Stanbic Bank has partnered Inspire Today, a non-governmental organization focused on supporting teenage girls in public schools, to provide sanitary pads to 1,000 teenage girls in the Gbawe Cluster of Schools in Accra. The specific beneficiary schools include Gbawe Methodist Basic School 1, Gbawe Methodist Basic School 2, Gbawe Methodist...
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) has successfully organized its Ghana-Italy Agribusiness Digital Lab to connect Ghanaian agripreneurs to Italian agribusiness giants, who boast world-leading technologies and products capable of transforming agribusiness development in Ghana. The event came off on June 22 via virtual B2B meetings between the Ghanaian and Italian...
Allianz Insurance, a subsidiary of Allianz Group has launched a new initiative ‘Allianz Heroes’ that will reward sales agents for their contribution to the company. Based on their achieved targets, the sales agents across the country will receive airtime and home appliances on a monthly and quarterly basis. In addition, the...
This year’s 4TH Ghana Business Leaders Excellence Awards Ceremony being organised by Top Brass Ghana is   scheduled to take place at the elegant Coconut Grove Regency Hotel, Accra on Saturday 31st July 2021. Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Energy and Mr. Clement Osei Amoako, President of the Ghana National...
The Managing Director of GCB Bank Limited, Mr Kofi Adomakoh, says there is no reason why banks will not invest in renewable energy and other projects to spearhead the development of the national economy. He explained that banks including GCB, largely look at the viability of the projects and conduct...
Of all the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most significant, albeit mostly overlooked phenomena was the reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that followed the unfortunate lockdowns governments, the world over, had to introduce to curb the spread of the virus. Whilst this includes emissions...
Work has begun in earnest on a draft policy document aimed at providing the framework to guide the mass adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in the country, with the presentation to be ready by the end of the year, Minister of Energy, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said. The draft policy,...
The government has signaled a limited need for new financing from the domestic debt market, following the announcement of a new issuance calendar for July to September 2021. The new issuance calendar announced by the Treasury Department of the Ministry of Finance last week indicates that, government intends to issue...
GMA pushing for stricter piracy laws Ghana has since 2020 till date, recorded nine pirate attacks in its territorial waters in the Gulf of Guinea, the Ghana Maritime Authority has said. Six out of the nine incidents took place last year, with three occurrences taken place between January and June...
The Head of Mission of the European Union (EU) to Ghana, Ambassador Diana Acconcia, has dispelled reports that the bloc is threatening to ban cocoa from the country due to illegal mining and child labour concerns. According to her, the EU is developing legislation that will impose obligations on its...