One of the important tourism landmarks in the country, the Salaga Slave Market in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region, has been converted into a lorry station. In an interview with the B&FT, Alexander Nketia, acting Northern Regional Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) expressed displeasure at...
The Car Rental Association of Ghana (CRAG) has held its maiden forum to promote tourism and hospitality in Ghana via the use of Car Rental services. The aim of the forum was to engage stakeholders in the car rental and tourism industries  to address issues pertaining to car rentals in Ghana...
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Africa Reinsurance Corporation has supported a two-day technical workshop on risk modelling and strategic decision-making for index insurance products. James Seward, Practice Manager for the World Bank Group’s Finance and Markets Global Practice, Africa region, said, the agriculture sector is a...
In the quest for making underwriting easy for insurance brokers in the country, Allianz Ghana has deployed an online underwriting tool dubbed: “Partner Platform” into the market. The Partner Platform is an exclusive online underwriting tool designed by Allianz to enable Ghana Insurance Brokers Association (GIBA) members’ underwrite policies directly. Martin...
More insurance broking firms have entered in Ghana’s insurance industry’s landscape in 2016. The number has increased from about 65 to 85 in 2017. Last year about 10 broking companies were given operational license to start business in the country. These companies include Anchor Premier Brokerage Ltd located at the Procurement...
Robert Siaw, Sustainable Development Manager, Gold Fields Ghana Limited has said  that intensive awareness creation on malaria prevention is critical to the health of the individual and the nation's economy. Therefore, he said there is the need for sustainable commitment on malaria prevention by individuals, households, churches, mosques, organisations among...
Curbing a very frustrating illegal mining (Galamsey) battle against Chinese nationals has been inextricably linked to secret recordings by one powerful Chinese woman. She is said to hold video recording of sexual escapades of some politicians with threats of blackmailing. Abdul Malik Kwaku Baaku made the startling revelation on...
Anglogold Ashanti Iduapriem Community Trust Fund has cut the sod for the construction of a GHc600.000 Health Care Center for Wangarakrom and its environs to improve health care delivery. The project will be executed by Festmens Engineering Construction Limited, a local contractor from May-December this year, will benefit Wangarakrom, Badukrom...
The Ghana Shippers Awards, a few months after its launch has received tremendous participation of key stakeholders, companies and respected individuals within the shipping industry. The awards ceremony is scheduled to come off on 30th June, 2017 at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra. Notable and most recent to this endorsement is...
Tullow Oil plans to drill new wells and boost output at its TEN field off the coast of Ghana to 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) once a maritime border dispute with Ivory Coast is resolved, the company said on Wednesday. The London-listed company will also invest in exploring for new...