The Agricultural Development Bank's agricultural sector loan portfolio has hit over GH¢1billion, says its Managing Director, Alhaji Alhassan Yakubu-Tali.
The amount excludes non-funded facilities such as letters of credit and guarantees granted for the purchase of agricultural inputs, machinery, equipment and raw materials.
The huge amount of investment over the past...
Hikes in fertiliser price under the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme in the 2022 farming season drove farmers to purchase inputs from neighboring Togo, the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has revealed.
The finding is part of an assessment of last year’s PFJ policy and its impact...
Managing Director of Stanbic Investment Management Services (SIMS), Dr. Kwabena Boamah, has asked managers of the economy to take advantage of the current economic challenges to reset interest rate to accelerate private sector growth and quicken the recovery of the economy. Dr. Boamah said this at the 2023 edition...
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I think Americans have a Stockholm Syndrome for the British particularly. Yes, yes, I know… This is a nation which has managed to assert its place as the modern age leading empire, its influence spreading...
The Dean, School of Economics at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor James Atta Peprah, is predicting that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) may sooner or later review requirements for the micro-credit industry - leading to an upward adjustment of their minimum capital requirement.
As a tier-four operators in...
emphasizing ethics and responsibility in AI development and deployment
AIDEC Digital on Thursday, May 4, 2023, hosted the first seminar on Artificial Intelligence (AI), in its ultra-modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centre of Excellence at AIDEC Plaza, East Legon, Accra, Ghana. This seminar was titled ‘Machine Learning and Practicing Ethical...
ASA Savings and Loans Limited, Abesim and Berekum Business Centres in the Bono Region, in collaboration with Rafchik Health Centre, have organised a health screening exercise.
The screening was for their clients and communities in which the company operates.
They were screened and tested for malaria, hepatitis B, sugar level, typhoid, among...
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has recently received the network licenses of six software – Kingdom Geoscience Bundle, Harmony Enterprise, Piper, WellTest, SubPump, and PERFORM; a development which is expected to further bridge the gap between industry and academia.
These software licenses, estimated to be worth...
To fulfill its core mandate of facilitating exports and assisting Ghanaian companies to take full advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) and the National AfCFTA Coordination Office (NCO), are set...
As the Ghanaian economy continues to grow and evolve, companies across the country are beginning to recognise the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in their operations. While many organizations focus on external CSR efforts, such as community outreach and sustainability initiatives, there is a growing trend towards internal...
