E.S.L.A PLC, on Monday, November 6, 2017, said it successfully closed its books for the issue of the ESLA bonds on Friday, November 3, 2017, after extending the timeline for the issue of the 10-year bond by one week. Despite investors making bids in excess of GH¢2.79 billion for the...
The nation’s value of rice imports reached US$1.2billion in 2015, an 800 percent increase from US$152million in 2007, the Minister of Agriculture Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said. “I have been able to assemble data which clearly confirm that over the past ten years the volume and value of food...
As part of BEIGE’s contribution toward the fight against the menace of breast cancer, The BEIGE Foundation - the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of BEIGE - organised a Breast Cancer Talk and a Screening Exercise for its members and the general public. The event took place on October 20,...
The maiden edition of the Ghana Accountancy and Finance Awards came off at the Movenpick Hotel, Accra, with financial industry big-names walking away with the honours. Abiola Bawuah, CEO of UBA Ghana, was adjudged Finance Personality of the Year - adding to the growing portfolio of awards she has picked...
By the year 2020, demand for tertiary school admissions is expected to be massive as the country awaits the maiden graduation of over 400,000 Free Senior High School (SHS) students who will be applying for entry into the various tertiary institutions. The reality is that this single batch of free...
The Nyaho Medical Centre has opened its ultra-modern satellite branch at The Octagon in the central business district of Accra, in line with its quest to enhance access to convenient and real-time healthcare delivery to clients and the general public. Patients of this new branch will have access to over...
The Association Rural and Community Banks (ARB) has asked the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to come to the aid of rural banks that are in distress rather than closing them down. President of the Volta Chapter of the ARB, Mr. Simon Nero Davor, said a number of rural banks are...
The total assets of rural and community banks (RCBs) have hit GH¢3.44billion, as at the end of the second quarter of 2017, and constituted 3.4 percent of total assets for the entire banking industry in Ghana, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has disclosed The total deposits of RCBs stood at...
Meshack Nyame, a taxi driver at Ofankor in Accra has emerged as the winner of a brand new Hyundai Grand i10 taxi in the second mini draw of the ongoing Shell Filling No Y3 Deep Taxi Bonanza. Joseph Peprah, a taxi driver and John Appiagyei Atuahene, a business man in...
Cocobod has initiated reforms to clear its debts of up to 19.6 billion cedis (US$4.45bn) which resulting from bloated contracts and wasteful expenditure by previous managers, the chief executive said last week Wednesday. Joseph Boahen Aidoo said, on taking up his post in February, that his administration had discovered US$400million...