For Ghana and rest of Africa to fully reap the benefits of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), there is the need to “strategically” move away from short term price-based buying to value and developmental based sourcing.
Strategic sourcing, according to Professor Douglas Boateng, refers to the ‘big picture’...
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has revealed that it will pilot the much touted e-auction programme on Friday, Oct 21, 2022 at Port Tema.
The pilot programme will only apply to vehicles, with 15 vehicles earmarked for the process.
The e-auction will however be fully rolled out...
Access Bank Ghana has been named the 22nd most prestigious company in Ghana at the 19th edition of the Ghana Club 100 event hosted at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel in Accra. This placement moved Access Bank 58 positions forward from its previous ranking in 2019.
Since 1998, the Ghana...
More Ghanaian nurses are in the process of securing visas to practice abroad, a situation most of them say is born out of poor working conditions in the country.
Over the past year, there have been increased cases of Ghanaian-trained nurses and other health professionals travelling outside the country.
A general...
The Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) has been awarded the Agribusiness Bank of the Year award at the Ghana Accountancy and Finance Awards 2022 held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.
The Ghana Accountancy Awards, organised by Strategic Accountancy Africa, provide a platform to celebrate individuals and organisations that play a...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), Ghana Ports and Habours Authority (GPHA), Meridian Port Services (MPS) and other industry stakeholders joined Hapag-Lloyd to celebrate its 175 years of existence as a global shipping line and 16 years of operating in Ghana.
The company is commemorating 175 years of transformation with...
The Managing Director of ARB Apex Bank PLC, Alex Kwasi Awuah, has advised Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) to redesign and integrate their systems to assist them cope and position themselves properly in the face of economic uncertainties facing the world.
He explained that after almost fifty years since the...
Field-data collection for the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) commenced on Monday 17th of October, 2022.
The exercise is expected to last for 90 days. In all, 37 teams made up of 37 supervisors, 37 male interviewers, 74 female interviewers and 74 biomarker technicians have been deployed for...
…as it develops African-based entrepreneurial competence framework
The OR Tambo Research Chair Initiative (ORTARChI) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been launched successfully, with a mandate to find empirical evidence that establishes the fact high growth technology-driven entrepreneurial businesses can lead to youth employability.
It aims...
MV Fair Partner, a heavy lift ship, has arrived at the Port of Takoradi from Dubai with two ship loaders and an eco-hopper.
The ship loader and the eco-hopper are the final components to complete the full installation and automation of the newly constructed Dry Bulk Terminal Conveyor System at...