…as it prepares to summon Finance Minister
Members of Parliament are demanding a for full list of projects funded with oil revenue and are considering inviting the Finance Minister to come and provide the legislature with a detailed lists of oil funded projects.
During the debate of the 2016 Public Interest...
…introduces mortgage loans for land acquisition
HFC Bank Ghana Limited has promised to make Mortgage loan processes simpler and faster to provide a better experience for existing and new applicants.
This according to the bank, will cut short the long and cumbersome process new and prospective applicants for mortgage go through...
…as 1D1F receives boost with 20 rail projects
Russian railway company, Geo Services, has disclosed to the B&FT that it has begun the process towards the establishment of a Railway University in the country.
To this end, the company has facilitated the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the...
The University of Ghana has signed an agreement with the German Ministry of Education to establish the Merian International Centre for Advanced Studies (MICAS) in Africa, headquartered in Ghana.
Sited at the University of Ghana, Legon campus, the Centre which will develop an intellectual programme and research agenda, that seeks...
To heighten awareness about biotechnology among key stakeholders, the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) - under the auspices of the Ghana Chapter of the Open Forum on Agriculture Biotechnology (OFAB), and the African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF) in Kenya - have organised a sensitisation workshop in Accra for a cross-section...
Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA) in partnership with IBISTEK is to construct the much awaited five- kilometer New Takoradi road at a total cost of GHc28 million.
The project, which will commence by December 19, 2017, is expected to be completed within 12 months and will be executed by...
AirtelTigo Insurance policy holders have reached 1.6 million, with 25,000 claims worth GH¢11million paid out to customers since 2010.
The microinsurance product, which is being rolled-out in collaboration with BIMA and Prudential Life Insurance, shows that mobile-enabled insurance holds the key to insuring a greater percentage of the country’s population...
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...