Communications and Digitalisation Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, is calling for heightened collaboration among African leaders to enable digital prosperity through the bridging of the continent’s yawning digital divide. This, she said, will lead to the provision of robust connectivity solutions on the continent, which will be vital to the promotion of...
Standard Bank Group, the parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana, for the second consecutive year has been ranked as the most valuable banking brand on the African continent. According to a new report from leading brand valuation consultancy, Brand Finance, the bank also increased its brand value by 10%...
Ghana and the United Kingdom (UK) have renewed their commitment to biodiversity protection and preservation, during the ‘Nature Action – Private Sector Mobilisation Event,’ organised by the government of UK. The programme seeks to catalyse and demonstrate delivery of the ‘Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’, a landmark international agreement adopted by...
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has given final approval for the transfer of the 70% majority shares in Vodafone Ghana held by Vodafone Group Plc to the Telecel Group. The final approval follows the satisfaction of conditions outlined in the conditional approval of the transfer of the shares, “including the...
dividend payout to be major driver ICT, OMCs stocks up, banking down The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) is poised to get back to winning ways, returning as much as 12.03 percent to investors by the close of this year, a recent analysis by investment advisory firm Databank has suggested. This...
The country’s food security balance sheet, according to data from the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG), has hit a negative two percent. CAG's Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Selorm Morrison, explained that food security - considering the food in storage or reserves, vis-à-vis volume of food imported and compared to national...
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) Director-General, Gilbert Houngbo, has commended the Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) for applying social dialogue as a solution to ensuring sustainable industrial harmony, business expansion and investment attraction. The ILO chief emphasised that social dialogue is critical in promoting productivity growth and job creation, particularly in...
The collaboration between the downstream petroleum unit of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs Division and Strategic Mobilisation Ghana Limited (SML), a revenue and assurance audit firm, is helping the GRA meet and exceed its annual targets. This came to light when SML Ghana recently held a stakeholder engagement with...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged the international community to send a clear message to coup-plotters that coups have never been and will never be durable solutions to Africa’s political, economic and security challenges. According to President Akufo-Addo: “Statements condemning coups alone without corresponding action will, however, achieve little...
Henry Onwuzurigbo, Chief Executive Officer-Zenith Bank Ghana, has reiterated the bank’s commitment to ensuring that its customers are constantly provided with the newest digital banking solutions for easy banking. He stated that the Zenith Mastercard Debit Card is one of the most robust payment cards in the Ghanaian and Global...