The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the University of Ghana has taken delivery of some rapid test kits, a donation from Omnifert in support of the fight against COVID-19. Omnifert (Omini Speciality Products) is a wholly indigenous Ghanaian-owned company based in Accra that focuses on improving the crop...
The Inter-City State Transport Company (STC) has secured a new state of the art vehicle-testing centre at the STC yard in Accra. The facility, constructed by Hammer Automobile and Transport Company Limited, was officially opened to public use over the weekend and is intended to serve the Kwame Nkrumah Circle-Kaneshie,...
Glo Mobile at the weekend presented prizes to winners in its SIM Activation promo in both Kumasi and Koforidua. The two separate events, which held at the Gloworld shops in both cities, had scores of winners receiving their winning items for the various categories of performances in the first month...
Food Outlook report assesses global supply and demand for major food commodities Growing rice in the Philippines. Food markets will face many more months of uncertainty due to COVID-19, but the agri-food sector is likely to show more resilience to the pandemic crisis than other sectors, according to a new report...
The Ghana Commodity Exchange has signed a partnership with Role Model Africa to facilitate internship placement for hundreds of tertiary students across Ghana through the Internship Recruitment Forum. The forum which is designed to provide students with first hand industry experience has secured placement slots in several companies in various...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has locked up an unlicenced Chinese Factory - Everyday Manufacturing Ltd. - located at the Awutu Senya Constituency in the Central Region for illegally recycling cartons of government textbooks into toilet-rolls. The Special Revenue Mobilisation Task Force of the GRA embarked on the action after...
Lending institutions could turn to Direct Debit to improve on their loan recovery rate. This is because it has some flexibilities that lenders can explore for repayment of loans. Poor loan recovery is a major challenge to many lending institutions, especially the savings and loans as well as microfinance companies....
In a ceremony that complied with COVID-19 official meeting and social distancing guidelines, COCOBOD, Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, and other Development Finance Institutions have announced a US$600million credit facility for COCOBOD’s Productivity Enhancement Programmes (PEPs). In November 2019, Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) including the African Development Bank (AfDB), Japan...
Director General of the Ghana Maritime Authority, Thomas Kofi Alonsi, has bemoaned the recognition given to seafarers globally - saying it needs to improve due to the high-risk occupation and enormous essence of their duties to the survival of economies. According to him, every sector of the economy greatly relies on...
Ten young entrepreneurs will today pitch their business ideas before President Akufo-Addo in the third window of the Presidential Pitch in Accra. The presidential pitch offers young entrepreneurs an opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a panel of experienced judges, out of which 10 will be selected as winners...