The continent-wide phenomenon of failing to add value to raw materials for export and the ensuing overreliance on processed imports is a key reason for the unfavourable exchange rates experienced by many local currencies and ranks as a primary factor responsible for the high cost of capital. Consequently, businesses,...
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has engaged tertiary student bodies to gather their concerns and inputs on petroleum revenue usage, as it begins processes to produce the annual petroleum revenue management report 2021 as mandated by the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA). In the very interactive forum, scores...
The Global Emerging Leaders Programme (GELP) held its First Breakfast Retreat organized by TEMPLE Advisory Limited in partnership with Grace Leadership Foundation at the African Regent Hotel, Accra. The retreat brought together the ladies on the GELP Golden Cohort who are doing exploits in their various endeavours and redefining...
A Belgian trade mission to Ghana will take place from December 4-8, 2021. Representatives of authorities from both countries will have the opportunity to discuss Belgium -Ghana partnerships, trade and investment. Opportunities for both business to government and business to business meetings and matchings will take place during the...
The Africa Technovate Awards and Fair 2021 has been rescheduled from its initial date, November 26 and 27, 2021 to February 2022. According to a press statement issued by the event organizer, Africa Integrated Development and Communications Consultancies (AIDEC), the change is due to some technical reasons. The extension will also...
The Country Representative of the United Nation’s Development Programme (UNDP) to Ghana, Dr Angela Lusigii has said Ghana needs additional US$43 billion yearly to fully implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. She said the Public and Private Partnerships were essential in mobilising funds to bridge the current financing gap...
Huawei Technologies-Ghana, in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has launched digital skills training for female students and residents of the Ga Central municipality. This initiative adds to the plethora of activities Huawei Ghana has undertaken as part of its Women in Technology initiative, which seeks...
The Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Bureau (BAGAIA), an aircraft accident investigative body, has called on member-states - of which Ghana is a part, to fulfil their financial obligations to enhance safety and security of airspace in the sub-region. According to the Commissioner of BAGAIA, Engr. Charles Irikefe Erhueh, membership has failed...
When the elite in Ghana’s corporate world met to strut their stuff along the fine halls of Labadi Beach Hotel on Saturday, November 6, 2021, it was Absa Bank that got the best of the lot in the banking sector category. In what was a night of back-slapping and...
Telecommunications giant Vodafone Ghana has picked up two prestigious awards at the 32nd edition of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) National Marketing Performance Awards, held at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra. For its sterling performance in Ghana's telecom industry, Vodafone Ghana bagged the enviable title of Telecommunications...