… as risk mitigation measures improve Commercial banks are ready to pump more funds into the agriculture sector if additional measures are introduced to de-risk the sector, the Head of Agribusiness at Absa Bank, William Nettey, has said. According to him, the nature of banking makes every institution hesitant to...
Strategic Sourcing and Industrialisation insights with Prof Douglas Boateng While the terms ‘Made in Ghana, or South Africa or Kenya or Nigeria’ have become common components of goods and services produced on the continent, a broader focus on ‘Made in Africa’ may be the key to long-term business success and...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned investors and persons whose funds have been locked up in collapsed Fund Management Companies to desist from engaging the activities of an entity known as PBAY Limited. According to the commission, its attention has been drawn to the activities of PBAY Limited,...
The e-waste management project (E-MAGIN) funded by the European Union organised a Training of Trainers and Capacity building workshops for selected Micro Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) from the e-waste sector in Ghana. The purpose of the training programme was to equip Trainers and MSMEs in the e-waste sector with...
I agree with Mitchell (2001, p.33) as cited in (Eghan, 2004), when he argued that “relationship marketing theory suggests that relationships add quality to marketing transactions”. He continued to explore that “Traditional markets are extremely powerful but they have huge limitations. Real human exchange is much richer than market exchange....
Academic City College, a premium Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) tertiary institution has been granted a ‘University College’ status by the National Accreditation Board (NAB). This new status reinforces Academic City’s position as a premium tertiary institution and its ambition to be a leading STEAM university in Africa....
The Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has completed and presented its corruption risk assessment on the Agyapa Royalties deal to President Akufo-Addo. Among other, the report of the Special Prosecutor’s office said the involvement of Data Bank Financial Services Limited in the Agyapa Agreement smells of “bid-rigging.”. The report added that the...
Depositors prefer to invest their monies with banks than with fund management companies due to renewed high confidence in the former following a general reform carried out by the Bank of Ghana in the banking industry, a survey by KPMG, an auditing giant, has revealed. The ‘2020 Banking Industry Customer...
GOIL Company Limited has grabbed two prestigious awards at the 2020 Ghana Energy Awards and the Ghana Business Awards 2020. The highlight was the conferment of the ‘CEO OF THE YEAR- PETROLEUM’ category  to the  Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing director of GOIL,  Mr Kwame Osei –Prempeh at the...
Dr Awal promises 8yrs tax holidays for startups Major brands, individuals honoured at Business Awards A bill geared at promoting more favorable economic conditions for nascent businesses in the country should be ready to be tabled for Parliamentary consideration by January 2021, Minster for Business Development, Alhaji Dr....