Solidaridad (an international civil society organization) has organised a training session in advocacy for zonal executives of the Oil Palm Development Association (OPDAG) Ghana at Cape Coast in the Central Region. Attended by 44 oil palm actors, the training was to equip executives of the oil palm value chain association...
A new cocoa foliar fertilizer, Kelik Potassium has been launched to help farmers in the cocoa sector to increase the weight, volume and quality of cocoa beans for export in Ghana. The product, Kelik Potassium has a high source of Potassium which are essential nutrients to increase the bean weight,...
After the tremendous success of the inaugural Pan-African edition of ​Student Entrepreneurship Week​, Stars From All Nations (SFAN) is taking the youth entrepreneurship initiative global with an online edition set for ​September 28-29​. SFAN created Student Entrepreneurship Week to put young people at the center stage of finding solutions to the...
The US dollar has now entered the early stages of what looks to be a sharp descent. The dollar’s real effective exchange rate (REER) fell 4.3% in the four months ending in August. The decline has been even steeper as measured by other indexes, but the REER is what...
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana(BoG) has maintained the policy rate at 14.5 percent for the third consecutive time this year. The decision, according to the MPC was taken to control inflationary threats and maintain price stability. “The Committee’s view is that risks to the immediate outlook...
For Africa and the European Union (EU) to achieve the much-talked about mutually beneficial trade cooperation, as well as economic integration among countries, all EU trade-related support at the national, regional, and continental levels should be reorganised into African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) support, a new report by...
Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited and Visa have rewarded some Visa cardholders in the ‘Visa Akyedie Reloaded’ giveaway promo which was relaunched in July, 2020. In a short ceremony held at the Bank’s Head Office at Ridge in Accra, the winners of the promo were presented with various prizes including...
The African Development Bank last week held a workshop to convey the continent’s immense investment and partnership opportunities to Asian business leaders, particularly as the continent seems poised to return to economic growth in 2021 following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The two-hour virtual event, held in English, Korean,...
…highlights realisation of digital strategy Subsequent to its merger with CFC Savings and Loans in 2017, Bayport Savings and Loans has recorded significant strides in its transformational agenda, its Chief Executive Officer, Nii Amankra Kwashie Tetteh, has revealed. According to him, the consolidated gains have been spurred on largely by an...
Developers of Appolonia City, a state-of-the-art residential and commercial community in Accra, have opened talks with government to designate the Appolonia Industrial Park as a special economic zone for light manufacturing industries. The park, a 200-acre land with a potential for an additional 200 acres, is located within Appolonia City...