Government has stated that the GHS 10 million fund expected to support women in entrepreneurship is a loan that comes with a lower interest rate of 10% or less, according to Business Development Minister, Mohammed Awal.
He made this statement during the Women Entrepreneurship Conference held in Accra on the...
Just as governments are being urged to align their national development plans with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is crucial for businesses to also integrate the SDGs into their corporate strategies, Dr. Eugene Owusu, SDG Advisor to the President of Ghana, has said.
This, he indicated, will...
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), in collaboration with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), has organised a sensitisation workshop for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) on how to use sustainable reporting processes to drive productivity and growth.
About 50 beneficiary businesses were taken through interactive sessions to understand...
Over 2,000 participants were trained under the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP) Business Plan Competition from the 8th to 12th of January 2017 within the Northern Sector. The event was launched on the 18th of December 2017 in Accra by the Minister of Business Development, Ibrahim Awal.
The NEIP...
For start-ups looking for sustained funding, the best way to access the right funding is to look out for investors who have experience in their field of business, Dr. Belinda Gail Quarterman Noah, Executive Director of the Founder Institute, a world premier idea-stage accelerator and start-up launch programme, has...
Small businesses, especially those in the information technology sector, have expressed worry and discontent over what they consider to be the high cost of using the Internet and its associated poor quality of service.
In an interview with the B&FT some of the businesses, which are of different sizes, shared...
The North Gonja District Assembly has taken steps to find more markets for smocks woven in the area by tasking the country’s High Commissioners and Ambassadors to promote smocks in their countries of assignment.
To this end, the Assembly has supplied a few smocks to some of the High Commissioners...
Isaac Tweneboah-Koduah, a lecturer at the Garden City University, has advised business entrepreneurs to endeavour to build the financial and managerial capacity of their workers.
He said that would enable them to easily access loans from banks and micro-credit institutions.
He said research showed that financial institutions in the country are...
Small businesses at the regional and district levels are expected to benefit from a GH₵38m facility to be advanced by the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) this year.
This is aimed at enabling prospective beneficiaries to shore-up their businesses as part of the Centre’s programme of activities for the...