The UCL Ghana Limited and its partner OAPI on Wednesday launched the Agric Management System (AMS), an innovative end-to-end solution and the Virtual Farmer Programme (VFP), which are set to revolutionalise Ghana’s Agricultural Sector.
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Mastercard has had an incredible run this year, along with other tech-focused companies in the financial services industry including Visa and PayPal. The company’s earnings report on Tuesday blew away Wall Street expectations, with revenue…
Ethiopian Airlines, the largest and most profitable airline group in Africa, has become the first on the continent to receive and operate the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is the second member of the technologica…
The Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's largest and most successful Airline as part of its support for customers in Ghana would bring the Airbus A350, the most modern and the most sophisticated aircraft in the world to Ghana.
The Airbus A350 w…
Ghana will launch of an innovative National Suppliers’ Development Programme (NSPD) to secure a greater share of the annual mining procurement market, exceeding $1 billion, for Ghanaian firms.
The launch forms part of a two day meeting…
For the first time in more than 10 years the Bank of England has raised interest rates.
The official bank rate has been lifted from 0.25% to 0.5%, the first increase since July 2007.
The move reverses the cut in August of last year -…
An animal rights group in Tanzania has criticised the burning of more than 6,400 live chickens illegally smuggled from Kenya to curb the outbreak of diseases such as bird flu. The chickens were burnt by officials of the Ministry of Livesto…
Higher expenses and flat revenues overshadowed better than expected quarterly profit for Standard Chartered on Wednesday, sending shares in the Asia-focused bank more than 5 percent lower.
Pretax profit jumped 78 percent from the third qu…
HSBC should be investigated for "possible criminal complicity" in connection with corruption allegations in South Africa, a UK peer has said.
Lord Peter Hain told Parliament he had asked the Treasury to refer an unnamed UK bank for inve…
A dram of vintage Scotch bought by a Chinese millionaire in a Swiss hotel bar for £7,600 was a fake, laboratory tests have concluded.
Analysts from Scotland were called in by the Waldhaus Am See hotel in St Moritz after experts question…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched a comprehensive national tax campaign to encourage more Ghanaians to honour their tax obligations to enable the government to realise its domestic revenue targets, increase social intervention…
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has established a ‘mycotoxins’ laboratory – a major step to aid the development of a viable agro-processing industry.
It would help to properly monitor the infestation of my…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has upped its effort at getting people to honor their tax obligations through sustained tax education. As part of this, the Authority, in partnership with the Information Services Department (ISD) would o…
A two-day international conference on poverty management has ended at the Spiritan University College at Ejisu in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality. It provided the platform to discuss strategies to lift many Ghanaians out of poverty – to tra…
Bayport financial Services has merged with its sister-company CFC Savings and Loans, to become Bayport Savings and Loans Limited, following approval from the Bank of Ghana. The merger and granting of the certificate allows Bayport Savings …
Authorities of the Customs Division, Ghana Revenue Authority, Aflao Sector, have denied allegations of repeatedly storming markets in the Ketu South Municipality and environs to seize assumed un-customed goods and then slap penalties on th…
The various electronic payment options available to bank customers make money at the bank almost the same as money in the pocket, the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) Mr Archie Hesse has sa…
The United Kingdom imports the majority of the pork products we consume, from loins to bacon. With 17 months to go until we are due to leave the European Union, how will Brexit affect our pork?
Denmark is the main supplier of the UK's i…
MTN Ghana Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of MTN, has invested over 13 million dollars in building school blocks, libraries and Information Communication Technology Centres around the country in the last 10 years.
Th…
The Ghana Agriculture insurance Pool (gAiP), mandated to supply agricultural insurance products to farmers in the country, is in talks with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to find ways to incorporate insurance into the Planting…
The Minister of Energy, Mr Boakye Agyarko, has hinted that the government is considering abrogating the $510 million AMERI power deal because it is not in the interest of the country.
At the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament in A…
Currently, the Credit Union Association (CUA) is collating all the documents and the requirements of all credit unions for onward submission to the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for the licensing process.
The decision to license all credit unions…
A former Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Yakubu Alhassan, has called on the government to take bold steps to implement drastic reforms in the land tenure system in the country with the growth of the agricultural sector of the e…
MTN Ghana has made payments of over GH? 38,3 million in interest to about 8.4 million Mobile Money customers and agents from January to September 2017.
The GHC 38.3 Million comprises of GHC 13.6 million paid in May for quarter one and G…
The African Development Bank is in consultations with the Government on how best to continue its support for its laudable Economic and Growth Recovery Plan through investment projects
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) wish…
Africans make up 12% of the world’s population but less than 2% of its travelers
FLY AFRICA, a book authored by Hassan El-Houry, a pioneer in the African aviation industry and Eric Kacou, an African strategist and investor, was launche…
Samsung Electronics has named its new leadership team following the resignation of CEO Kwon Oh-hyun.
Three executives have been promoted to joint chief executives of the firm as part of the management overhaul.
The shake-up came hour…
The eurozone's economy grew by 0.6% in the three months to September, above analysts' expectations, according to EU statistics office Eurostat.
For the past 12 months, the growth rate was 2.5%, Eurostat said.
Last month, the European…
National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) in partnership with SPINnet Textile and Garment Cluster has launched an incubator programme to nurture and train entrepreneurs in the garment and textile sector.
The incubator programme …
The Donkey Sanctuary and the Ghana Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (SPCA) has urged government to enforce the law banning the slaughter and export of donkey skins from the country.
The Donkey Sanctuary leadership is in th…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says investments from Norway and other Nordic countries into Ghana and Africa will soon see a boost as government continues with its efforts to facilitate investments, trade and partnerships.
Dr Bawum…
The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, left Accra last night for Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to attend the 2017 edition of the Global Business Forum on Africa. The Forum, organized by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is under…
The Mastercard Foundation has announced its fifth annual and largest Symposium on Financial Inclusion (SoFI) to take place in Accra, on November 7 to 9, 2017. The Symposium champions the idea that to achieve greater financial inclusion, fi…
Government is committed to ensuring that Ghana's farmers get greater value from their toil, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. He said the situation where Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire accounted for more than 60 per cent of the worl…
The Bank of England believes that up to 75,000 jobs could be lost in financial services following Britain's departure from the European Union.
The BBC understands senior figures at the Bank are using the number as a "reasonable scenario…
Melon Concepts, promoters of Selewa Pop-up Market is set to launch Selewa Deals, an e-commerce extension to the pop-up market business, starting November 1.
Selewa Deals is designed to aggregate the best bargains across industries on th…
After extending the deadline for the Energy Sector Bond for a day last week, the government still failed to raise the total targeted amount of GH¢6 billion from the investing public.
The government issued the bond in two separate tranch…
The government will soon scrap the 25 per cent corporate tax imposed on private universities, the Vice-President, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said.
The removal of the tax, he explained, was part of the government’s effort to strengt…
Tankers carrying record levels of crude are leaving in droves from Texas and Louisiana ports, and more growth in the fledgling U.S. oil export market may before long test the limits of infrastructure like pipelines, dock space and ship tra…
EasyJet has confirmed a €40m (£35m) deal with Air Berlin to buy part of the insolvent German airline's operations, in a move that will secure 1,000 jobs.
EasyJet will buy some of the company's assets at Berlin Tegel Airport, including l…
Mrs Gladys DedeAdjetey, Chief Executive Officer, Obaduro Fisheries, has called on President Akufo-Addo to make the fishing industry the preserve of Ghanaians since foreigners are hijacking it by pushing locals to degrading fringes.
“The…
Atwima-Mponua Rural Bank continues to show strong performance amid intense competition in the banking industry with its total assets increasing by 19.82 per cent, last year.
From the previous figure of GH?39,066,895.00, it hit GH?46,810…
Advanced digital technology could give UK manufacturing a huge boost and create hundreds of thousands of jobs, a new report claims.
The independent review, chaired by the head of Siemens UK, highlights the benefits of robotics, 3D print…
Zambia’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom His Excellency Mr. Muyeba Chikonde has assured UK based companies doing business in Zambia that the outlook for the Zambian economy continues to be bright and on a positive growth trajectory…
Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says though political stability has traditionally been Ghana’s attractive claim as an investment destination, the Nana Akufo-Addo administration is quickly moving beyond that to entrench economic stabil…
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Volta River Authority (VRA) say they do not have in their custody any official document exempting the people on Krobo land from paying electricity bills.
The two bodies have therefore challenge…
The growth in demand for single malt Scotch whisky boosted the value of exports in the first half of this year, according to new figures.
However, the number of bottles exported between January and June was down.
Value rose by 3.4% t…
Donald Trump's former presidential campaign manager, Paul Manafort, has been charged with conspiring to defraud the US in his dealings with Ukraine.
The 12 charges brought against Mr Manafort and one of his business associates, Rick Gat…
Hard work indeed pays. Barely four years after she decided to serve people with the healing art of chiropractic, Dr Naa Ashley Dordor was awarded for her tremendous services in the health sector at the Small and Medium Enterprises Ghana Aw…
Six subvented agencies have signed a performance contract with the government to commit to a certain standard of service delivery and revenue generation targets.
The agreement is also aimed at enhancing accountability, efficiency and tr…