African countries made great strides in strengthening commitments and capacity to achieve tax transparency and exchange information on illicit fund flows in 2019, the latest Tax Transparency in Africa report, launched Thursday, revealed.
Tax Transparency in Africa 2020 - produced by the Global Forum for Transparency and Exchange of Information...
For the majority of Ghana’s banking public, today’s Ecobank is virtually unrecognisable from the bank that opened its doors to them 30 years ago in 1990. The Ghanaian subsidiary of the Pan African banking giant Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) is undoubtedly the finest and one of the largest universal...
After its full rebranding, Absa Bank Ghana has won its first global industry award in less than a year. The bank has been adjudged the 2020 Best Retail Bank in Ghana by the reputable international business magazine Global Banking & Finance Review based in the United Kingdom.
This was made...
First National Bank Ghana has announced the appointment of Dominic Adu as its first Ghanaian Chief Executive Officer, effective Wednesday July 1, 2020. Dominic takes over from Richard Hudson who has served in this position since the inception of the bank five years ago.
Mr. Adu was the Chief Executive...
Cultivation of poor planting materials and wrong cultural farming practices have been identified as major challenges accounting for low cashew productivity among local farmers.
In recent times, cashew has been identified as a new ‘gold’ for farmers, especially among those in the savannah-transition zone. It has triggered massive cultivation across...
A new indigenous ride hailing transport service, CediCab, has been launched in Accra, with a commitment to disrupt Ghana’s transport sector, especially the app taxi charter industry in Ghana and in Africa.
Managers of the new service say they are poised to exceed customer expectations by providing exceptional services to...
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has for the first time in its 100 years of existence elected a Black female as a member of its Executive Board - and she is a Ghanaian technology executive, recognized internationally for her expertise in trade facilitation and process automation.
The new member,...
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) says one of the challenges it has faced since commencing distribution of the stimulus package under the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP) business support scheme is complaints of funds’ shortfalls.
According to the NBSSI, a quick investigation into the complaints revealed that the...
MTN Ghana has dragged the National Communication Authority to court over the decision to declare MTN as a Dominant/Significant Market Power (SMP), a move that essentially calls for special regulatory restrictions to limit the company’s growth, performance, innovativeness and its competitiveness in the telecoms market.
According to MTN, even though...
Ghana supplies 70% of all cocoa beans imported into Japan and cocoa is seen as one of the nation’s most essential import commodities
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and lenders have welcomed the first disbursement of US$200million from a syndicated loan facility to boost cocoa productivity in the world’s second-largest producer.
The...