South Africa’s High Commissioner to Ghana,Grace Jeanet Mason recently visited Japan Motors high-tech and ultra-modern automotive plant in Tema that is being built specifically to assemble the all new “built of more” Nisan Navara. There is a considerable South African link to the plant; the Navara itself is manufactured at...
As part of moves aimed at enhancing its operations in Ghana, Takoradi-based Prime Meridian Docks has signed an agreement with Spanish ship management company Manteniship Spain S.L to provide repair and maintenance services for ships under the management of Manteniship. The agreement was signed on November 24, 2021, in Accra. Speaking...
The recent 30 percent salary increase for public sector workers is a positive step, but that alone will not improve productivity in the country, according to Northern Regional Secretary of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Felicia Kraja. She claims that many government institutions, particularly at the Assembly level, lack the...
Alliance Motors Ghana Limited, the exclusive distributor of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles in Ghana, has introduced on to the Ghanaian market the all new Land Rover Defender referred to as the most capable Land Rover ever created. The all new Defender 2020, has been designed for optimum durability and...
Many factors go into assessing how much debt an economy can safely carry Countries incur debt by borrowing. Borrowing can enable countries to finance important development programs and projects—but, taken too far, the burden of debt repayment can overwhelm a country’s finances, at worst leading to default. Elevated debt in low-income...
There is a popular folk-tale from India about blind men and the elephant. As the tale goes, six blind men who had never interacted with an elephant were brought before one of the mammoth animals, and depending on what part of the beast they touched offered a strikingly different...
…as Jospong shines at Ghana Business Awards The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has been awarded the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Decade. Dr. Siaw Agyepong won the award at the 5th Ghana Business Awards (GBAs) held on Saturday, October 28, 2022,...
It’s the virtual edition of the annual New Wine Concert hosted by VGMA Male Vocalist of the Year, Pastor Nana Yaw Boakye a. k. a MOGMusic. All is set for the 2021 New Wine Concert with MOG Music which promises to yet again give patrons an intimate experience in the...
 …. signs US$1.5bn financial agreement with 28 banks The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed a US$1.5billion financial agreement with a consortium of foreign and local banks to finance the purchase of cocoa beans for the 2021/2022 crop season. This season’s financial agreement is an increase of US$200million compared to the...
The Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government will be holding an extraordinary session through videoconference scheduled for this morning at 10am Universal Time. The Heads of State will be discussing the ‘Situation and Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic in the ECOWAS Region’. The Ministers in Charge of Finance...