Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited and Visa have rewarded some Visa cardholders in the ‘Visa Akyedie Reloaded’ giveaway promo which was relaunched in July, 2020. In a short ceremony held at the Bank’s Head Office at Ridge in Accra, the winners of the promo were presented with various prizes including...
The African Development Bank last week held a workshop to convey the continent’s immense investment and partnership opportunities to Asian business leaders, particularly as the continent seems poised to return to economic growth in 2021 following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The two-hour virtual event, held in English, Korean,...
AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) has successfully graduated a batch of eight students from their first Graduate Trainee Programme and matriculated its second batch in a colorful ceremony held in Obuasi. The company instituted the Graduate Trainee Programme, a developmental initiative to offer brilliant and promising students from tertiary institutions the opportunity...
This year’s World Maritime Day was celebrated last Friday on 24 September in the form of an online event. A global audience heard how innovation, the maritime workforce and the role of industry and governments can work to realise shipping's sustainable future. They raised issues and highlighted solutions facing shipping, particularly...
…highlights realisation of digital strategy Subsequent to its merger with CFC Savings and Loans in 2017, Bayport Savings and Loans has recorded significant strides in its transformational agenda, its Chief Executive Officer, Nii Amankra Kwashie Tetteh, has revealed. According to him, the consolidated gains have been spurred on largely by an...
Developers of Appolonia City, a state-of-the-art residential and commercial community in Accra, have opened talks with government to designate the Appolonia Industrial Park as a special economic zone for light manufacturing industries. The park, a 200-acre land with a potential for an additional 200 acres, is located within Appolonia City...
The President of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Ghana (CIIG), Rev. Asante Marfo-Ahenkora has disclosed that Coronavirus has disrupted many activities planned for this year. This, he said has led to a postponement of scheduled programmes of the institute for the year 2020. He was hopeful that with the relative success...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) and the Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC) have hinted of the provision of some incentives to attract vessels to the Takoradi Port, especially to cart cocoa. The two bodies are to meet with the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) to finalise the incentives which are...
An estimated US$400 million or more is expected to be used to address the ravaging Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD), and overaged or moribund cocoa farms, which have significantly affected the country’s cocoa production for some time now. According to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), about 40 percent of...
The long awaited Hospitality Professional Network Ghana (HPNG),a non-profit development focused organization set up within the hospitality industry in Ghana is set to hold a virtual launch on September 29, 2020 at 6:00pm GMT via  video conferencing platform, Zoom. The launch will feature prominent persons in the hospitality industry. The speakers for...