Dubai has been urged to make itself available to support development of Africa’s entrepreneurial eco-system by connecting the continent’s business leaders and entrepreneurs with new growth opportunities. This was the view of a panel of entrepreneurs who spoke at the 4th Global Business Forum on Africa, which is taking place...
A draft report that will see 70 percent of government of Ghana-funded projects go to local contractors has been completed, and is expected to be submitted to Cabinet and Parliament for approval soon. The new policy, government believes, will help grow local businesses. It is aimed at empowering indigenous contractors, and...
The Achimota School is lacing-up its boots to file an application at the Supreme Court to overturn an Appeals Court ruling that nullified an earlier decision by a High Court which sought to give possession of 172.68 acres of land to the school. In ruling against the Achimota School, the...
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited has recorded a profit before tax of GH₵331million in the third quarter of 2017. The figure represents a 25% growth in profits, compared to the same period in 2016 which the company recorded GH₵264million. The bank in its third quarter 2017 financial results released Tuesday said,...
Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, Dr. Wilfred K. Anim Odame, has said that its upcoming digital system, dubbed the Ghana Enterprise Land Information System (GELIS), is one of the key interventions designed to reduce the turnaround time, bureaucracies and corruption in the system. According to him, the GELIS innovation...
E.S.L.A PLC, on Monday, November 6, 2017, said it successfully closed its books for the issue of the ESLA bonds on Friday, November 3, 2017, after extending the timeline for the issue of the 10-year bond by one week. Despite investors making bids in excess of GH¢2.79 billion for the...
The nation’s value of rice imports reached US$1.2billion in 2015, an 800 percent increase from US$152million in 2007, the Minister of Agriculture Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said. “I have been able to assemble data which clearly confirm that over the past ten years the volume and value of food...
As part of BEIGE’s contribution toward the fight against the menace of breast cancer, The BEIGE Foundation - the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of BEIGE - organised a Breast Cancer Talk and a Screening Exercise for its members and the general public. The event took place on October 20,...
The maiden edition of the Ghana Accountancy and Finance Awards came off at the Movenpick Hotel, Accra, with financial industry big-names walking away with the honours. Abiola Bawuah, CEO of UBA Ghana, was adjudged Finance Personality of the Year - adding to the growing portfolio of awards she has picked...
By the year 2020, demand for tertiary school admissions is expected to be massive as the country awaits the maiden graduation of over 400,000 Free Senior High School (SHS) students who will be applying for entry into the various tertiary institutions. The reality is that this single batch of free...