...at Ashanti Business Excellence Awards
The joint 19th Ashanti Business and Financial Services Excellence Awards and the 8th Ashanti Business Leaders Excellence Awards ceremony has been held at Kumasi.
The theme for this year’s combined awards ceremony which was ‘Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery through Business Excellence’ and it was organised by...
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Yaw Asante - an accountant and resident of Adentan new site - says he learned two lessons: to become more conscious of his health and wellbeing, as well as take more control of food security in his home.
He said the multiple...
…assures of bank’s commitment to sector
As the nation continues on the path of a post-pandemic economic recovery, the entire gamut of its cocoa value chain remains one of the most critical rallying points and would significantly shape medium to long-term development.
This is according to the Managing Director of...
West African Heads of State and ministers affirmed their commitment to accelerate investments and reforms to make fertilizers more accessible and affordable during the high-level roundtable jointly organized by the Togolese government, the World Bank, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
A roadmap on soil health was...
Our regional correspondents from the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions toured some cocoa-growing areas in their respective regions…and have a sad tale to tell. Ordinarily, they were told, an acre of cocoa should yield an average farmer between 13-15 bags of cocoa beans (64kg), but now farmers are recording...
One of the banes of a fast-paced existence is missed opportunity, especially when it comes to introspection. Therein lies the functional benefit of commemorative days; they make you stop to reflect on one thing that you may have glossed over for many days. International Women’s Day allows us to...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Asian African Consortium (AAC), Mrs. Adelaide Araba Agyepong, has stressed the need for an all hands on deck approach to make the President’s vision of boosting rice production in Ghana a reality.
She said the vision of ending rice importation in Ghana goes...
Introduction
Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) is one of the leading farmer-based organizations in Ghana that has been established to promote the socio-economic well-being of smallholder cocoa farmers. The association was established in partnership with African Tiger Holding Ltd (ATHL) to sponsor the establishment of a contributory pension scheme within...
Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC), a leading non-profit organisation in the agribusiness sector, has received two awards at the just-ended Ghana Business Awards. The Ghana Business Awards event is organised every year to recognise and reward excellence across all sectors. It also recognises the contribution of various sector players toward...
Hand-crafted shea butter and groundnut are two highly promising agricultural products, with value chains that can stimulate employment for young women in the northern part of Ghana.
Despite the two value chains a number of key constraints have been identified within the market systems including access to machinery and infrastructure,...