The call for establishment of a Construction Industry Development Authority (CIDA) is not without cause. In the 21st century, infrastructure is the lifeblood of prosperity and economic confidence.
Successful delivery of well-planned infrastructure investments offers developing economies like Ghana opportunity to compete in the global marketplace. Construction is the mechanism...
In pursuance of transforming the local cashew industry by scaling up cashew processing, government is exploring international collaborations with development partners for technical and financial support.
To this end, government through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is looking to leverage cooperation with countries such as Germany through the...
There is no doubt that novel Coronavirus has had an effect on international financial management.
As soon as the World Health Organisation identified the virus as a global pandemic, central banks in some countries started preparing packages to stimulate their economy.
Some reduced their policy rate, others provided liquidity to various...
With digital transformation fast becoming a reality for many societies, Women’s Haven Africa - a female tech and innovation hub based in Kumasi - has implored young women to explore the opportunities presented by digitisation to provide solutions for social and business challenges.
Executive Director of Women’s Haven Africa, Adwoa...
Hospitality sector shattered
The country’s economy in the second quarter of 2020 faced the full rigours of the coronavirus pandemic, as growth for the first time in about four decades contracted – largely occasioned by the hospitality sector’s abysmal performance.
Data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) show that despite...
Opens Application Window for 2021-2022
Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG) has announced recipients of the 2020/2021 round of AIG Scholarships, the organisation’s fully-funded scholarship programme for outstanding young West Africans with a passion for public service.
The 2020/2021 AIG Scholars are Adejoke Are, Murjanatu Mohammed Audu, Uchechukwu Nwokediuko, Chioma Oparadike,...
… to appreciate clients and stakeholders
The Business and Financial Times (B&FT), Africa’s leading provider of business information, has launched a campaign dubbed ‘Discount-for Discount’ (D4D) to express the media giant’s appreciation to its growing clients and other stakeholders.
Evans Mallet, Business Development Manager (BDM) at the B&FT, explained that the...
Data from the Ghana Shippers' Authority (GSA) have shown that demurrage payments to shipping lines in 2019 amounted to $27million; this figure was less than the $39million recorded in 2018.
According to the Authority, some of the causes of demurrage – fees importers pay for overstayed containers – include bureaucratic...
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday cut the sod for construction of the first-ever interchange in the Western Region at a ceremony in Takoradi.
The historic Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, which is part of the Synohydro agreement, will be constructed at the PTC Roundabout in Takoradi and brings to...
...25,000 business set to benefit
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) can begin the process to access a GH₵90million fund made available by the Mastercard Foundation, which is to be disbursed through the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) under the COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Programme.
The support scheme, dubbed...