… as risk mitigation measures improve Commercial banks are ready to pump more funds into the agriculture sector if additional measures are introduced to de-risk the sector, the Head of Agribusiness at Absa Bank, William Nettey, has said. According to him, the nature of banking makes every institution hesitant to...
Strategic Sourcing and Industrialisation insights with Prof Douglas Boateng While the terms ‘Made in Ghana, or South Africa or Kenya or Nigeria’ have become common components of goods and services produced on the continent, a broader focus on ‘Made in Africa’ may be the key to long-term business success and...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned investors and persons whose funds have been locked up in collapsed Fund Management Companies to desist from engaging the activities of an entity known as PBAY Limited. According to the commission, its attention has been drawn to the activities of PBAY Limited,...
The e-waste management project (E-MAGIN) funded by the European Union organised a Training of Trainers and Capacity building workshops for selected Micro Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) from the e-waste sector in Ghana. The purpose of the training programme was to equip Trainers and MSMEs in the e-waste sector with...
I agree with Mitchell (2001, p.33) as cited in (Eghan, 2004), when he argued that “relationship marketing theory suggests that relationships add quality to marketing transactions”. He continued to explore that “Traditional markets are extremely powerful but they have huge limitations. Real human exchange is much richer than market exchange....
At Kofiase, a community in the Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region of Ghana, members of a Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) are on their way to getting a bumper harvest due to an investment in improved oil palm seedlings. For years, the over 4,000 residents of the community...
Continuing its well-grounded tradition, Agricultural Manufacturing Group Limited (AMG) has donated a sum of GH¢100,000, 1,200 bags of fertilisers as well as a generous number of nose masks and hand sanitisers toward the 36th edition of the annual Farmers Day celebration. With this year’s celebration to be held under the...
Academic City College, a premium Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) tertiary institution has been granted a ‘University College’ status by the National Accreditation Board (NAB). This new status reinforces Academic City’s position as a premium tertiary institution and its ambition to be a leading STEAM university in Africa....
Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) has bolstered its product line-up with the advanced HUAWEI Mate 40 Series, the latest revolutionary flagship smartphones that empower users to leap further ahead. Showcasing the pinnacle of Huawei technology, the new Series reinforces Huawei’s dedication to innovation and its unrelenting determination to creating...
Japan Motors Trading Company Ltd (JMTC) has handed over a Yamaha Outboard Motor, Yamaha Water pumps and Yamaha Motorcycles to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) towards the celebration of this year’s National Farmers Day. Mr. Abdul-Somad Alhassan Musah, Assistant MD of Japan Motors was present at both the...