… 400,000 businesses seek over GH¢2bn support
Data from the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) have revealed that 400,000 businesses seeking a total sum of over GH¢2billion applied to benefit from the NBSSI and Mastercard Foundation Nkosuo loan scheme, whereas only GH¢90million is available to 25,000 Micro, Small...
Ethiopian Airlines has won The 2020 Business Traveler Award in the category of Best African Airline. The winners of the 2020 Business Traveler Awards have been unveiled by the publishers of Business Traveler magazine, Panacea Media.
The Business Traveller Awards are voted for by readers of the magazine, with the...
On 29 October 2020, we celebrate the 97th anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Turkey.
Throughout this 97 year-long journey, Turkey, situated at the crossroads of Eurasia, a region facing multiple challenges, has become a source of peace, stability and prosperity in her neighborhood and beyond. A transit...
The Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) says it loan recovery efforts have been significantly impaired by the COVID-19 pandemic, to around 40 percent despite doing about 90 percent before.
Chief Executive of MASLOC, Stephen Amoah, said businesses have been reeling as a resulting of the COVID-19 global outbreak -...
Female staff of rural and community banks across the country have been equipped with managerial and leadership capacity development skills.
The primary objective of the training programme is to support women in the industry to take up managerial and leadership roles and also for leaders of institutions to involve women...
United Bank of Africa (UBA) Foundation, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm of the financial institution, has officially launched the seventh edition of its annual National Essay Competition (NEC) 2020.
The Foundation is therefore calling for entries from students of all second cycle educational institutions (SHS/TVET) in the country -...
…deal involves provision of 89 modular bridges
Government has signed a two-year agreement with a UK firm Mabey Bridge to facilitate the delivery of 89 modular, steel, emergency-response bridges to restore critical infrastructure across the country at a cost of £43million.
The project is part of the Ministry of Roads and...
...says economy on gradual path to recovery
Global rating agency Fitch has affirmed Ghana’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B' with a stable outlook.
The affirmation is contained in Fitch’s October country rating report, which points to a gradual recovery in economic performance and fiscal revenue following the coronavirus...
The Rwandan High Commissioner to Ghana, Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, has called for increased trade between Ghana and Rwanda.
Trade between Ghana and Rwanda is currently low compared to some countries outside Africa, a situation Dr. Kacyira believes could be reversed to enhance intra-African trade among countries on the continent.
Speaking...
… with launch of multi-purpose digital revenue solutions platforms
Two multi-purpose digital revenue solutions platforms - revenue management software (dLRev) and GRA Rent Tax App - that seek to plug leakages in the revenue mobilisation chain locally and nationally have been launched, with the sole aim of boosting Internally...