Businesses seeking to explore the numerous opportunities that are being offered by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will have to formalize their operations and pay the right taxes to support government’s quest to build strong and competitive local brands that can compete in the single continental market.
“Taxes...
Prudential Bank has organised two seminars for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Accra and Kumasi as part of its commitment to enhance the operational capacities of SME businesses through the provision of regular business advisory support.
The programmes, which were attended by several SME business owners, were on the...
Nine Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Western Region have graduated under SNV GrEEn Incubation project ‘cohort three and four’ at Duapa Werkspace, ‘a training hub’ in Takoradi.
The GrEEn project focuses on addressing the root cause of irregular migration by supporting sustainable and climate resilient businesses as well...
More than 200,000 businesses are expected to soon access the GHc600 million stimulus package called COVID-19 Alleviation Programme (CAP), the Executive Director of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), Kosi Yankey-Ayeh, has announced.
The businesses, mostly Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, which have been worst affected by the...
Lab Innova for Africa, a technical-managerial training project set up by the Italian Trade Agency, has launched a virtual training programme with support from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) for Ghanaian Agro-based businesses.
The training programme is aimed at increasing the technical and managerial skills of local agri-food companies...
The African Guarantee Fund Group (AGF), through its subsidiary AGF West Africa, and the Orabank Group have concluded a portfolio guarantee agreement for a total amount of 60 billion FCFA (100 million USD), aimed at increasing the financing capacity of the Orabank Group in favor of SMEs through its...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of EIB Network, and Empire Foundation, Nathan Kwabena Anokye Adisi, popularly known as Bola Ray, has emphasised his commitment to continue using his platforms to give a voice to the voiceless, uplift others and champion causes that would improve the lives of Ghanaians.
According to...
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is unhappy with the Ghana Shippers’ Authority over modalities being used to implement the directives to waive demurrage and rent charges.
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority has sent a notice to all its stakeholders that the directive to waive demurrage and rent charges at...
As GEA, World Bank outdoor GH¢90m support
The Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) has launched two new interventions aimed at positioning women and youth-led micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) at the forefront of the country’s economic recovery efforts.
The interventions - dubbed ‘Women MSME’ and ‘Youth MSME’ - are the...
“I am proud as the Governor of Iowa State to proclaim Dr. Akinwumi Adesina as the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate.”
With these words, the Governor of the State of Iowa, Kim Reynolds, officially named President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, as the 2017 World Food Prize...