Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that all is set for the country’s digital payments systems to be brought together and put on a single platform, which is technically known as interoperability, this month.
According Dr. Bawumia, who was speaking at the Global Business Forum on Africa in Dubai,...
An international development consultant, Larry Attipoe, has urged government and agro-based businesses to explore the huge opportunities available on the international Fairtrade market.
He said when that is done, smallholder farmers will get maximum value for their produce, whil the economy stands a chance of raking in more export earnings.
He...
With increasingly more corporate organisations becoming targets for cybercriminals, Nobuhle Nkosi, Head of Financial Lines Africa, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), has said businesses would be better off transferring the risk associated to cybercrime to insurers.
According to her by 2020, the number of cybercrimes recorded globally would hit...
As part of efforts to create an enabling business environment for the transformation of micro and small enterprises (MSEs), the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has initiated steps to modify its operations.
“The NBSSI is the process of converting all its Business Advisory Centres across the country into...
There is no one way to tackling cybercrime, but an effective stakeholder collaboration across the board could lead to tangible results, Akinwale Goodluck, Head of sub-Saharan Africa, GSMA, the body that represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, has said.
“There is no single solution to the risks associated with...
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s President and Chief Executive Officer, H. E. Hamad Buamim, says Dubai and the gulf region is strategically positioned do more with Ghana in the area of trade, which is to help government to achieve its target of massive infrastructural development.
According to the...
Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says though political stability has traditionally been Ghana’s attractive claim as an investment destination, the Nana Akufo-Addo administration is quickly moving beyond that to entrench economic stability as a second pillar.
While acknowledging that the country’s record in smooth political transitions has been helpful in...
The country is nearing the receipt of a fifth bailout tranche payment of some US$118m, out of the US$918m IMF Extended Credit facility, following fruitful deliberations between the Briton woods institution and members of Parliament’s Finance Committee.
According to the chairman of the Finance Committee of Parliament, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah,...
Domestic and foreign investors have submitted various proposals to the Aviation Ministry to partner government in the development of on-ground aviation infrastructure, in line with the country’s vision to be an air transport hub.
B&FT sources say that a proposed airport in the Western Region, development of the KIA Airport...
Mr. Jai Mirchandani, Chief Executive Officer of Avnash Industries Ghana Limited - the country’s most formidable agro-industrial processing company, has said it is ready to invest over US$100million into government’s One District, One Factory (1D, 1F) policy to ensure its success.
“We are investing over US$100million from next year. I...