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)...
The spokesperson for the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China, Zhang Yuesi, has said China is open for international trade with any country that desires to do business. He cited the One belt, One Road (OBOR) project as one of the initiatives which has the potential of...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has bemoaned the country’s underdevelopment in relation to its peers including Malaysia, South Korea but maintains the country can still take charge of its destiny. Addressing the nation during the 61st Independence Anniversary celebrations at the Black Stars Square in Accra on Tuesday, he indicated...
Information reaching www.thebftonline.com indicates that, tension is brewing at Goldfields Ghana Limited (Tarkwa Mine) over the company’s attempts to serve termination letters to over 2000 permanent employees to be laid off as part of its proposed retrenchment. This comes after the management of the mining giant, brought in uniformed armed...
Consumer finance firm afb Ghana, has launched an Education solution to support players in the educational sector of the country. The new solution was launched in collaboration with the Ghana National Association of Private Schools (GNAPS), during its education week celebrations in Accra. The solution, designed to address the respective needs...