Experts at a pan-African virtual forum dubbed ‘The Africa we want series’ have proposed prudential actions that the continent should take to promote economic growth and favourably streamline its efforts toward Agenda 2063. Agenda 2063 is Africa's master plan for transforming the continent into the global powerhouse of the future,...
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has charged management of the Minerals Development Fund (MDF) to commit to achieving its goals for the year 2023, as part of efforts to ensure the development of mining communities. Contributing to the development of mining communities, the Minister observed,...
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The Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance and Leasing Company Limited, Kenneth Thompson, has urged government to secure cross-party support for the proposed Domestic Debt Exchange Programme, He said having multi-party and stakeholder support is crucial, especially if/when the programme’s duration goes beyond the current administration’s tenure of office. “With the...
The Graduate Students' Association of Ghana (GRASAG National) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Acreaty Ghana Limited, a leading human resource company in Ghana, to provide postgraduate students across the country with job and capacity-building opportunities. This partnership has been necessary because of the rising unemployment rate in...
The central bank stands ready to safeguard the financial sector with plans to provide exclusive liquidity arrangements to banks, aside from the Ghana Financial Stability Fund (GFSF), that may be affected by the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison, has assured. The Bank’s intervention,...
The subsidy on premix fuel is a major contributory factor to depletion of fish stocks in the country’s ocean, Prof. Wisdom Akpalu, Director of Environment for Development (EfD) - a global network for environmental research, has said. Prof. Akpalu, who is also Dean-School of Research and Graduate Studies (SRGS) at...
as govt, TradeMark, AfCFTA commit to eliminate bottlenecks on Abidjan - Lagos corridor    TradeMark Africa (TMA) and Ghana have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to host and provide direction to facilitate work on eliminating bottlenecks on the Abidjan - Lagos corridor. The corridor is responsible for the transit...
The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has begun steps to remove the names of some 513,338 businesses from the companies’ registrar for non-renewal of certificates. Announcing the decision in a statement to B&FT, the Registrar of Companies, Jemima Mamaa Oware, said the development leaves the names open to...
Organisers of the annual Tech Job Fair (TJF) are geared up to give potential employees and employers yet another thrilling and exciting opportunity to recruit and be recruited into the job market after a media launch of the fair in Accra. The 2023 edition of the Tech Job Fair (TJF)...