Access Bank’s family promotion which started in July last year was climaxed in Accra last Friday as the final batch of winners picked up amazing and life changing prizes. With over 60,000 new and existing customers participating and over 2,000 being rewarded, the Family promo, which was the first...
Ghana plans sixth Eurobond sale in April Analysts say move to Asian markets adventurous   Ghanaian officials will meet investors in Asia this week to explore new markets for a $1 billion Eurobond sale this year, government sources said on Friday. The major commodity exporter is seeking favourable terms for the...
The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has taken the first step toward Ghana’s e-navigation implementation plan as it seeks to further secure the country’s territorial waters. e-navigation is the harmonised collection, integration, exchange, presentation and analysis of marine information, onboard and ashore, by electronic means to enhance berth to berth navigation...
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) says it will soon start the export of some 50 megawatts of electricity to Burkina Faso once work on the interconnection lines has been completed. Mr Frank Okyere, the Systems Control Manager at GRIDCo, who announced this, said the supply arrangement with Burkina Faso could...
The central bank’s fast pace of monetary policy easing is expected to slow down this year on the account of high inflationary pressures, Groupe Ndoum (GN) Research has forecasted. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana last year reduced the policy rate by a cumulative 550 basis...
  In Kenya, the disagreement went as far as the courts, with an order for its enforcement to be suspended, but the controversial excise tax stamp policy is to take effect in Ghana from March 1, 2018, even as the beverage industry contends that the format is inefficient and costly. Whilst...
Unannounced house-to-house checks by officials from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) saved the company some GH₵50million on power thefts last year. The sweeping exercise, which is an ongoing system losses reduction intervention, saw officers of the company visiting residential apartments to fish out illegal power consumers. “We went about communities...
Heritage Securities Limited (HSL), in partnership with the United States Friendship and Economic Development (FED) Group, has launched the first-ever Ghana-US Trade Hub to provide facilitation services for companies seeking to trade with the United States. Heritage Securities Limited, which is now a member of the US FED Group Consortium,...
Hello Readers, have you observed the latest catchy adverts on radio in respect of the new marriages between telephone companies (Telcos) and financial institutions? I find them very fascinating because barely two years ago, there was a turf war between the telco giants and banks, with so much suspicion...
The President, executives and members of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA) wishes to extend our deepest condolences to the family of the late Priscilla Opoku Kwarteng also known as Ebony Reigns who passed away on Thursday night. Indeed, Ebony's death is not just a lose to the family or the music...