Delta Air Lines and Junior Achievement (JA) Africa have renewed their partnership to advance business and STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) education among young people across the continent. JA Africa is one of Africa’s largest and most impactful youth-serving NGOs, delivering hands-on immersive learning in work, financial health, entrepreneurship,...
The Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) has been awarded the Agribusiness Bank of the Year award at the Ghana Accountancy and Finance Awards 2022 held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra. The Ghana Accountancy Awards, organised by Strategic Accountancy Africa, provide a platform to celebrate individuals and organisations that play a...
The Gambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) led by the CEO, Sarata Conatey met with experts from the Africa Consultative Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which has the secretariat in Accra, Ghana. The consultative meeting held at the Accra International Conference Centre was as part of the European Commission project...
The Managing Director of ARB Apex Bank PLC, Alex Kwasi Awuah, has advised Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) to redesign and integrate their systems to assist them cope and position themselves properly in the face of economic uncertainties facing the world. He explained that after almost fifty years since the...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, cut the sod for the commencement of construction of a 4-tier interchange at Suame in fulfillment of a pledge he made during his tour of the Ashanti Region last year. According to President Akufo-Addo, “the Suame Interchange will be the first 4-tier interchange...
Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has held a one-day sensitisation workshop on the National Export Development Strategy (NEDS) for exporters and Small Medium Enterprises (SME) in the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Oforikrom and Asokore Mampong Municipalities of the Ashanti Region. The workshop was intended to bring exporters and businesses within the...
Dr. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, Western Regional Minister, has said government is determined to sanitise the small-scale mining industry in spite of all obstacles. He noted that sanitising the small-scale mining can sustainably contribute to the nation's socioeconomic growth and preserve its abundant resources for today and future generations. “On the steps...
Prices of goods at the Accra Business District saw another jump as customers were left stranded following the strike action of Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) members - giving retailers and petty traders bargaining power over customers. When the B&FT visited the ever-busy Makola Market in the afternoon of...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday inaugurated the Sekyere Maize Processing Factory located in Nsuta Kwagye in the Sekyere Central district of the Ashanti Region. Construction of the Sekyere Maize Processing 1D1F began in January 2020, and was completed and handed over in June 2022 at a cost of...
Government through the Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture (MoTAC) is investing up to GH¢350million to modernise tourist attractions and embark on product development to enhance the sector’s fortunes, Tourism Minister Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal has said. Dr. Awal was addressing the press at the Ministry of Information yesterday, and...