Women in Agriculture Development Directorate (WIAD) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) on Thursday exhibited Ghana made food products with a call on women to shun chauvinism and reach higher heights.
The exhibits included pr…
Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund is expected to sell some of its oil and gas holdings.
The world's largest sovereign wealth fund owns $37bn of shares in oil companies such as BP, Shell and France's Total.
Selling the shares…
Women have been urged to leverage on technology to champion their cause to become more influential in society.
By that, they will be moving towards reducing the total dominance of men in all endeavours, including politics, economics and…
U.S. job growth almost stalled in February, with the economy creating only 20,000 jobs amid a contraction in payrolls in construction and several other sectors, which could raise concerns about a sharp slowdown in economic activity.
The…
The 2019 edition of the ‘Springboard Road Show’, a youth-oriented knowledge-sharing programme that aims at mentoring business executives, civil society leaders, and role models nationwide, will start on Saturday in Kumasi.
The programme…
Professor Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, the Founding Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), University of Ghana, on Wednesday urged African governments to stop paying lip service to the development of agriculture.
"We…
East African Seed and Seed Co top Access to Seeds Index for Eastern and Southern Africa
Seed industry efforts to reach smallholders play key part in addressing food security issues
Maize dominates breeding, raising concerns over s…
Azuri Technologies and Energise Africa launch latest UK crowd campaign to raise £2.5m for solar in Africa
New investment of £2.5 M will extend pay-as-you-go-solar to 100,000 more people in Africa and accelerate the achievement of UN SDG…
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products, today issued the following statement in response to the …
The UK government may cut trade tariffs on between 80% and 90% of goods in the event of a no-deal Brexit, reports say.
Some tariffs would be scrapped completely, including those on car parts, and some agricultural produce.
However, 1…
Deutsche Post DHL Group on Thursday forecast profit growth for this year that lagged analysts’ expectations, but played down concerns over global trade, saying more complex supply chains could in the near term benefit its business.
In a…
Speakers at a workshop organised to sensitise workers of the informal sector to the Labour Law, have emphasised the need to make the law beneficial to workers in that sector.
According to them, many people, especially, women in the info…
The Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC) and a philanthropic couple based in the United States of America (USA), Wayne and Claire Heyland, have presented a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine worth $1.6million to the FOCOS Ortho…
The Sunyani Airport, which has been closed since 2015 due to problems on its runway, is to be rehabilitated and reopened by the end of the year, the Minister of Aviation, Mr Joseph Kofi Addah, has announced.
“It is not fair to the peopl…
Market Summary
Cal Bank Limited (+2.04%) gained GH¢0.02 to close at GH¢1.00, pushing the benchmark index up by 0.59 points (+0.02%) to close at 2,480.56 with a -3.56% year-to-date return. CAL’s bullish performance was due to strong FY…
IFAD launches global campaign to close gender gap in agriculture and amplify the voices of rural women
On International Women’s Day, the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will kick off a campaign aim…
Gains were recorded in Camelot Ghana Limited (+11.11%), GCB Bank Limited (+1.33%) and Enterprise Group Limited (+0.45%) at the session, however the benchmark index declined by 14.31 points (-0.58%) due to losses in Total Petroleum Ghana …
French supercar maker Bugatti has unveiled the world's most expensive new car, sold to an unnamed buyer for at least $11m (£9.5m) before tax.
The exact price is not being revealed, but is thought to have overtaken the previous new car rec…
The sod has been cut for a new training centre for diversified agricultural development and entrepreneurship at Kyeremasu in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region.
The Minister of Planning, Prof. Gyan Baffour represented President…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GN Savings and Loans, Issah Adam, has said his outfit has made adequate provision to be paying salary arrears due to government employees, Zoomlion workers, pensioners and others starting Monday, March …
Maize farmers in the three regions which formed the erstwhile Brong Ahafo Region, Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions, have called for measures to standardise the measurement of grains/cereal throughout the country to stop middlemen from che…
MTN and Ericsson have signed a five-year contract extension to deploy new products and provide Managed Services for Mobile Money services in 13 countries across Africa and the Middle East.
The new contract includes deployment of Ericsso…
Car giants Toyota and BMW have both warned a no-deal Brexit threatens the production of their cars in the UK.
The head of Toyota's European operations said a negative outcome could put future investment at its UK factory near Derby at r…
In a strategic move to enter the growing peer-to-peer revolution, BitMart integrates Paxful onto the exchange
Paxful (Paxful.com), a peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace, announced on February 21, 2019 at 9am, an integration onto BitMart, …
The telecom industry continues to grow in Africa as operators try to cater for the increasing demand for better services from their consumers. Safaricom announced that it is rolling our its 400G network making its network among the first i…
Local manufacturers of African prints control only 30 per cent of the US$200 million market in the country.
This translates into US$60 million, with the remaining US$140 million being controlled by imported prints.
This was disclosed…
Efforts to recover millions in crypto-cash from the digital wallets of a man who died without revealing passwords to access them have hit a snag.
The wallets have been found to be empty.
The discovery was made by a firm appointed to …
Dr Steve Manteaw, the Co-Chair of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (GHEITI), at the weekend urged government to take advantage of the Initiative to enhance the country's international image.
He cited countries like …
The Total Startupper of the year Challenge, an initiative of the Total Group to support business creation and development in African countries and the rest of the world has awarded three young entrepreneurs.
A statement from Total Petro…
Ms Franka Maria Andoh, a renowned entrepreneur and Chief Executive Officer of Antique Lemonade Gallery Space, has called on young entrepreneurs to strive for excellence to improve their operations.
She urged them not to be complacent, b…
Management of AirtelTigo Business has rolled out "Flexi Business", a tailored-made mobile solution for small and medium enterprises and corporate firms to meet their specific needs to grow and be profitable.
The product allows SMEs and …
The Bank’s Annual Meetings represent a unique opportunity to discuss challenges and ways to advance the continent’s regional integration agenda
Equatorial Guinea will host the African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) next Annual Meetin…
Hon. Ken Ofori-Atta,Minister for Finance,Ghana
Ghana’s Minister for Finance Hon Ken Ofori Attah had made an unannounced call at the 2nd African Youth SDGs Summit taking the opportunity to address the over 1400 youths present at the summ…
The SoftBank Group Enters Strategic Partnership with Exeger and Invests to Accelerate Deployment of Exeger Solar Technology
SoftBank Group Corp. (“SBG”) and Exeger Operations AB (“Exeger”) today announced entry into a definitive agreeme…
ZEE5’s bouquet of over 100,000 hours of multi-lingual content to be available to Celcom subscribers
In a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today, Archana Anand, Chief Business Officer-ZEE5 Global announced ZEE5’s partnership with Celco…
The eCommerce Africa Conference and Exhibition, delivered by DHL, is hosted by South African conferencing company, Kinetic
DHL Express (DHL.com) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has announced that the company has once again signed on as lead…
REDAVIA supports leading international chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut to reduce its Carbon Footprint
REDAVIA, a global market leader of cost-effective, reliable and clean solar power for businesses and communities, has been chos…
South Sudan nets US$ 14.2 million in non-oil revenue for first time, with the support of the African Development Bank
South Sudan has achieved its highest ever receipt of US$14.2 million in non-oil tax revenues for the first time in the…
Market remains active with new projects announced in 2018 across the hospitality, retail and industrial sectors
Performance across Casablanca’s real estate market remained relatively stable throughout 2018 with the announcement of new p…
The US plans to end preferential trade status for India, under a scheme which allows certain products to enter the US duty-free.
President Donald Trump said India had failed to assure the US it would provide reasonable access to its mar…
With 19 awards in total, the water security system GROHE Sense is now the most awarded product in the portfolio
2018 is the most award-winning year in GROHE's (www.GROHE.com) history; All newest innovations were honored with coveted awa…
Recognized as the world’s largest conference in Frontier Emerging Markets (FEM), the EFG Hermes One on One will connect the leaders of 21 African companies from 6 African markets with institutional investors and family offices managing ass…
China's number two leader Li Keqiang has warned the country faces "a tough struggle," as he laid out plans to prop up the world's second-largest economy.
Opening the annual session of China's parliament, he forecast slower growth of 6% …
The Member of Parliament of Bolgatanga Central, MR Isaac Adongo, has stated that the ADB Bank should not be part of banks to be supported by the Ghana Amalgamated Trust (GAT), which is a special purpose vehicle to bail out some five banks …
Mr Isaac Kwame Asiamah, the Minister of Youth and Sports, has called on corporate bodies and institutions to contribute to the development and promotion of sports in the country.
This, he said, would enable the country to unearth more t…
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's Largest Airline Group and SKYTRAX Certified Four Star Global Airline, said it has finalized all preparations to once again celebrate International Women's Day by operating an All-Women Functioned Flight.
Th…
Aker Energy has announced the discovery of oil in the Pecan South-1A well, drilled south of the main Pecan field in the Deepwater Tano Cape Three Points (DWT/CTP) block offshore Ghana.
The Norwegian company in a statement Monday said it…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr David Asante-Apeatu has said he was not aware of the deployment of a SWAT team of National Security operatives during the Ayawaso-West-Wuogon by-election.
Appearing before the Justice Emile Shor…
Mr Kojo Addae-Mensah, Group CEO, Databank on Monday said if the country will grow and develop, it needs a vibrant investment banking industry to support the economy.
He said it was investment banking that developed economies in countrie…
Ghana will formally commit to producing electricity from nuclear by the middle of this year and work towards operationalising a first Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) by 2030, a Deputy Minister of Energy Responsible for Finance and Infrastructure…