…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...
The Registrar General’s Department has cautioned companies to abide by the directive to rotate external auditors every six years as prescribed in the Companies Act 2019 (Act 992) Section (139). Per the law, “an auditor shall hold office for a term not more than six years and is eligible for...
Ghana has been selected among only four initial countries across the world to receive financial support from the COVID-19 Private Sector Global Facility, which was established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Global Compact (UN Global Compact) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The other...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has been awarded the 2020 Africa-America Institute (AAI) ‘International Institution of Excellence Award’, during the Institute’s 36th Virtual Awards Gala. Becoming the first organisation to receive the award in the history of the institute since its establishment in 1953, Afreximbank was honored this award for its commitment to...
Chirano Gold Mines Limited, a subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corporation, has commissioned and handed over an ultra-modern science laboratory to the Queens Senior High School, at Sefwi Anhwiaso, in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region. The GH₵720,000 science laboratory project adds up to a number of programmes...