The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, has said it is important for young entrepreneurs in the country to have continued renewals of ideas and values to ensure sustainable industrialisation. There has been an increasing number of young entrepreneurs who are open to trying endless business possibilities to advance...
Th continues to extend its unflinching support to growth of the Ghanaian Micro, Small, Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector, providing over GH¢28million to 89 SMEs under the COVID-19 Response Grant Programme. They are the third batch of beneficiaries under the programme, which is a component of the Ghana Economic Transformation Project...
With a young, tech-savvy population, a booming Fintech space, and a matured payments and settlements architecture, Ghana is on course to becoming the fastest adopter of Bitcoin – the world’s leading cryptocurrency – on the continent, Chief Executive Officer of Paxful, a peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto platform, Ray Youssef, has...
Dr. Maxwell Akwasi Antwi, Country Director-PharmAccess Foundation, has called for enhanced collaboration between the private and public sectors to improve universal health coverage (UHC) for all. At a stakeholder seminar in Accra, he stressed that enhanced collaboration will also deepen universal health coverage. The event was on the theme ‘Achieving Universal...
Development Bank Ghana (DBG) has received the Award of Certificate of Acceptance under the Sustainability Standards and Certification Initiative (SSCI) at the Global Sustainable Finance Conference. This was held from December 1 to 2, 2022 in Karlsruhe, Germany under the theme “Breaking the Ground: Building High Income Sustainable Economy...
Hits 50.3%  Consumer inflation has seen its biggest leap in nearly two decades, as data from the Ghana Statistical Service show it has increased by 9.9 percentage points over what was recorded in October. As opposed to market forecasts of approximately 44.8 percent levels of ±0.5 percent, consumer inflation managed...
While government has allocated a little over GH¢253million for constructing the Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam as mentioned in the 2023 national budget, the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has described the amount as woefully inadequate. Although the association commended government for appreciably prioritising irrigation, Executive Director-PFAG, Dr. Charles Nyaaba, addressing...
MTN Chief Financial Officer Antoinette Kwofie has been awarded Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the year at the Women’s Choice Awards Africa 2022. The award was in recognition of her remarkable achievements, leadership and influence. She was presented with a plaque and a certificate at the awards ceremony in Accra....
Delta Air Lines, the leading US carrier to Ghana, celebrates 16 years of service in Ghana’s aviation industry. The milestone - celebrated by Airport operations, GSA staff and customers - demonstrates Delta’s continuous commitment to Ghana since it launched operations in December 2006. “We are excited to be celebrating 16...
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