Government missed out on its inflation target for year 2017 by 0.6 percentage points, ending the year with 11.8 percent against a target of 11.2 percent, the Ghana Statistical Service’s (GSS) December release has shown.
The figure also represents a 0.1 percentage point rise over the 11.7 percent recorded in...
…over 20 other industry players honoured
Tampico has been adjudged ultimate winner at the 7th edition of the Ghana Beverage Awards (GBA) held at the Kempinski Gold Coast City Accra over the weekend. The star-studded event organised by Global Media Alliance lived to its theme of inspiring excellence in the...
In response to an urgent request for technological support for its students, Absa Bank has donated 50 computers to the Tamale Technical University.
The Vice Chancellor of the university reached out to Absa Bank, following evidence that students in the school were still using typewriters for their schoolwork and assignments....
GOIL Team led by CEO & MD Kwame Osei-Prempeh with the prestigious Good Corporate Governance Award & Citation
GOIL Company Limited (GOIL) has been honoured as an indigenous company successfully practicing good corporate governance over the past years, catapulting it to become market-leader in the downstream petroleum industry.
The prestigious award...
PETROSOL Ghana Limited, a leading privately-owned Ghanaian Oil Marketing Company(OMC), has received triple International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification. These are ISO 9001: 2015–Quality Management System; ISO 14001:2015–Environmental Management System and ISO 45001: 2018–Occupational Health & Safety Management.
According Mr. Michael Bozumbil, the Chief Executive Officer of PETROSOL, the certifications...
The Board of Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) has welcomed the appointment of Dr. Joseph France as an Advisor to support the Bank in its recapitalization drive.
The Bank of Ghana announced Dr. France's appointment in a press release dated 28th March 2024.
As part of the post-DDEP recovery plan, all...
Unprecedented crisis could push up to 60 million into extreme poverty
The World Bank Group has announced that its emergency operations to fight COVID-19 (coronavirus) have reached 100 developing countries – home to 70% of the world’s population.
Since March, the Bank Group has rapidly delivered record levels of support...
Tales about the devastating effects of substandard and falsified medical products might seem exaggerated but nothing could be further from the truth; they are grossly understated. This is, in no small part, due to the dearth of credible medical data in the most affected regions.
The World Health Organisation (WHO)...
The Nsoatreman Rural Bank Limited at Nsoatre in the Sunyani-West district of Brong Ahafo Region has budgeted to increase its operational targets in 2018 as compared to last year’s performance barometers.
The upward revision of performance targets is being motivated by gradual recovery of the economy from its troubles. The...
Financial institutions, businesses - particularly microfinance companies and savings and loans - have been urged to get deep consultancy into proper credit management and debt recovery before they commence business, so that in the event of any debt default recovery can be seamlessly done.
Poor documentation such as weaknesses and...