The first session of the Eazzysocial and Icode partnership which was instituted to equip or better still empower business professionals in Takoradi came to a successful end on March 4, 2018 in Takoradi, Western Region. The rationale behind the collaboration is to bridge the digital skills gap amongst adherents...
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has suspended trading in the shares of ADB with effect from today Wednesday, March 07.
A statement from the exchange said, “the suspension is to allow the GSE clarify the news on a purported take-over of ADB”
“With reference to section 7 of the GSE Automated...
The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) has served notice it will embark on a full-blown strike by Tuesday March 27, 2018, if the government does not call mining giant Goldfields to order.
Per the unions directives which is contained in a statement which was copied to the B&FT, prior to the...
In an unexpected move that could be the beginning of a restructuring of the local banking space, a consortium of financial institutions that control majority shares in agric-focused bank, Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), have pledged their shares, proceeds, entitlement and voting rights to uniBank, a leading local bank.
The consortium,...
The Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) has filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal and a stay of execution pending its hearing after an Accra High Court last Friday dismissed an interlocutory application by the union to stop a planned redundancy exercise by mining giant Goldfields Ghana Limited.
The...
Barclays Bank Ghana has stated that its decision to rebrand to Absa will not lead to any job-cuts, and that the bank by its new image will be more focused on entrenching its position on the local scene and work toward doubling its footprints in the country.
Speaking in a...
A four-day organisational development (OD) clinic, aimed at grooming leaders with innovative skills for effective performance, has been held at the Catholic University College of Ghana (CUCG), Fiapre, in the Brong Ahafo Region.
The OD training, ‘Mastery in Organizational Development and Appreciative Leadership’ (ODCP), was a collaborative effort between the...
Fund suggests Ghana limit planned Eurobond to $500 mln
Ghana seeking combined programme review in April
Ghana must legislate new measures to boost revenues by at least 0.5 percent of gross domestic product before the IMF reviews a $918 million credit deal next month, the Fund said.
The West African...
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) Archie Hesse, has called on the public to resort to more electronic forms of payment in order to reduce their exposure to being attacked by armed robbers.
His advice comes in the wake of reports of armed robbery...
About 50 project developers and engineering services companies from the Ghanaian solar sector have benefitted from the first German Project Development training in Accra last week.
The week-long training, which ended last week was to equip the local businesses with knowledge on project development and operation of Solar Photovoltaic (PV)...