Excerpt: Several Huawei partners highlighted the different industries that are getting great benefits out of 5G. Huawei recently held its 5G+, Better World Summit, where various operators and industry partners shared their experiences of how 5G applications can drive significant business and industry efficiency. "5G development has entered a new phase,"...
Ogilvy Africa has announced the rollout of the region’s first real-time marketing product that offers social intelligence and analytics, community management and content innovations; in a unified offering. Christened FEED, the product aims to connect brands to popular culture to keep pace with rapidly changing audience interest. FEED is being...
GCB remains the biggest bank in Ghana. Having operated in the country for over six (6) decades, GCB has undergone major digital transformations and can boast having one of the most robust IT infrastructure in the country. Based on solid IT backing, the bank has churned out a lot of...
African countries made great strides in strengthening commitments and capacity to achieve tax transparency and exchange information on illicit fund flows in 2019, the latest Tax Transparency in Africa report, launched Thursday, revealed. Tax Transparency in Africa 2020 - produced by the Global Forum for Transparency and Exchange of Information...
For the majority of Ghana’s banking public, today’s Ecobank is virtually unrecognisable from the bank that opened its doors to them 30 years ago in 1990. The Ghanaian subsidiary of the Pan African banking giant Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) is undoubtedly the finest and one of the largest universal...
After its full rebranding, Absa Bank Ghana has won its first global industry award in less than a year. The bank has been adjudged the 2020 Best Retail Bank in Ghana by the reputable international business magazine Global Banking & Finance Review based in the United Kingdom. This was made...
First National Bank Ghana has announced the appointment of Dominic Adu as its first Ghanaian Chief Executive Officer, effective Wednesday July 1, 2020. Dominic takes over from Richard Hudson who has served in this position since the inception of the bank five years ago. Mr. Adu was the Chief Executive...
Cultivation of poor planting materials and wrong cultural farming practices have been identified as major challenges accounting for low cashew productivity among local farmers. In recent times, cashew has been identified as a new ‘gold’ for farmers, especially among those in the savannah-transition zone. It has triggered massive cultivation across...
A new indigenous ride hailing transport service, CediCab, has been launched in Accra, with a commitment to disrupt Ghana’s transport sector, especially the app taxi charter industry in Ghana and in Africa. Managers of the new service say they are poised to exceed customer expectations by providing exceptional services to...
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has for the first time in its 100 years of existence elected a Black female as a member of its Executive Board - and she is a Ghanaian technology executive, recognized internationally for her expertise in trade facilitation and process automation. The new member,...