Standard Chartered Ghana Limited says for many years it has positioned itself to become the full financial services provider in Ghana for China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) - also known as the ancient Silk Road initiative - which is aimed at connecting China with Asia, Africa, Europe...
  Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyeremanten, has charged stakeholders in the maritime sector to act their part to support government’s aggressive industrialisation initiatives by creating the right market linkages and facilitating trade. Addressing the 8th African Shippers’ Day in Accra, he indicated that trade facilitation and industrialisation are at the...
  Invest In Africa (IIA) has, in a bid to offer solutions to the challenges facing small businesses in the country, introduced projects that seek to address the skills gap, access to market, and access to finance by SMEs. In an interview with the B&FT at the SME CEO Summit held...
  Efforts to recycle plastic waste in country have received a major boost following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between eight leading manufacturers, to among other things promote investments and harmonise waste reprocessing. Dubbed the ‘Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises’ (GRIPE), the idea is led by Coca Cola,...
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has said it has completed a review of all road projects in its portfolio, and the recommendations are being studied for implementation. The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, told parliament that the ministry and its road agencies are also discussing challenges which...
The National Youth Authority (NYA) has initiated processes toward a review of the National Youth Policy, to make it more responsive to needs and aspirations of the youth. Should things go according to plan, the new policy will be ready within the first quarter of next year, the B&FT has...
Auditing firm KPMG has said the success of government’s bid to expand the tax net, among other things, will largely be determined by how well it employs the use of proper data. According to a Partner at the firm, Andy Akoto, government needs to take a cue from countries like...
  Electricity tariffs could drop much lower than government is planning to reduce them if the multitude of taxes on petroleum products, which feed into the tariffs, are clipped one way or another, Professor Felix Asante, Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, has said. “I was personally...
Original Bonwire Kente collection is known for its beautiful and colourful kente collections and trend of beautiful accessories. Ophilia Adoma, the Chief Executive Officer, in her quest to make her customers experience the beauty of the Christmas season has brought in very fanciful and discounted 100% cotton kente from Bonwire...
Accra based menswear brand Atto Tetteh has launched its latest collection “Son of Gold Coast’ as a tribute to Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Otumfuo Opoku Ware II both very important figures in Ghanaian history. The collection ‘Son of Gold Coast’ eulogizes these great men poetically in “We went back...