It appears Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) which have been hit hard in amid the COVID-19 are really being catered to. Apart from the GH¢600million secured under government’s stimulus package programme, the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) says it will be disbursing the GH¢90million secured together...
A report prepared by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) named Ghana as the 8th country in Africa facing a high risk of debt distress. The World Bank and IMF have maintained Ghana as a high-risk of debt distress country. This generally infers that the country is accumulating so much...
Chemico Limited has supported the Tema Regional Police Command and the Marine Unit of the Ghana Marine, Ports & Railways with 2,000 pieces of face masks worth GH₵20,000 to support the COVID-19 fight. The company had earlier presented a cheque for GH₵100,000 to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund and GH₵50,000...
Officials of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) have served notice to Galamsey operators at Denkyira Brofoyedru in the Central region, to desist from mining activities close to their power transmission towers. Activities of Galamsey miners have become a menace to power supply in some localities in the Central and Western...
Financial institutions have been urged to employ smart fiscal strategies in their activities as this is expected to assist them to remain profitable especially in this critical time of the COVID-19 pandemic. This call was made by the Regional Chief Executive Officer (RCEO) for West Africa of the United Bank...
A high court in Accra has confirmed Agri-Cattle Lakeside Estate Limited as the legal owners of land measuring 2,911.53 acres situated at Katamanso in the Greater Accra Region. His Lordship Jerome Noble-Nkrumah, who presided over the court on May 6, 2020, delivered a judgment in which he stated that, “The...
Changes made to loan agreements without notice Borrowers not provided pre-agreement contracts Exposing customer details to third parties Unfriendly environment for the physically challenged The Bank of Ghana has released a report that reveals some banks are engaging in serious unprofessional conducts that violate the regulator’s guidelines on customer...
A member of Parliament’s Committee on Communications, George Samuel Nartey, has described as unfortunate the decision by the Ministry of Communications to direct the National Communication Authority (NCA) to enforce the provisions of the Electronic Communications (EC) Act 2008 and National Telecommunications Policy (NTP) to address MTN’s dominance in...
... as Zoomlion disinfects barracks, schools The fight against the spread of Coronavirus can only be won through the collective effort of all stakeholders, including the citizenry and corporate organisations, Deputy Minister of Defence, Major Rtd. Derek Oduro, has said. Speaking in Accra to launch a nationwide disinfection and fumigation exercise...
Twenty-six thousand entrepreneurs are expected to be trained under the third window of the Presidential Business Support Programme (PBSP), according to the Ministry of Business Development. In collaboration with the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP), the Minister, Dr. Ibrahim Awal, announced the opening of the window three programme saying...