West Africa Mills Company Limited (WAMCO) has shipped about 20,000 metric tonnes (MT) of cocoa products out of the country, valued at US$50million, since the re-activation begun in 2017. The company has traditionally shipped cocoa products such as natural cocoa liquor, deodorised cocoa butter and expeller cake used as raw...
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...
The life of Prophet Muhammad It was an azure-skied afternoon, like most other sunny days in Nima. I was on motorbike, negotiating the curve around the Institute of Islamic Studies, Research in Nima when I heard my name reverberate in the skies. ‘Maaaaaaazi.” This was to be expected. The...
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, has urged all First Time Voters to be agents of peace as Ghana prepares to hold Presidential and Parliamentary Elections on December 7, 2020. Ms. Mensa noted that the “destiny of this country is in the hands of the youth and their...
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has commenced investigations into the death of some fish at some beaches across the country. The washed-ashore fish were spotted at the Osu-Castle beach on Friday, April 2 and the Axim-Bewire beach in the Nzema East Municipality on Sunday. A press release from the...
A maiden whistleblowing survey report by auditing firm KPMG has revealed that many public and private companies give little or no importance to setting up whistleblowing facilities to aid the company receive complaints of unethical activities among staff and management. According to the report, 59 percent of respondents said there...
Nissan’s all-new Navara has been shipped into Africa, completing the latest milestone in a journey that began earlier this year with the start of production for the vehicle in the company’s Africa’s LCV manufacturing hub in Rosslyn, outside Pretoria, in South Africa. The vehicle, which is the toughest vehicle that...
Gov’t working to revive company’s fortunes Debt reaches more than US$340m The reliability on imports of crude oil and its finished products for processing at the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is still deepening the company’s financial woes, Deputy Minister designate for Energy, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, has admitted. He said the...
… assure new dawn for insurance industry By Ernest Bako WUBONTO SanlamAllianz, a leading insurance provider in 27 African countries, created from the merger of Sanlam and Allianz Insurance, has officially launched onto the Ghanaian market as the first destination in Africa with the assurance to revolutionize the insurance industry. The...
The Governing Council of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) has appointed Ing. David Kwatia Nyante as Executive Director of the Institution effective July 1, 2021. He takes over from Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong, who has successfully completed his term of service Ing David Kwatia Nyante has about 3 decades...