Ghana plans to issue a three-year domestic dollar bond next week to develop local funding sources to support the economy, deal arrangers told Reuters on Thursday.
The bond, open only to Ghanaians, is the second after a debut issue in October last year, a two-year bond with a six percent...
Viable companies to be established under government’s ‘One district, One factory’ initiative will be showcased at the biggest world Expo to be held in Dubai, UAE in 2020, Yofi Grant, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotions Centre (GIPC) has said.
Asked by the B&FT whether the GIPC considers...
Deputy Trade Minister, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay, has said the potential that trade among African countries brings is so enormous – indicating that it is one area the Ghanaian government would duly exploit as it moves the economy beyond foreign aid.
Speaking at the opening of the Kenya-Trade Expo Ghana 2017 in...
A US$24.5m Indian Exim credit facility is to be used to develop and implement a plantation and out grower scheme in a bid to provide raw material for the beleaguered Komenda Sugar Factory.
Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen, told parliament on Thursday that the scheme will see the cultivation...
A ‘National Tax Campaign’ dubbed ‘#OurTaxesOurFuture’ has been launched, with a call on the tax paying population to comply with all tax obligations.
The campaign is to ensure that citizens fulfil their civic duty by honestly declaring their taxes.
The national campaign, spearheaded by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), is being...
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...