The church was full to capacity with others seated outside, as members came in their numbers, with many clad in white ready and poised for a glorious entry into 2018 just as the people of Israel, were before the walls of Jericho and had to sing songs of praises,...
The biggest music festival on the Ghanaian holiday calendar in December, "Decemba 2 Rememba" (D2R) is currently underway at the Accra International Conference Center. This year's event tickets was sold out, some 24 hours before the event was to commenced. The gates to the AICC was opened at 8pm but currently...
Parliament has approved the Appropriation (No.2) Bill, 2017 that seeks legal backing from the legislature to enable a sum of money not exceeding GH₵67billion to be issued from the Consolidated Fund and other funds during financial year commencing the 1st day of December 2018 for the purpose of meeting...
The Business and Financial Times (B&FT), Ghana’s authoritative business-oriented publication since 1989, has been adjudged the best print media in Small and Medium Scale (SME) reporting at the just-ended 22nd Ghana Journalist Association (GJA). The award was in recognition of B&FT unwavering commitment to educating and informing the business community...
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) with the help of the Ghana Police Service, has apprehended five (5) companies that presented forged documents as registration requirements under the GIPC Act 2013 (Act 865). The cases involved are falsification of Registrar General’s documents, forgery of GIPC Certificate, and forgery of Bank...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has lauded the establishment of a dedicated human vaccine manufacturing factory in Ghana, given the rising cases of infectious diseases in the West Africa sub-region. Dr. Bawumia commended the initiative and pledged government’s full support for the project. He said: “The project is relevant not...
The Central Bank has placed a freeze on licensing of new banks and other financial institutions as part of its aim to strengthen supervision, which will come as a blow to investors seeking to enter the financial space without recourse to existing institutions. “To rationalise the banking sector to ensure...
Meridian Port Services (MPS) has taken delivery of the first unit out of two Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC). The Crane arrived on 8th December 2017 and it is currently being commissioned by the manufacturers’ engineers expected to be put into operations after completing the training in the coming two weeks....
…as 1D1F receives boost with 20 rail projects Russian railway company, Geo Services, has disclosed to the B&FT that it has begun the process towards the establishment of a Railway University in the country. To this end, the company has facilitated the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the...
The Healthcare Federation of Ghana (HFG) has been launched with a call on African governments to move away from ‘donorship to ownership’ in healthcare financing to help deepen access to healthcare services for underserved communities. “Donor funding is supporting significant operations of the healthcare sector in Africa, including research budgets...