At the One Planet Summit convened by President Emmanuel Macron of France, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, the World Bank Group made a number of new announcements in line with its ongoing support to developing countries for the effective implementation...
Kuapa Kokoo, a cocoa farmers' co-operative organization, is to set up a coffee processing plant and coffee plaza at Ampabame and Daatano respectively in the Ejisu Juaben district of the Ashanti Region under its sustainable development programme, Managing Director  for the organization, Samuel Adimado, has revealed. Mr. Adimado indicated that...
Ground handling company, Aviance, has won the ‘Service Company of The Year’ at the Ghana Business Expatriate Awards held in Accra. The Awards, instituted by the Ministry of Trade and Industry in collaboration with Millennium Excellence Foundation, is designed to honour expatriates businesses for their immense contribution to the development...
AirtelTigo Insurance policy holders have reached 1.6 million, with 25,000 claims worth GH¢11million paid out to customers since 2010. The microinsurance product, which is being rolled-out in collaboration with BIMA and Prudential Life Insurance, shows that mobile-enabled insurance holds the key to insuring a greater percentage of the country’s population...
Sewerage Systems Ghana Limited (SSGL), a subsidiary company of the Jospong Group, has paid the tuition fees of 10 university students from James Town in Accra. The gesture was part of the company's community outreach programme under its Corporate Social Responsibility. James Town is a fishing community where the company has...
An Agricultural Engineer at the Department of Agriculture and Biosystems at the KNUST, Professor Emmanuel Bobobee, has called for improved mechanisation of cassava production in order to spur economic growth in the country. “The adoption of mechanised agricultural practices across Africa,” he said, “will spur growth of the agricultural sector...
Management of Unilever Ghana has made a donation of one of its products ‘Lifebuoy’ to the Kumasi Academy Senior High School to help stop the Swine Flu disease outbreak which has affected teaching and learning in the school. The donationto ensure the availability of an effective antibacterial soap for use...
Vivo energy Ghana, Shell licensee in the country, has officially opened its ultra-modern service station located on the Haatso-Atomic Road in Accra. The multi-purpose facility, which has a retail shop and an oil servicing centre, also houses an eatery, a barber shop, a pharmacy and ATM terminals. Speaking at the opening...
An Incident/Accident Investigation Committee has been instituted to investigate last month’s incident involving Starbow Airline Flight S9 104 bound for Kumsi from Accra. The five-member Committee is made up of Nana E.R Krakue (Rtd Air Commodore), Group Captain G.S Parker (Airforce Base), Wing Commander Emmanuel Akatue, Squadron Leader C. Gaddah...
Agro Ecom Ghana Limited, a licensed buying company  has been awarded with  business excellence award, Gold category at the 14th Ashanti Business Excellence Awards recently  in Kumasi. The award ceremony which was organised by Top Brass Ghana Limited under the auspices of Manyhia Palace was in comemoration of the Diamond...