...says focus agric will lead to industrialisation
Chief of Staff at the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat, Commissioner Silver Ojakol has called on governments and businesses from party-states to prioritise what he describes as ‘low-hanging’ fruits, particularly agricultural trade as the first, but most important step towards the...
The Minister of Communication and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful will on Wednesday, 25 August 2021, deliver the address at the maiden edition of the Africa Digital Forum (ADF), oraganised by AIDEC Consultancies International Limited.
The Minister will be expected to outline the various inter-sector interventions and milestones that have been achieved...
…produces 1,033,132.19 metric tonnes for the 2020/2021 crop season
Ghana has achieved a new cocoa production record of 1,033,132.19 metric tonnes for the 2020/2021 crop season – beating a 10 year-record production of 1,024,000 metric tonnes in the 2010/2011 crop season, COCOBOD has announced.
With about six weeks to end the...
An alleged US$36 million procurement fraud, relating to the supply of single and three phase electric meters by L & R Investment and Trading Company, is casting doubts over the management of the country power supply sub-sector.
The company, incorporated in China, in 2016 entered into a contract with government...
The Auditor General (AG) has indicated that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is indebted to the Bui Power Authority (BPA) to the tune of US$386,878,949.46.
The AG, in its latest report noted that monthly invoices to the ECG have not been settled within the required 60-days period, resulting in...
Two insurance giants – Enterprise Insurance a leading underwriter and KEK Insurance Brokers an intermediary have collaborated to launch four unique products onto the market.
The products: CompExtra, Third-Party Amplified, Home Advantage are enhancements of existing products such as Motor and Home Insurance. The fourth, Petinsure is an entirely new...
Puma Energy, a leading multinational oil marketing company in Ghana, has added another branch to its nationwide rollout. The new Pantang retail service station adds to over 80 retail sites nationwide.
The Pantang retail service station was officially opened to the public with the ever-present Puma Energy top-tier customer service...
One wise man once said that great success is when hard work is coupled with wise work. This saying is a true reflection of the life of Bishop Dr. Charles C. Hackman
Bishop Dr. Charles C. Hackman, CEO of DV Unlimited Company Limited was adjudged Africa’s Most Respected CEO (Industrial...
The Africa CEO Forum’s in partnership with IFC, will host its first-ever virtual gathering to bring together private sector CEOs, leading experts, and policymakers, high-profile business executives, investors, and government ministers to discuss the future of Africa’s private sector in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The three-day event will...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the country’s energy sector debt will continue to remain above US$1billion per year if government does not step up its game in implementing the Energy Sector Recovery Plan.
According to the Article IV report (2021) of the IMF, as at the end...
