Continuous rating downgrades could dampen investors’ appetite for Ghana and further tighten access to credit for businesses, economist and president of Africa Investment Group Dr. Sam Ankrah has said.
The country’s credit situation has been a source of concern for businesses for some time, particularly issues concerning cost and availability....
The Managing Director of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Mr. Clifford Braimah, has disclosed that about 50 percent of water treated by the company is wasted due to the impact of illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey.
He said, for instance, that in the years gone by only five...
The Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank, Kwamina Asomaning, visited some clients at the central business district to learn more about their businesses, solicit feedback and appreciate these customers for their loyalty as part of the global Service Week celebrations.
Mr. Asomaning, accompanied by a team from the Tudu branch of...
Courier services have evolved continuously since ancient Greece created the concept of messengers and further developed into a significant industry in Persia to deliver vital messages. The courier industry has grown beyond the primary function of delivering communications to their intended recipients into a billion-dollar business.
Recent technological advances, the...
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) in the United Kingdom (UK), has announced some £10 million to fund research in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in three West African countries.
This scale-up effort is aimed at combating the scourge of NCDs over five years, specifically in Ghana, Burkina Faso...
The Director of Metrology at the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Mr. Prince I. K. Arthur, has charged businesses to be innovative to keep pace with the increasingly competitive markets.
For businesses to compete and be successful in today's markets, Mr. Arthur observed that they have to adopt robust management systems...
Dr. Daniel Mckorley, Chairman and CEO-McDan Group of Companies, has stressed that strong personalities do not build businesses; rather, systems and well-placed structures are the keys to sustainable business growth and development.
Delivering the keynote address at the International Advertising Association’s (IAA) Annual Conference - Africa Rising 5 - Dr....
….as the seven ready countries set the ball rolling
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretariat has adopted a special instrument described as the Guided Trade Initiative (GTI), which has set the ball rolling for commercial trading to commence for the first seven countries to have met all requirements...
The Minerals Commission has guaranteed the increased listing of mining businesses on the local stock market, as a step to further promote local content and ensure value retention in the mining sector.
This comes after the transition period for the Minerals and Mining - Local Content and Local Participation Regulations,...
… industry players seek reversal of decision to control logistics at the port
The ongoing impasse between principal actors in the export logistics of horticultural products is threatening to keep the country uncompetitive in the multi-billion-dollar global horticulture market, rob the nation of desperately needed foreign exchange (FX) and undermine...