In line with its corporate social responsibility to support the fight against COVID-19 in the country, MTN-Ghana has donated over 15,000 KN95 nose masks to six hospitals in Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regions.
The beneficiary health facilities are: Regional Hospital-Sunyani, Kwatri Polyclinic (Bono), Holy Family Hospital-Techiman, Abrafi Hospital (Bono...
The Statistical Bulletin report (June 2020) has shown increased credit support to the manufacturing sector following a decline in March when the coronavirus pandemic first reared its ugly head.
Credit to the sector in March fell to GH¢4.7billion from GH¢5.10billion the previous month. But following that decline, loans advanced to...
To support Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Fidelity Bank in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) initiated a four-part webinar series to offer financial and business strategies for SMEs to navigate the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar series was organized under the Bank’s new...
Kete Krachi Timber Recovery Limited, (KKTR) operators of the Volta Lake Timber Concession under the One District Factory One Factory (1D1F) dispensation, stands out as a project living up to the aims and objectives of 1D1F in transforming rural livelihoods and bettering the economy of Ghana in general, Mr....
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) in collaboration with the Police has again blown the lid off another unlicensed Insurance brokerage firm operating under the name Family Fountain Insurance Brokers. This Company has been operating for some time now as an intermediary with the tacit connivance of a direct underwriting...
Three regions in the northern part of the country, namely: Northern, North-East and the Savana has presented 43,899 for this year’s Basic Education and Certificate Examination (BECE).
Out of the Number, Northern Region presented 29,074, North East Region, 9,042 while Savana also presented 5,783.
The candidates, from 990 public and private...
Senior Economist at Databank Research, Courage Martey is hopeful the cedi will continue to see some stability against the dollar compared to other currencies across the continent due to the bi-weekly FX forward auction being undertaken by the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
The bi-weekly FX forward auction, which was introduced...
Absa Bank is partnering with Ghana's youth-oriented radio station, Y107.9 FM to support Ghanaian-owned start-up businesses through the #AbsaStartUpJournalOnY radio programme.
The #AbsaStartUpJournalOnY initiative forms part of the bank's ambitious proposition known as “Absa StartUp Banking”, to support the grooming and growth of Ghanaian-owned startups with solutions that will bring...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will soon outline some incentives that would accompany the filing of tax returns online through the Integrated Tax Application Preparation System (ITAPS) in a move to encourage compliance.
Acting Commissioner-General of the GRA, Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, told the B&FT in an interview that a channel migration...
MTN Ghana Foundation has donated 3,000 KN95 face masks to the Greater Accra Regional hospital, also known as Ridge hospital, to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the Corporate Services Executive of MTN Ghana, Mr. Samuel Koranteng, the donation also forms part of the foundation’s recently launched...