…with profits of GH¢405m Stanbic Bank Ghana continues to show resilience in business growth and profit even under a strenuous business environment, as the bank recorded a profit-after-tax of GH¢405million last year - which is a 26% improvement in its profits compared to the same period of 2020. This was...
To enhance the nutritional level of food consumed by schoolchildren under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), a highly nutritious but affordable pelagic fish product has been included in the programme The GSFP currently has about 3.8 million children from 9,700 primary and junior high schools across the country, and...
The Supreme Court has dismissed a case filed by the Association of Finance House challenging the Bank of Ghana for issuing corporate governance directives for financial institutions, ruling that the regulator’s action was lawful. The Association of Finance House, in November 2020, brought an action in the Supreme Court of...
As at press time yesterday, December 8, 2020, the B&FT had tabulated 53 seats that changed hands between the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). While the NPP lost 36 of its seats in the 7th Parliament of the Fourth Republic, the NDC gave away 17...
The Asante Professional Club (APC) is scheduled to hold the 7th Ɔpemsoɔ Lecture on December 2, 2022, at the Business Auditorium of the Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology (KNUST), in Kumasi. The Ɔpemsoɔ Lectures, an annual public lecture series organised by APC, forms part of strategic objective of promoting...
GCB Bank Limited has approved a donation of GH¢100,000 for the fight against cerebrospinal meningitis (CMS) and COVID-19 in the Upper West Region of the country. The amount will be used for improvements in health infrastructure and other uses to benefit the people of Upper West Region. Presentation of the cheque...
Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Elsie Addo Awadzi, has called on women to leverage opportunities that digitisation provides - as she says this is a sure way of bridging the gender equality-gap and increase their participation in economic activities. Speaking on the theme ‘Women as Builders of...
The 2004 Class of the Mfantsipim Old Boys Association (MOBA ‘04) has launched a Trust Fund that seeks to raise GH₵2 million to support their alma mater. The Fund, according to the President of MOBA ’04, Samuel Menyah Asah-Kissiedu, is to finance the school’s forthcoming 2024 Speech and Prize Giving...
The burning of e-waste generates some harmful substances which threaten the environment and human health but despite outlawing this, in 2016, the lack of enforcement of the law has resulted in such activities continuing, by some scrap dealers. The passage of the Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Act...
The Twin Tub Pack campaign will support families impacted by COVID-19 Leading consumer brand, Blue Band, has announced an additional response to the economic disruption posed by COVID-19 within families in Ghana through its ‘Spreading Smiles’ Twin Tub Pack Campaign with over GHS 100,000 cash rewards up for grabs. With experts...