…as inability to handle standards persists
Richard Twumasi-Ankrah, Director for Policy, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has indicated that smallholder farmers are losing significant amounts of money in their quest to trade on the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) platform due to inability to meet...
Mukesh Thakwani, CEO of B5 Plus Limited - West Africa's largest steel manufacturing company, is urging government to impose a ban, with immediate effect, on cheap imported finish metal fabrication products that are already being produced in the country to protect the local steel industry.
The ban, in his opinion,...
Fastest rise in employment for 13 months
Further expansions in output and new orders
Business confidence at five-month high
The end of first-quarter 2021 saw Ghana's private sector remain in growth territory. Output, new orders and employment all increased, while business confidence hit a five-month high.
The headline seasonally adjusted...
DreamOval Limited, an African fintech company, recently obtained its enhanced Payment Services Provider (PSP) licence from the central bank of Ghana. The Payment Services Act 2019 requires all fintechs to be licenced by the Bank of Ghana before they can operate in the country.
The Enhanced Payment Services Provider Licence...
“VALUE4HERConnect, Africa’s first agri-business intelligence platform aimed at facilitating growth and development of women owned agri-enterprises was launched in Accra by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) this week.
The platform seeks to expand women’s presence in markets where trade, access to new markets, nationally, regionally and...
The Centre for International Maritime Affairs Ghana (CIMAG) is advocating for the protection and conservation of the country's water bodies from all form of pollutions such as illegal fishing and mining activities to prevent on-going fish kills.
It also calls for strenuous efforts and commitment from the government to ensure...
Emirates’ signature Ramadan service is expected to begin on 13 April
As part of its annual Ramadan service, Emirates offers a specially curated meal served in ready-to-eat boxes to customers fasting during the holy month.
This year, the airline's in-house designers and product design team collaborated with local artists to produce...
THE Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) is a statutory national technical ministry under the Office of the Civil Service (OCS), whose mandate is to oversee the formulation and implementation of national tourism policies and related issues, including promotion, regulation and control of the sector.
Mandate
MOTAC effectively champions and...
Several bodies, including the Women in Banking and Finance Magazine has recently added its voice to the call for the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill, saying it will further boost women’s contribution to the growth of the country’s economy.
The call came during the Women in Banking Seminar organised...
Readers of GhanaWeb will get to access international news in a wrap with the introduction of an exciting audio package through a partnership with the international news organization, BBC.
The BBC News Minute is one out of many other products birthed from a digital partnership between the BBC World Service...