A total of 19 students from the La municipality in Accra, have been awarded educational scholarships worth GHC 32,000 by the La Community Bank and La Mansaamo Kpee Scholarship Scheme (LCB/LMK). The students, made up of fifteen persons in tertiary institutions and four senior high school were awarded the scholarship...
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), working through the Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises (GRIPE), has kicked off the pilot phase of its modified concrete project that seeks to promote a clean and safe environment. For a pilot, the association has engaged a consultant to work with the Council...
The Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta, is leading a delegation to Japan on a Non-Deal Investor Roadshow which is expected to boost bilateral trade and economic relations between the two countries. In a press statement from the Finance Ministry and copied to thebftonline.com, the five-day Non-Deal Road Show, begins from...
The ARB Apex Bank has appointed Maximus Attah as the Corporate Communications Manager. Maximus Attah is a results-oriented strategic marketing and communications specialist, banking professional and adjunct university lecturer with over 16 years of experience. Prior to joining the ARB Apex Bank, he worked with the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB)...
Gold Fields Ghana Limited has handed eight educational and sanitation projects to the communities in their catchment areas at Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality and the Prestea Huni Valley, at a total cost of GH¢13million. The projects are an extension of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) Tarkwa; Teachers accommodation at Koduakrom;...
MTN in collaboration with aYo Ghana and Metropolitan Life Insurance Ghana has launched an insurance platform called the “aYo Recharge with Care”, a digital insurance platform. The product which was launched on Thursday, 5th April, 2018 also enables MTN subscribers, especially those in the informal sector to buy life insurance...
The Bank of Ghana has cautioned the public against engaging in any financial transaction with a microfinance company by name Wyselink Microfinance Limited. The company, with offices in Takoradi, Assin Fosu, Ofankor and Dobro, is alleged to be have been operating with a forged operating license and other business permits. The...
Prefos Limited, a leading electrical and civil engineering company at Jachie in the Ashanti Region, has entered into €200 million investment agreement with Le-tehnika d.o.o. - a Slovenian company - to assemble and supply high-efficiency LED street luminaries in the sub-region. As part of the agreement, the Slovenian company will...
As banks race against time to meet the central bank’s December 31 minimum capital requirement deadline, they are projected to require a total GH¢13billion of fresh capital - a task indigenous banks in particular say is too daunting. In a paper titled ‘Banks’ Readiness Assessment to meet the 2018 minimum...
The Ministry of Energy has entered into a rental agreement with Trojan Power Limited (TPL), a local independent power producer, to use parts of government’s diesel generator units to generate power for off-take by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for further distribution to customers. This was contained in the...