The Aya Institute for Women, Politics and Media has secured partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Ghana, under its Programme Support Scheme to undertake a study to assess the potential of women-led businesses in the country to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
The Institute...
Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has thrown her weight behind calls for a just energy transition framework for African countries, saying balance must be sought between the desire for a cleaner, more sustainable environment and the continent’s need for development.
Africa, she notes, accounts for...
GCR Ratings (“GCR”) on August 25, 2022, affirmed its strong rating of Ecobank Ghana - long and short-term issuer ratings of A+(GH) and A1(GH) respectively, with a positive outlook. The Rating agency also extended the rating to September 30, 2022.
In a report published on its website, the GCR stated...
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that Tullow Ghana Limited (TGL) has filed requests for arbitration with the International Chamber of Commerce in London in respect of two disputed tax assessments received from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
The assessments relate to the disallowance of loan interest deductions for the fiscal...
A seminar to train stakeholders on the use of Radio Frequency Identification has been launched by Jogobu Ltd., one of Africa's top innovative business solution providers in digitisation (RFID).
RFID is the collective name for smart technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify people or objects. The technology is...
Central banks in major economies expected as recently as a few months ago that they could tighten monetary policy very gradually. Inflation seemed to be driven by an unusual mix of supply shocks associated with the pandemic and later Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and it was expected to decline...
Ecom Ghana is a subsidiary of Ecom Agro Industrial Corporation, a Swiss-based commodity merchant and sustainable supply chain Management Company with operations in over 40 countries. It is committed to innovating, creating efficiencies, and empowering farmers to expand their businesses, leading to a distinctive business strategy that secures the...
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, on behalf of government has donated ready-to-eat cocoa products to earthquake victims in Turkey.
Through collaborative efforts of the finance ministry, foreign affairs ministry and the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC), 11 twenty-foot containers of ready-to-eat cocoa products were procured as emergency relief items and...
Follows a series of successful pilot programmes in Accra with large delivery companies
Indigenous Ghanaian energy technology company, Kofa, has announced the introduction of its high-end battery-powered motorcycles into the Ghanaian market. This follows a successful pilot programme that tested the robustness and efficiency of the innovative motorcycles...
Achimota Retail Centre (ARC) is celebrating the Ghana Month and the Easter season with special focus on its youthful patrons, as the mall unveils a package of Independence Day and Easter festivities highlighting exceptional fun for children and students.
The centre is all braced up for another memorable Independence Day...