Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Limited continues to make giant strides in Ghana’s cocoa industry. The latest of its many innovative interventions is the launch of Nyonkodo Farmer Life Plan, a bundled insurance, pension and scholarship plan for its farmers at Sefwi Wiawso in the Western Region of Ghana.
Speaking at the...
Parliament must consider legislation that would prevent guarantees of loans advanced to state-owned enterprises in the energy sector by government, Emmanuel Akrong - a credit consultant, has advocated.
The proposal, Mr. Akrong argues, will ensure the banking sector lends to only creditworthy institutions.
According to Emmanuel Akrong, over the years, banks...
The First Lady, Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has urged women leaders to continue the drive for greater inclusion of women in all facets of our national development.
Speaking at the maiden edition of the Executive Women Network (EWN) Annual Conference held in Accra, she said: “Excluding women, who make up more...
NPL ratio to reduce
Interest rates to drop
Private sector to be biggest beneficiary
The government’s roadshow to raise a bond to clear the much talked about energy sector debt, which is in excess of US$2.5billion, has excited bankers.
The roadshow for the long-awaited bond issuance saw some...
The country has failed to leverage its trading relationship with key regional blocks - namely the European Union (EU) and ECOWAS - over the past decade, thereby affecting its balance of trade, a report by IMANI Ghana, one of Africa’s leading think-tanks, has shown.
The report, titled ‘Maximising Gains from...
The Kumawuman Rural Bank Limited at Kumawu in the Sekyere Afram Plains district of Ashanti Region is set to rollout hybrid Automated Teller Machine (ATM) services at some of its branches.
This is in fulfillment of government’s rural branchless banking project, and the bank has completed all documentations and signed...
South Africa’s Gold Fields said its third-quarter gold output rose 3 percent compared with previous quarter, buoyed by a 10 percent surge in production at their South Deep mine.
Gold Fields, which also has operations in Australia, West Africa and South America, saw gold production rising to 567,000 ounces for...
South African miner African Rainbow Minerals dropped KPMG as its auditor on Monday, joining a host of other local companies breaking ties with the firm caught up in an influence-peddling scandal.
KPMG has been losing clients after its own investigation last month found flaws in work it did for the...
President Joao Lourenco directed a working group to determine how it can “improve the current conditions of investment in the oil and gas industry,” and develop a “framework of cooperation” directly between the executive and oil companies.
The move, announced in a decree on October 13, came as Lourenco appointed...
Airtel Ghana, winner of Best Corporate Social Responsibility at the African Carrier Awards fulfilled its pledge to quality education with a “Back to School Initiative” at Adaklu Aboadi SA primary school and the Adaklu Xelekpe DA JSS in the Volta region.
This donation was in line with our quest to...