The nation’s cybersecurity ecosystem is set for a boost with the impending establishment of a Cybersecurity Fund by the recently instituted Cyber Security Authority and Ministry of Finance to ensure timely access to adequate funding by the Authority, Minister for Communication and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has disclosed. This move, she...
...despite 33% dip in output for 2020  Indigenous food-processing company, Samba Foods, has set an ambitious target of growing its revenue by 25 per cent in the medium term, amid plans to procure new processing and packing equipment and expand its storage facilities, Managing Director, Leticia Osafo-Addo, has said. She...
Vodafone Ghana has equipped 150 locally-owned Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) with digital skills in customer service delivery. The training forms part of efforts to mark international customer care week. Speaking on the Vodafone Care training, Director of Digital Transformation and Commercial Operations at Vodafone Ghana, Angela Mensah-Poku highlighted the...
The AngloGold Ashanti-Obuasi Mine has said it is keen on contributing to the realization of significant improvement in local education, particularly within its host communities, after spending over GH₵ 1.5 million under its ‘Education Improvement Project.’ The project is also seen as a major boost to the country towards achieving...
First National Bank Ghana, has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with three more real estate developers to collaborate in the provision of homes for Ghanaians as part of the bank’s ‘Year of Home Ownership’ (YOHO) initiative. The new YOHO partners are Vabb Homes, Green Opal and Zaddington Properties. This brings...
Market analysts are optimistic of a resilient cedi ahead of the festive season in December, despite the local currency’s depreciation against its major trading currency, the US dollar, by about 1.8 percent at the end of September 2021. Even though the cedi has been depreciating against the dollar for the...
The Rural and Community Banks, RCBs, after exhibiting resilience in their operations and battling it out during financial reforms still have a total of GH¢457.86 million locked up with investment companies that are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Business & Financial Times has learnt. At the beginning of...
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) wants government to extend the zero Value-Added Tax (VAT) regime for textile manufacturers beyond the December 2021 deadline. The three-year zero-rate was passed as part of measures to revive the once buoyant domestic textile industry after it suffered from the influx of pirated and...
The Vice-President, Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia has assured Engineers in the country of government’s unflinching support and team up with them when required in their quest to industrialize Ghana. The Vice-President gave this assurance in a speech read on his behalf by the Minister in Charge of Public Sector Reforms, Joseph...
AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi, Mine hosted the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo, during his tour to the Ashanti Region on Monday, October 4, 2021. In his speech, Mr. Eric Asubonteng, the Managing Director AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine, commended the President  Akufo- Addo for “continuing to take an interest in the...

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