The manager of government’s stimulus package, the National Board for Small Scale Industries, has extended the deadline for applications from June 20 to June 26, 2020 - which effectively means it has been extended by six days. The decision is to give trade and business associations more time for members...
The President of the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), Dr. Appiagye Dankawoso II and some national and regional executives and members of the chamber have visited some companies in the Western Region. The visit, was to assess the impact of COVID-19 on businesses within the region and...
Success is for the daring. It is only those who are ready to press on in life that can succeed in any endeavour. That is what has accounted for the success of a young poultry farmer in Tamale, capital of the Northern Region in Ghana. He started life as...
The third window of the Presidential Pitch is open for entrepreneurs to tap into the GH¢1million set aside as business support from the Ministry of Business Development. The Presidential Pitch offers young entrepreneurs an opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a panel of experienced judges, out of which 10...
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) - the institution mandated to develop and promote Ghana’s non-traditional exports - has presented a variety of safety items as its support in helping Handicraft Export Communities fight against COVID-19. The items were presented to the three Arts & Craft Centres at Aburi, Tetteh...
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 burgeoning demand for digital financial services in Africa has brought about an unparallel increase in the size of the population with access to formal financial services on the continent – in Egypt, home of the biggest banking sector in North Africa and also the banking powerhouse of the...
Many agric enthusiasts share the corroborative view that the responsibility of developing agriculture must be shared by government and the private sector. The mammoth significance of agriculture and the dominant role it plays in keeping our economy alight and alive means private firms must stand tall with an effectual...
It appears Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) which have been hit hard in amid the COVID-19 are really being catered to. Apart from the GH¢600million secured under government’s stimulus package programme, the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) says it will be disbursing the GH¢90million secured together...
Today, the world is dumbfounded by the emergence of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and every sphere of human life is threatened by the existence COVID-19.  Thousands of lives have been lost to the virus, as well as livelihoods being taken away from people. Nations are still brainstorming on the...