Invest In Africa (IIA) has, in a bid to offer solutions to the challenges facing small businesses in the country, introduced projects that seek to address the skills gap, access to market, and access to finance by SMEs. In an interview with the B&FT at the SME CEO Summit held...
  Efforts to recycle plastic waste in country have received a major boost following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between eight leading manufacturers, to among other things promote investments and harmonise waste reprocessing. Dubbed the ‘Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises’ (GRIPE), the idea is led by Coca Cola,...
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has said it has completed a review of all road projects in its portfolio, and the recommendations are being studied for implementation. The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, told parliament that the ministry and its road agencies are also discussing challenges which...
The National Youth Authority (NYA) has initiated processes toward a review of the National Youth Policy, to make it more responsive to needs and aspirations of the youth. Should things go according to plan, the new policy will be ready within the first quarter of next year, the B&FT has...
Auditing firm KPMG has said the success of government’s bid to expand the tax net, among other things, will largely be determined by how well it employs the use of proper data. According to a Partner at the firm, Andy Akoto, government needs to take a cue from countries like...
  Electricity tariffs could drop much lower than government is planning to reduce them if the multitude of taxes on petroleum products, which feed into the tariffs, are clipped one way or another, Professor Felix Asante, Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, has said. “I was personally...
Original Bonwire Kente collection is known for its beautiful and colourful kente collections and trend of beautiful accessories. Ophilia Adoma, the Chief Executive Officer, in her quest to make her customers experience the beauty of the Christmas season has brought in very fanciful and discounted 100% cotton kente from Bonwire...
Accra based menswear brand Atto Tetteh has launched its latest collection “Son of Gold Coast’ as a tribute to Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Otumfuo Opoku Ware II both very important figures in Ghanaian history. The collection ‘Son of Gold Coast’ eulogizes these great men poetically in “We went back...
Celebrated broadcaster Nathan Kwabena Anokye Adisi a.k.a. Bola Ray has promised to buy some 100 tickets for students of the Accra Academy school in Accra. Bola made the announcement on Saturday during a well-attended Student Representative Council (SRC) event, where he mentored over 300 Senior High School students from Academy and some...
Last Saturday at the Alliance Française, the weeklong celebration of the iconic French cultural centre in Accra came to a climax with a closing ceremony that was graced with the presence of the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana. There was no shortage of commendation as...