It is exactly three years since October 2017 when the B&FT exclusively reported that the central bank had begun stakeholder consultations on establishing an apex body for microfinance institutions in the country, in the form of an ARB Apex Bank for rural and community banks (RCBs).
But so far, nothing...
The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is working to introduce the first genetically modified/biotechnology cowpea (beans) seed to farmers for the 2021/22 crop season.
The new variety is to solve an age-old insect pest problem - the Maruca vitrata or the...
MTN Group has been named the valuable African brand in the Brand Finance Africa 150 2020 ranking, which ascribes a brand value of US$3.3billion to MTN.
Brand value is the net economic benefit that a brand owner would achieve by licencing their brand in the open marker.
In its survey, Brand...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) is eyeing an increase in transit trade with neighbouring landlocked countries - Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - with construction of the Tema-Akosombo railway project.
According to Fred Asiedu-Dartey, Head of Freight and Logistics at the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), completing the railway project will...
The second Israeli Green Innovation Competition (IGIC), which seeks to honour individuals and organisations that come up with innovative solutions to promote environmental conservation and agriculture in Ghana, has officially begun.
The Green Innovation Competition focuses on innovative startups in the agriculture and horticulture sector, which is in line with...
The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has launched a free breast cancer treatment and awareness campaign for the month of October.
The UGMC breast cancer awareness campaign is scheduled to run throughout the month of October 2020, during which period the general public can walk into the facility on...
Mr. Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), says the continental trade regime will take off as planned on January 1, 2021.
He said the AfCFTA Secretariat is targetting January 2021 for commencing implementation of the free trade agreement, following its postponement due to the...
The prolonged inter-utility legacy debt component of US$203million for the power sector debt within the energy sector accrued in a period ending December 2016 is finally settled, Elikplim Kwabla Apetorgbor - Sunon Asogli’s Manager of Energy Trading, Research and Regulatory Affairs - has confirmed.
The debt involved both state-owned energy...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said, the number of active COVID-19 cases has declined to 398.
“As at Friday, 16th October, the number of active cases has declined further to 398, with 46,664 persons fully recovered from the virus, putting our recovery rate at 98.5 percent.
Thirteen more deaths have...
Ace Journalist and Broadcaster, Oheneyere Gifty Anti, was the distinguished guest on the latest edition of Y107.9’s Y Leaderboard Series. The seasoned media personality zoomed in on her upbringing, career, family, and learnings in life during the exciting conversation with Rev. Erskine that spanned a little over an hour.
Gifty...