Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) is the Best Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturing Company.  This title was conferred on ABL at the recently organised Ghana Manufacturing Awards, held at the Kempiski Hotel in Accra. The prestigious event, which is aimed at recognizing both local and international   companies that have played significant and pioneering...
In 2016, Ghana, the second largest gold producer in Africa, and the eighth largest globally, legally produced 96 Metric Tons (“MT”) of gold. On average, Ghana produces approximately 100 MT annually. At April 1, 2017, the Bank of Ghana (“BoG”) Gold Reserve amounted to 8.70 MT, (it has not...
. GH?100million to be invested . Customers to earn T-Bill plus 3 percent interest ASN Financial Services Limited, a licensed Finance House which has been experiencing challenges in its operations, has secured a strategic investor who is expected to invest over GH?100million in the company. Directors of the company, B&FT sources say,...
Under the Access Bank flagship women empowerment programme, the ‘W’ Initiative, women entrepreneurs are set to begin an industry first Female Leadership Programme in partnership with FMO, the Dutch Development Bank. The maiden edition of this one-week leadership journey will bring together female leaders in finance from across the world...
Access Bank (Ghana) Plc has held its 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM) to consider and adopt the Statement of Accounts for the year ended December 31, 2016 at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra. Addressing shareholders at the meeting, the Board Chairman, Mr. Frank Beecham, highlighted that the...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is engaging directors of ASN Financial Services Limited, a licensed Finance House, to find an amicable solution to the troubled indigenous institution. The company, which specializes in investment services, credit issuance, and mortgage products, is currently struggling to meet the demands of some of its...
Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has noted that even though sweet potato is not list listed as a food security crop in the Food and Agricultural Sector Development Policy (FASDEP II), a lot of attention is being given to the promotion of the crop to...
About 6,480 farmers from six districts in the Northern Region have been provided with free certified seed starter packs at a seed and technology fair held at Sang in the Mion District. The fair, held on the theme ‘Getting Certified Seeds to Smallholder Farmers’, saw starter packs including maize, rice...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE) has held capacity training for some selected farmers and agricultural extension agencies on the monitoring and scouting of the Fall Army Worm (FAW) in Tamale of the Northern. The USAID Feed the Future Agricultural...
The absence of strong regulations on the importation and use of agro-chemicals poses a threat to human life and food security, CropLife Africa Middle East (AME), a regional federation representing the plant science industry and a network of national associations in 30 countries in Africa and the Middle East,...