Debates on elections 2020 have shifted from prudent management of the economy to which party has provided the largest number of infrastructure, at what quality and at what cost. When he presented the Mid-Year budget review on July 23, 2020, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta repeatedly stated that the New Patriotic...
Another cause for celebration for FAW Trucks in 2021 FAW showing consistent improvement in annual results Results provide proof of healthy relationship between FAW Trucks and its dealer network In what has proven to be a record-setting year thus far, FAW Trucks once again has reason to celebrate after...
Having already been buffeted by two big shocks in the last ten years, the global economy’s highly interconnected wiring is suffering a third because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Globalization thus faces a three-strikes-and-out situation that could well result in a gradual but rather prolonged delinking of trade and investment,...
For the many challenges facing businesses during these hard COVID-19 times, there are still positives to point out. Whereas businesses are collapsing, workers losing their jobs, economic growth either stunting or declining, the Ghanaian economy, a highly informal one, is seeing some aggressive formalisation. How? Through the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme...
The Quicktel Limited, from Buipe in the Savannah region, was adjudged the overall winner at year’s MTN Northern sector MoMo Awards, held in Kumasi. The operators of the firm, led by Mr. Haruna Muhammed for the ultimate recognition, took home a brand new 4x4 Toyota Rush. Meanwhile, some two hundred and...
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has bid farewell to the outgoing Spanish Ambassador to Ghana, Ms. Alicia Rico del Pulgar. Madam Ayorkor Botchwey stated in a brief meeting with the outgoing Ambassador thatc “One of the high points of her tenure was the revival...
Malta Guinness, one of the leading brands from Guinness Ghana Brewery PLC, has unveiled a new label to commemorate it’s 30 years anniversary. This special celebratory label will be cut across all three SKU’s (Cans, PET Bottle and Glass Bottle) with same great taste and will be available across the...
COCOBOD has signed a 1.3-billion-dollar syndicated loan with 28 banks to finance the purchase of cocoa beans for the 2020/2021 crop season. The meeting which was organized via a video conferencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic saw 28 banks participate in this year’s syndication. The loan has an interest rate of...
A team of students from Regent University College of Science and Technology have emerged 2nd runners-up in the third edition of the Presidential Pitch Competition, and have been awarded seed capital of GH¢50,000. The Presidential Pitch is a business idea competition designed and organised by the Ministry of Business Development...
proposes Parliamentary Budget Office, others in constitution review The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has proposed a significant increase in the amount of foreign exchange cover for currency issued by the Bank of Ghana. The IEA has recommended that this increase should be enshrined in law, as part of...