Global Media Alliance (GMA) has launched the 2017 edition of its Ghana Beverage Awards, which saw the introduction of two additional categories to honour more players in the beverage industry. The new categories include Socially Responsible Beverage Company of the Year and New Beverage of the Year, aimed at challenging...
Unilever has called for the consumer goods industry to step up its efforts to tackle the mounting challenge of ocean plastic waste and create a circular economy for plastics. One year after Unilever made its industry-leading commitment to ensure 100% of its plastic packaging was fully reusable, recyclable or compostable...
JPMorgan Chase & Co plans to expand its African presence into countries including Ghana and Kenya, Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said in an interview on Wednesday. “You’ll see us open in some countries we are not in; in Africa you’ll be hearing about some of that stuff,” Dimon told Bloomberg...
Newly-merged AirtelTigo has said it is in serious discussions with some banks and business people to inject liquidity into its mobile money operations, so as to drive expansion and promote transformation in the financial inclusion agenda. The plan includes making sure its mobile money agents have enough cash at hand...
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has sent a strong message to the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) not to touch certain portions of the GIPC Act that offers protection to indigenous traders. The warning comes after news broke that the GIPC is considering making amendments to Act 865...
The Minority Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs Hon Okudzeto Ablakwa has lamented government’s inability to use a recent petroleum signing agreement between multinational oil company ExxonMobil and the government of Ghana to highlight the fact that Africa is not a “shithole”. The Government of Ghana, led by the Minister for Energy,...
The 2018 Work Programme of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is expected to be approved soon, following the laying of paper on the floor of parliament. The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joe Osei-Owusu, has subsequently referred the work programme to the Mines and Energy Committee for consideration and...
Government’s plan to eliminate any hazardous or infectious diseases at the country’s ports through import decontamination is on track, Sen Korhan Muharrem, Chief Engineer at LCB Worldwide-the contracting firm to undertake the exercise, has indicated. He said the company has started constructing scanner-like tunnels at the various gates of Tema...
A member of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr. Steve Manteaw, has called on government to ensure transparency in the process leading to selection of a local partner for ExxonMobil in the Deep-Water Cape Three Points (DWCTP) oil contract. The contract, signed last week, has ExxonMobil - the...
An Economist at the University of Ghana, Dr. Eric Osei-Assibey, has said that low lending rates should not be expected anytime soon, as the gap between the central bank’s policy rate and inflation rates remain wide - urging the Bank of Ghana to address the challenge. Following BoG’s decision to...