Government, acting through the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has signed a service contract with LCB Worldwide - a crisis management and prevention firm - to disinfect all imports at the country’s entry points, effective January 2018.
Tunnel-like scanners will be installed at the ports, where trucks carting imported cargo will...
Despite the tightening of the public purse, which will see government expenditure controlled in 2018, the policies initiated by government do not support the idea that cash will be scarce in the economy, President of Groupe Ideal, Nii Kotei Dzani, has said.
“It is true that the biggest chunk of...
For the fourth consecutive year the Ghana Oil and Gas Awards (GOGA) has rewarded the best of industry players from the upstream, midstream and downstream to allied and supply chain service providers.
At a glitzy event at the Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City, more than 50 individuals and organisations were...
Shareholders of Access Bank Ghana, one of the leading retail banks in Ghana, have approved a capital raising exercise worth GHs 450 million at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held on Tuesday December 12, 2017 at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel in Accra.
The additional capital to be raised by...
Increasing sources of income for Africans are being realised through remittances, which have been observed as an important factor that impacts lives as well as brings about economic growth and development on the continent.
The theme of remittances was discussed by researchers and economists at the 12th African Economic Conference...
Mr. Eli Hini, General Manager for Mobile Financial Services-MTN Ghana, has said the outfit is working with police to thoroughly screen personnel who apply to become agents of mobile money.
Mr. Hini said the agents will be thoroughly scrutinised and well-observed to ensure the safety of customers, agents and credibility...
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...
An Incident/Accident Investigation Committee has been instituted to investigate last month’s incident involving Starbow Airline Flight S9 104 bound for Kumsi from Accra.
The five-member Committee is made up of Nana E.R Krakue (Rtd Air Commodore), Group Captain G.S Parker (Airforce Base), Wing Commander Emmanuel Akatue, Squadron Leader C. Gaddah...
Contrary to speculations in the public sphere that the 400MW Bui power plant has been a ‘white elephant’, its management argues that it has been “a very profitable investment,” whilst delivering critical support to power stability.
At a press briefing on Monday, management of the plant said since 2014, a...
UniBank has secured over GH¢600million of fresh capital injection to position itself as one of the earliest banks to meet the central bank's increased stated capital requirement, a source close to the deal has told B&FT.
In a move that is expected to repose some much-needed confidence in local banks,...