The implementation of the cylinder recirculation model which is expected to start in 2019 and seen as a roadmap to help curb frequent gas explosions would also come at a cost for users of cylinders. CEO of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Hassan Tampuli, explained that the pricing of Liquefied...
MTN has invested over GH¢600,000 through corporate social responsibility projects in health, education and economic empowerment in the Upper West Region alone, Nii Adotey Mingle, MTN’s Northern Sector General Manager, has said. “Some of the projects embarked on in this region, through MTN Ghana Foundation, include the Shea Butter project...
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of full-time travel agents in the U.S. dropped from a high of 124,000 in 2000 to around 74,000 in 2014. I did not chance upon any Statistics for Ghana. If they are available I will be glad to receive...
Turkish Airlines, which flies to more than 290 destinations around the world via its hub in Istanbul, is to start operating the ultra-modern wide bodied Airbus A330 on the Accra-Istanbul route starting December 1, 2017. The deployment of the A330 is in response to the growing demand on the route and the...
Activa International Insurance Company Ghana Limited (AIIG) has been awarded Insurance Company of the Year at the Ghana Accountancy and Finance Awards 2017. The award was received by Mr. Theo Nii Adjei Oninku, Corporate Accountant at Activa International Insurance Ghana. On his part, Managing Director of Activa Insurance Mr. Solomon Lartey...
Microfin Rural Bank (MRB) at Gomoa Pomadze in the Central Region has posted its first profit of GH₵231,419 after barely four years in operation, on the back of sterling growth in other key performance area. The profit figure represents a 62 percent growth over previous year’s amount, with interest income,...
Meridian Port Services (MPS) has awarded the second largest contract in the ongoing Tema Port Expansion project for land and civil works worth $120 million. The contract was awarded to a consortium formed by EIFFAGE Génie Civil  which is the fifth largest construction company in Europe and 12th largest in...
The Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Isaac Crentsil, has ordered that all intermediary transactions between Customs officers and goro boys at border points should cease with immediate effect. The agents or goro boys at the Ghana-Burkina Faso borders hitherto charged an amount of 10,000 CFA...
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) and its allied agencies and companies have concluded a week-long trade mission to Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou. The trade mission was organised as part of the Acting Director General of GPHA, Paul Asare Ansah’s initiatives aimed at attracting the transit business to the country’s...
Wooww!!! That was what I said when I saw products made by Tekura Enterprise Ltd. They are carefully crafted; artistically designed; and above all, have been embroiled with African culture and heritage. But what I appreciate most is the brain behind all these—Audrey Forson. Read on as she shares...