Ghana Marks 47th World Standards Day
The Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) has marked the 47th World Standards Day on the theme: “Standards Build Trust.” The day is set aside to honour people who worked to develop standards that...
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FirstBanC, Databank Group Steal Show At Ghana Investment Awards
FirstBanC Financial Services Ltd and Databank Group stole the show at the 2016 edition of the Ghana Investment Awards in Accra. FirstBanC Financial Services Ltd carried home four Gold Awards for...
MPS Funds Tema Roundabout Decongestion Project
Meridian Port Services (MPS) has announced the start of its corporate social initiative for the enhancement of Tema Roundabout, in collaboration with the Ministry of Roads and Highways (MRH). The...
Terkper Presents 2017 Budget Thursday
The minister of Finance, Mr Seth Terkper, is scheduled to present the Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation and the Estimates of the Revenues and Expenditure of the government for the 2017...
Institute Retail Price For Eggs
A former Director General of the Ghana Health Services (GHS), Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, has called on poultry farmers to institute a recommended retail price for eggs to make it affordable to...
Maintaining the Right Standards Key To Promoting Progress
Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Minister of Trade and Industry, says maintaining the right standards in all spheres of life is key to promoting quality, efficiency and progress. “Cutting corners in order to...
Insurance Policy Rolled Out For Fisher Folks
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and four other organisations have signed an agreement under an initiative to provide life micro-insurance for fisher folk within the...
No More Long Queues For Gas
As part of Government’s effort to increase access to LPG in the country, Petroleum Minister Hon. Emmanuel Kofi Armah- Buah on Wednesday October 12th 2016, launched the Rural LPG Promotion Programme...
Local Poultry Farmers ‘cry’ Over Import of Frozen Chicken
The Poultry Farmers Association of Ghana are lamenting over the stiff competition they face with the importers of frozen chicken. The association says about 95% of their market has been taken over by...
CDH Savings and Loans Picks Silver Award
CDH Savings and Loans Limited (formerly Ivory Finance Company), a subsidiary of CDH Financial Holdings Limited, has won a silver award for its contribution to development of the banking and financial...
Gov’t Must Save Power SOEs and Banks
Government’s indebtedness to State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in the power sector, who in turn owe banks, poses a real and present danger to the economy and must be tackled immediately, Dr Eric...
BoG Woos Banks To Agric Financing With GH¢100m Initiative
The central bank is confident a GH¢100 million guarantee it is providing will court commercial banks into agriculture financing, a venture the banks have kept away from due to its perceived risks....
Seafarers Back Black Star Line Revival
The Maritime Professionals Club (MPC), a professional body of seafarers and marine engineers in the country, has backed proposals to restore the defunct state-owned shipping line, the Black Star...
SADA Seeks Knowledge In Project Financing From EY
The Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) has opened discussions with the Asian division of accounting and auditing firm, EY, for the firm to partner with a team of experts from the...
Manufacturers Must Register Products Under CET
Manufacturers desiring to export products to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will have to seek approval for their products under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS)...
SMEs Urged To Manage Growth
The Executive Director, Academic, for CEIBS Africa, Professor Mathew Tsamenyi, has said although business growth is important, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) must ensure that the process is...
Ghana Gas Denies $500 Million Pipeline Story
The Ghana Gas Company has denied media reports that Ghana is building a 180-mile gas pipeline from Aboadze in the Western Region to Tema at a cost of $500 million. This denial follows a report in the...
Bank of Ghana Launches Initiative To Support Farmers
The hassle farmers face with financing is expected to ease as the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has finally introduced an initiative to address the challenge. The project dubbed “the Ghana Incentive–Based...
AIT Students Create Driverless Vehicle
Students of the Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), have developed a number of projects to help in the development of the country, including a path following driverless vehicle system. The system is...
Ada Women Cry Foul Over Salt Mining
The Ada Songhor Salt Women’s Association (ASSWA) has urged the government to ensure the removal of small dams created around the Songhor Lagoon to allow them mine salt freely. Madam Mary Akuteye,...