The one hundred and forty-one rural and community banks in the country have almost the same operational ideologies with similar concepts offering identical products, but with different board composition and management. The industry has made very significant financial impacts since its inception about forty years ago, and has brought financial...
Government has placed an embargo on the construction of new gas and petrol stations across the country till further notice. This directive is part of new regulatory measures to enforce safety in the handling of LPG and petroleum products in the wake of the Atomic Junction gas explosion. In a statement...
Christine Churcher, a former Minister of state under President Kufuor’s administration, has been appointed board chair of the Ghana National Gas Company. At a ceremony in Accra to officially inaugurate the nine-member board, the Chairperson, thanked the President for the confidence reposed in them and promised the board will deliver...
The central bank says government’s inability to meet its projected revenue performance poses considerable danger to government’s fiscal consolidation efforts. Revenue and grants performance for the first seven months of the year – GH¢20.8billion is more than GH¢3.2billion short of the GH¢24billion target for the period under review. According to the...
As the country moves to firm-up its development and utilisation of renewable energy potential, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) have been given December as the deadline to submit business models for the integration of distributed renewable energy generation. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu...
A road show to present the much-awaited energy bond to investors is expected to start on Monday, October 16, through to October 19, in New York, Boston, and in London, to raise about GH¢6billion as first tranche. “Presumably, a week after the road show we would expect settlement of the...
Minister for Energy Boakye Agyarko has said beginning next year some government institutions will have their power component converted to solar to ease pressure on the national grid. Government institutions, including the Flagstaff House, Parliament House, Junior and Senior High Schools, are expected to have their power component converted to...
Government has been warned to explore an out of court settlement with the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU), as the country runs the risk of missing out on the US$498.2 million Millennium Challenge fund, a coalition of stakeholders on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession arrangement has warned. However,...
The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ghana office of the world’s leading accountancy body – the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) – to train its staff on proper accountancy and finance procedures. Speaking to the B&FT after the signing...
Melbond Microfinance, as it marks 10 years of operation, has assured stakeholders including shareholders, customers, staff, management and industry regulators, that its plan in the nearest future is to consolidate its market position as a microfinance company. Kwabena Gyansah, Managing Director of Melbond Microfinance, speaking at a short ceremony to...