The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCC) Chief Executive Officer, Mark Badu-Aboagye, has called for stronger and increased trade relations between Ghana and Morocco to further tap into the economic potentials of the two countries for mutual benefit. According to Mr. Badu-Aboagye, optimal trade among the two countries...
Metalex Group Limited says it will continue to support the country’s construction sector with its quality aluminium metal products. The company, which was incorporated in Ghana as a private company in August, 1992, engages in the manufacturing of Aluminium sliding doors, windows, and roofing sheets amongst others. It has been making...
Mobile money is a fast, simple, convenient, secure and affordable way of transferring money, making payments and initiating other transactions using a mobile phone and other mobile devices. It is seen as an opportunity to cross-sell financial products, playing an important role in extending financial services to the unbanked...
Southeast Asian nation targets 300,000mt to Ghana next year West Africa imported 1,000,000mt in 2016 In just the first three quarters of 2017, the country imported 213,000 tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia, valued at US$149.1million and representing more than 70 percent of total imports of the commodity within...
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has said the over-GH¢2.7billion shortfall in government’s domestic revenue in the first half of this year must trigger an extensive strategy to boost government’s domestic revenue. Executive Director of the policy think-tank, Prof. Newman Kusi - speaking at the institute’s 2018 pre-budget forum -...
The first tranche of GH¢6 billion of the GH¢10 billion energy bond, which saw bids open yesterday, is expected to deepen the local corporate bond market. With a total of GH¢36.64billion corporate and government bonds and notes listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), only GH¢570.55million - representing 1.56 percent...
Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Sagre Bambangi has Parliament that  government has so far expended about GH₵10m on insecticides procurement in a bid to combat the Fall armyworm(FAW) outbreaks throughout the country. He told Members of Parliament, when he was asked a question by Member of Parliament for...
An issue under current discussion is whether Ghana should add the ESLA-backed Energy Bond it is about to issue to public debt, instead of remaining on VRA’s Balance Sheet—as assigned to a special purpose vehicle (SPV) called ESLA Plc. ESLA means Energy Sector Levy Act, 2015 (Act 899). Ghana has...
Government, private sector, and non-profit actors to convene in Accra The Mastercard Foundation today announced that its fifth annual and largest Symposium on Financial Inclusion (SoFI) will take place in Accra, Ghana, on November 7 – 9, 2017. The Symposium champions the idea that, to achieve greater financial inclusion, financial service...
Mr. Benjamin Boakye, Executive Director of African Centre for Energy policy (ACEP), has said more than 700, Ghanaian businesses have in the past 10 years registered with the Petroleum Commission. Mr Boakye said this during the 6th public session of Citizens Advisory Council in Takoradi. The session was organised by Western...