Find out what IoT trends we will see more of in 2021. Among the IoT predictions ranging from digital healthcare, remote learning, connected manufacturing, and micro-mobility to sustainability, the common denominator is the overall accelerated adoption of wireless technologies. With 2020, the world will never be the same. Nevertheless, I...
Freight Forwarders at Port of Tema have expressed displeasure over withholding of container deposits by shipping lines. A container deposit is a specific amount of money that the importer is made to pay as a guarantee for return of the container after goods in it have been discharged. Felix Kwesi...
In her recent article for the BBC Africa, Mrs. Elizabeth Ohene, in her characteristic colorful and enjoyable prose, discussed the origins of the kente cloth, its aesthetic appeal in Ghanaian culture and society, and the significance our famous traditional cloth is garnering on the global scene. She hinted at a...
…signs onto United Nations Global Compact Absa Bank Ghana has affirmed its commitment to sustainability and ethical business practices by officially joining the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. Absa Bank’s Managing Director, Edward Nartey Botchway, highlighted the bank’s dedication to integrate the UNGC principles into...
With about seven months to completion of the decommissioning and re-engineering work at the Kpone Landfill Site in Accra, the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has underscored that her outfit has not been disappointed with the progress of work so far. "We are pleased with...
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid has been awarded CEO of the Year Oil and Gas (Downstream) and the CEO of the Year Public Sector, respectively at the 3rd edition of the Ghana CEO awards 2024, held  in Accra. Both awards were given...
Global consumer electronics and smart manufacturing company with smartphones and smart hardware connected by an IoT platform at its core, Xiaomi, has opened its first-ever shop in Ghana. The office located on the Spintex road in Ghana’s capital, Accra is the first by the Chinese company in West Africa. Xiaomi is...
… as risk mitigation measures improve Commercial banks are ready to pump more funds into the agriculture sector if additional measures are introduced to de-risk the sector, the Head of Agribusiness at Absa Bank, William Nettey, has said. According to him, the nature of banking makes every institution hesitant to...
Freddy Hirsch Nigeria - a leading supplier of spices, ingredients and flavours to the food, dairy, confectionary and related industries - has announced that it is expanding its production and application facilities in Nigeria. The expansion includes installing additional blenders and packaging lines, which will enable Freddy Hirsch to meet...
...with benchmark values ranking high among industry concerns The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is hopeful the government will review the prevailing tax regime to engender recovery from the downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. The finance minister, in the coming days or weeks, is expected to undertake a mid-year...