French telecoms provider Orange last week Thursday launched mobile banking operations in Ivory Coast, the third country where it has expanded into digital lending after France and Spain. Company executives told a news conference they were aiming to sign up 10 million customers in Ivory Coast in the next five...
Golden Star Resources Ltd has said it has entered into an agreement with Future Global Resources for the sale of its 90percent interest in the Bogoso-Prestea Gold Mine. The agreement stipulates that an initial purchase price of $55 million shall be paid with a further contingent component of up to...
The National Lottery Authority (NLA), has indicated that due to the shift system it is implementing to make its working environment safe from COVID-19, and the increasing spate of lotto fraudsters, it is taking reasonably longer to pay winning tickets or prizes and thus appealing to the staking public...
Parliament has for the second time read the Aircraft Accident, Investigation and Prevention Bureau Bill, 2020 which seeks to establish an Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, which would investigate all aviation incidents and accidents in the country, in line with international best practices. When it becomes law after a third reading by...
Customers of Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) can now seamlessly self-register for the bank’s *767# USSD service without visiting any branch of the Bank. This service allows customers to link their mobile money wallet to their bank accounts, check account balance, view mini statements, transfer Funds (account to wallet, wallet to...
Prudential Life Insurance has partnered with Surfline Communications to provide an insurance package for employees of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana dubbed ‘Surf Insure’. This first-of-its-kind partnership will extend life insurance cover to employees of SMEs who are Surfline subscribers signed onto Surf Insure. The subscribers will be...
To promote industrialisation and support job creation efforts by the private sector, especially in this period where the coronavirus pandemic has wiped many jobs away, government has granted tax exemptions to companies under its flagship programme One District One Factory (1D1F) as a way of incentivising them, Finance Minister...
Ghanaians in diaspora looking to buy homes Renters fear landlords would spike rents due to pandemic Affordable homes see more demand than luxurious options The Coronavirus pandemic has spiked the interest of Ghanaians in the diaspora and renters in the country to bring forward the urge to purchase their...
President Akufo-Addo under the Ministry of Business Development and the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP) has presented GHC200 million to 1,000 physically challenged men under the Presidential Empowerment for Male Entrepreneurs with Disability (PEMED). Themed “Financial Inclusion for Male Entrepreneurs with Disability” the programme is aimed at enhancing the...
Over 200 illegal miners, popularly known as galamsey, have taken over the concession of the Ghana Rubber Estate Limited (GREL) at Apemanin in the Ahanta West Municipality in the Western Region. The area forcibly taken over by these illegal miners is part of GREL concession which was planted with rubber...

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