spending and foreign debt are too high and it needs structural reform, Zimbabwe mi…
Foxconn, a main supplier for Apple's iPhone, says it has stopped interns from working illegal overtime at its factory in China.
It comes after a Financial Times report found at least six students worked 11-hour days at its iPhone X plan…
The government is developing a comprehensive national entrepreneurship policy as part of its commitment to put young entrepreneurs at the centre of business in the country, the Minister of Business Development, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, ha…
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) now has an office in China. It was inaugurated on Wednesday by the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, in Qingdao, China.
It would also serve as a Ghana office and is to promote a “Belt and road…
The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), of the University of Ghana, has said that given government’s desire to boost investments in the agricultural sector, the roles of agricultural development banks and financ…
Pladis, the owners of McVities, Godiva and Ulker brands, has launched a national consumer promotion campaign to celebrate its consumers as part of the 125th Anniversary of the McVitie’s Digestive Biscuits.
The McVitie’s Digestive Annive…
The government has announced that it will continue the ongoing tax reform of the lotteries industry to abolish tax on lotto agents as part of tax policies in the 2018 budget.
Dr. Edward Larbi-Siaw, Head of Tax Policy Unit at the Minist…
Mr Alan Kyeremanten, Minister of Trade and Industry, has urged Turkey business delegations currently on a business tour of the country to partner with Ghanaians to invest in Ghana.
He said Ghana has arrays of investment opportunities in…
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it is currently working to promote sustainability principles across the banking industry, with a draft guidelines and principles almost ready to be deployed.
According to Dr Johnson Asiamah, second Deputy Go…
The Agona West Municipal Assembly has organized a stakeholders meeting on the preparation of the four-year Medium -Term Development Plan from 2018 to 2021.
It was attended by assembly members, traditional rulers, artisans, traders, mark…
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) says it has trained over 50,000 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in business management this year.
Ms Kosi Yankey, the Executive Director of the NBSSI, said the training …
The solar system will reduce site’s Co2 emissions by 25,000 tonnes, generating substantial savings on cost of power.
First commercial and industrial PPA for Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company in West Africa.
The Coca Cola Bottling…
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Alan Kyerematen, has urged Ghanaian businesses to position themselves strategically to take advantage of the country’s trade relations within Africa.
He said one of the ways local industries could …
A fund to improve access to finance for climate and green-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa has been established by the Africa Guarantee Fund (AGF), a pan-African non-bank financial institution owned by the Afric…
GOLDEN Star Resources Limited has been selected for the 2018 Environmental and Social Responsibility Award by the Prospectors and Developments Association of Canada (PDAC).
Selected by PDAC’s Board of Directors, the award recognises an …
The Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has hinted of a possible merger between National Investment Bank (NIB) and the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) to form the National Development Bank announced in the 2018 budget.
He said at a…
EasyJet's profits have fallen during what the airline called a "difficult year for the aviation industry".
Pre-tax profits in the year to 30 September fell 17.3% to £408m, in line with guidance given last month. Passenger numbers rose 9…
Investors dumped Zimbabwean stocks every day since the military seized power on optimism that 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe will be forced to step down.
The stocks, which are denominated in U.S. dollars and were used to hedge agai…
The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to block telecoms giant AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner, the owner of CNN and HBO.
The department said the merger would reduce competition and lead to higher consumer prices.
AT&T vo…
Government is to implement the Ghana Business Regulatory Reform Programme from 2018 to 2020, Mr Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, the Minister of Trade and Industry has announced.
Addressing participants at the Ghana SME CEO’s Summit in Accr…
The Ministry of Trade and Industry can now guarantee that programmes and projects designed for the country will reflect relevant issues bothering communities and regional diversity.
This follows the inauguration of a Corporate Social Re…
Government will need to be proactive at implementing additional short-term measures to ensure tax compliance and revenue collection from the current taxpayer pool, particularly from the informal sector, PwC Ghana has said.
In its commen…
The Green Financing Conference for Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) to be held in Accra this week will seek to educate stakeholders in the financial sector to take advantage of the benefits of green financing to ensure a sustainab…
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is pushing further into bricks and mortar retailing by buying a 36% stake in China's largest hypermarket operator.
A unit of Alibaba will pay $2.9bn (£2.2bn) for both direct and indirect holdings in Sun …
Madam Cecilia Isabella Akwetey, the Head of Public Relations at the Ministry of Finance, says the 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government has been translated into seven Ghanaian languages in order to enhance easy understand…
Access Bank Ghana has hosted over 60 market women from Makola Market in Accra, to commemorate the global Women Entrepreneurship Day (WED).
The workshop organized under the Bank’s flagship programme, the ‘W’ Initiative, was in partnershi…
The Campaign Coordinator of the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), Dr Steve Manteaw, has called for a shift from the current system of paying cash compensation for land acquisition to holding equity shares in companies for the …
Policy think tank, Imani Ghana, has expressed disappointment with the government’s decision to establish a Nation Builders Corps (NabCorp) to deal with the ever-escalating phenomenon of graduate unemployment.
Passing a verdict on the po…
Panellists on a post-budget forum at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have advised the government to reconsider its decision to establish a new development bank.
According to the group, there was a huge opportunity to support the Nati…
A fire outbreak at the Ghana Grid Company's (GRIDCo) main transmission and distribution station in Tamale on Monday evening plunged the entire Northern Regional capital, Tamale and its environs into total darkness.
The cause of the fire…
The Ministry of Aviation has received 20 proposals, including one from Ethiopia Airlines, as it seeks a strategic partner to operate a national carrier.
The Deputy Minister of Aviation, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko, said the government would…
Vodafone’s digital education platform - Instant Schools - has reached 1.8 million hits since it was launched a year ago. The online portal, which is part of a strategic approach by the company to promote digital inclusion, is currently cr…
A 15-member delegation of engineers energy experts from Ghana have visited Lekela, a renewable power generation company in South Africa as part of efforts to veer into wind power generation.
The visit by the 15 engineers and managers fr…
The Ambassador of Culture, 2017 of the Miss Tourism Ghana Organization, Ms. Benedicta Nana Adjei, says exploiting the potentials of waste recycling could help solve Ghana’s unemployment.
“Recycling of waste materials into fertilizers is…
The Ghana Chamber of Mines and the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance and strengthen technical cooperation in the fields of standardisation, metrology and conformity assessment.
Th…
Mr Kojo Yankah, an entrepreneur and former Minister of State, has admonished young entrepreneurs to develop positive self-image, basic negotiation skills, spirit of perseverance and self-discipline, in order to propel them to higher height…
The Kintampo Waterfalls in the Kintampo North Municipality of Brong-Ahafo Region attracts 30,000 tourists annually, Mrs. Catherine Abelema Afeku, the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture stated at the weekend.
Mrs. Afeku was speaking …
Nicknamed “The Matchmaker” Amma Gyampo, the founder of AmDeCo, a network of business development, coaching, partnership and advisory consultants will be a presenter at the Tech in Ghana Conference (TIGC) on 21- 22 November 2017, at the Ac…
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) Thursday lauded the Government’s initiative to create the Nation Builders Corps (NBC) to address unemployment, but urged it to urgently address unfair trade
policies in favour of Ghanaian farmers and manu…
Accra City Hotel has been adjudged the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Hospitality Company of the Year in Ghana. The Hotel received the award at the seventh Ghana CSR Excellence Awards, held in Accra.
The premier four-star hotel w…
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) will boost the export of Non-Traditional Exports (NTE) through its initiative, "One District, One Export Product" to rake in 10 billion dollars in four years to accelerate national development.
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The BESSFA Rural Bank, operating in the Garu-Tempane district and Bawku in the Upper East Region and parts of the Northern Region, has introduced customer care services that would promote the welfare of its customers.
The bank has begun…