The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and a German crowdfunding platform, frankly.green, has teamed up to provide alternative source of cheap financing to businesses in the country, especially climate-smart ones. Frankly.green seeks to finance projects or companies with a strong positive impact on the environment such those whose activities generate...
The first few quarters of the year have been dominated by events related to the health and economic pandemic – including loss of life and economic livelihood. Ghana’s GDP, according to the most recent forecast from the Ministry of Finance, of 0.9% is the lowest the country has recorded...
Indiscriminate sand winning has reared its ugly head in parts of Ashanti Region, destroying cocoa farms and farmlands. The aggression of the sand winners pose a threat to sustainable cocoa production as farms along streams in the target areas are being consumed with or without the consent of farmers. Investigations by...
Exporters looking to take advantage of disruptions in supply chains in Europe and America due to the Coronavirus pandemic are worried about the unavailability of enough funds and incentives to scale up production. According to these exporters, the state of the pandemic in Ghana offers a unique opportunity for government...
Ghana International Bank plc has appointed Baafuor Ohene Abankwa as Head of Client Coverage for its Africa Business. He will be responsible for managing the African Coverage Team and is tasked with leading the growth into new markets in East and Central Africa whilst ensuring the continuous delivery of value...
Apex Bank and the general managers of all rural and community banks across the country have held a two-day annual managers’ conference at the Volta Serene Hotel in Ho. This year’s conference which is the nineteenth in the series is on the theme The Speed of Change. The conference held...
Head, Power and Infrastructure – Corporate and Investment Banking of Stanbic Bank Ghana, Sydney Nii Ayitey Tetteh, has reiterated the bank’s commitment to support all clients who have been adversely affected by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in the infrastructure space. According to Sydney Tetteh, players within the...
… Licensing programme being drawn Director General of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA), Dr. Nii Allotey, has said his outfit is assiduously working on guidelines for the execution of the nation’s nuclear energy agenda, one that has taken into consideration all the predictable risks. According to him, the guidelines are...
The First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, has said that the Bank of Ghana and the Finance Ministry should be commended for the relative stability of the local currency in the last three and half years. Over the period, the performance of the Ghana cedi...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) has organised a workshop to sensitise shippers in the Volta Region on how to do genuine online business transactions. The event was held in Aflao for members of the Volta Regional Shipper Committee (VRSC) during its third quarter meeting. A resource person from the...