Leading brands in Ghana have been awarded at the maiden National Brands Innovation Awards 2022. The brands were awarded for their understanding and utilisation of the “five I’s” of brand innovation – Intent, Insight, Ideation, Innovation, and Implementation – and have translated these through excellent marketing communications to increase their...
The Deputy Finance Minister, John Ampontuah Kumah, has urged the youth and potential business owners to take advantage of government’s support policies to enable them build their careers, especially in terms of entrepreneurship, in efforts to make Ghana and Africa become what they want to see. The Deputy Finance Minister...
A German Delegation, led by Dr. Bärbel Kofler, Deputy Minister of BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development), visited the Development Bank of Ghana (DBG) in the framework of the minister’s participation in the Annual General Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in her capacity as Governor...
Shareholders of GCB Bank have unanimously endorsed the payment of a final dividend of GH¢0.5 per share for the 2021 financial year. This endorsement was made at the indigenous lender’s 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Accra, where it was disclosed that the bank had received approval from the...
“It’s hardly controversial to say that most people view their insurance providers with ambivalence. The overriding perception of insurance companies is that they’re needed, but not liked, relied on, but not trusted – James Eardley.” The National Insurance Commission (NIC) was established under Insurance Law 1989 (PNDC Law 227), and...
Stanbic Bank Ghana has handed over the second batch of 50 laptops to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in fulfilment of the bank’s commitment to the university’s Support One Needy Student, One Laptop (SONSOL) project. The donation brings the number of laptops given to the...
Financial services provider, Standard Chartered Bank, has approved a final dividend of GH¢1.84 per share to be paid to its shareholders for the full-year period ended December 2021. The figure, which translates to approximately GH¢247.9 million, is a 6.53 percent appreciation over the GH¢232.7 paid out in 2020 and represents...
The Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, along with Director-General of the Ghana Maritime Authority, Thomas Kofi Alonsi, and Director-General Andreas Nordseth from the Danish Maritime Authority, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a three-year collaboration. The contract was also signed by the Danish Minister for Industry, Business and Financial...
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been urged to move away from just providing essential services to becoming agents for development of their localities. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said this can be achieved by harnessing all the natural, material and human resources within their jurisdictions to bring the...
MTN Ghana has held its 4th Annual General Meeting since listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange in 2018. The meeting saw approval of the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021 and declaration of a final dividend. After studying the full-year performance of the company in 2021,...