Going techy is the new cool these days and MyGhPay, an integrated and secure online payments and collections platform, introduced by GT Bank, couldn’t help but bring its cool features to the home of cool, the University of Ghana, Legon. With a concert dubbed ‘Now Hear Cool’, coming off at...
Viable companies to be established under government’s ‘One district, One factory’ initiative will be showcased at the biggest world Expo to be held in Dubai, UAE in 2020, Yofi Grant, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotions Centre (GIPC) has said. Asked by the B&FT whether the GIPC considers...
Employees of the newly merged Airtel and Tigo in the last Friday of October marked the climax of this years’ Breast Cancer awareness month with a sea of Pink dress-codes in solidarity with Breast Cancer survivors. The headquarters of both entities were vibrant and alive as employees created awareness on...
uniBank’s debut as one of the foremost practitioners of CSR in Ghana was affirmed when it received the CSR Bank of the Year and CSR Initiative/Campaign of the Year accolades at the 7th Ghana CSR Excellence Awards, held at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel under the auspices of...
Ghana is to confirm its participation in the biggest world expo - to be held in Dubai, UAE in 2020 - following fruitful discussions between the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Investment Promotions Centre (GIPC) and the organising committee of Expo 2020. “We have had a meeting with the CEO...
Deputy Trade Minister, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay, has said the potential that trade among African countries brings is so enormous – indicating that it is one area the Ghanaian government would duly exploit as it moves the economy beyond foreign aid. Speaking at the opening of the Kenya-Trade Expo Ghana 2017 in...
A US$24.5m Indian Exim credit facility is to be used to develop and implement a plantation and out grower scheme in a bid to provide raw material for the beleaguered Komenda Sugar Factory. Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen, told parliament on Thursday that the scheme will see the cultivation...
The Payment Systems Oversight report by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) shows the value of mobile money transactions as of December 2016 reached GH¢78.5billion, indicating a 121.5 percent growth compared to the GH¢35.4billion recorded over the same period in 2015. The report also shows that the number of registered mobile...
A ‘National Tax Campaign’ dubbed ‘#OurTaxesOurFuture’ has been launched, with a call on the tax paying population to comply with all tax obligations. The campaign is to ensure that citizens fulfil their civic duty by honestly declaring their taxes. The national campaign, spearheaded by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), is being...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that all is set for the country’s digital payments systems to be brought together and put on a single platform, which is technically known as interoperability, this month. According Dr. Bawumia, who was speaking at the Global Business Forum on Africa in Dubai,...