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Ghana named Africa's biggest mobile market

A recent report on the Ghanaian Mobile Sector by Africa’s leading e-commerce company Jumia, has revealed that Ghana is one of Africa’s largest mobile...

Inflation to end at 8% in 2018 – Barclays predicts

While February's inflation rate remains outside the single digit bracket, Barclays says it expects inflation to move to about 8 percent as early as...

Employee-background check is a must – Business risk specialist warns

Business entities that do not take the pain to conduct thorough background checks on potential employees face a considerable risk which could lead to...

Top five mobile apps that changed Africa

A global village! That is what we all say the world has become. Could it be because everything that happens around the world is...

Ghana may struggle to repay $1.3bn cocoa loan

Ghana Cocoa Board may struggle to fully pay back loans of $1.3 billion as this season’s harvest will likely be smaller than first anticipated,...

AirtelTigo employees celebrate International Women's Day 2018

As the World joined together on International Women’s Day to collectively ‘Press for Progress’, AirtelTigo celebrated the women that make up the business with...

Solar companies equipped, ready to aid the President – SPS CEO

The CEO of Strategic Power Solutions (SPS), Ofori Boateng has stated that Solar companies in Ghana are ready and equipped to partner government meet...

Women own 46% of businesses in Ghana – MasterCard Report

Ghana has the highest percentage of women business owners worldwide, according to the recent MasterCard Index of Women's Entrepreneurship (MIWE) release on International Women's...

NCCE intensifies tax education in Ashanti Region

The Asante Akim South Municipal Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has intensified its public education on tax in order to...

Indigenous banks need support to thrive – Baako tells gov’t

The editor in chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper is urging the government to put in place measures that will ensure that indigenous...

Komenda chief fumes over ‘white elephant’ sugar factory

Omanhen of Komenda Traditional Area, Nana Kojo Kru II, has registered his displeasure about the seeming collapse of the Komenda Sugar Factory in the...

NCA formally notifies Kasapa of plans to ‘terminate licence’

National Communications Authority (NCA) has warned Kasapa Telecom that due to its inability to meet regulatory licence obligations, there is currently an ongoing process...

Komenda Sugar Factory remains shut two years after inauguration

The Komenda Sugar Factory, set up to provide 7,300 direct and indirect jobs, remains shut, two years after its inauguration. Sugarcane farmers and the people...

Ghana seeks to barter bauxite for roads, bridges

Ghana will finalize details of an infrastructure program before the end of the year and will pay for it with refined bauxite, said President...

BMW Club Ghana launched in Accra

A club for owners of BMW-automobile and individuals passionate about the global brand has been launched in Accra Tuesday. Christened BMW Club Ghana, the group is...

VIDEO: Womens World Banking offers collateral free loans to women

Womens World Banking Ghana is offering collateral free loans to women across the country. The aim, according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the...

ADB dismisses uniBank takeover report

The management of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has dismissed reports claiming that uniBank has taken over 51 percent shares. Reports indicate that uniBank has...

Coca-Cola to make its first alcoholic drink

Coca-Cola is planning to produce an alcoholic drink for the first time in the company's 125-year history - with an alcopop-style product in Japan. It...

Tariff reduction is proof ECG does not need private sector participation – Dr Manteaw

Campaign Coordinator for Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC), Dr. Steve Manteaw, believes the ongoing process to cede part of ECG’s operations to private hands...

uniBank takes over ADB

In an unexpected move that could be the beginning of a restructuring of the local banking space, a consortium of financial institutions that control...

Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Council to honour BOST MD

The Sefwi Wiawso Traditional Council will honour Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Managing Director, Alfred Obeng Boateng for his contributions toward the development of the...

Stolen cars, oil head to Ghana – OECD report

Ghana and two other countries serve as the most popular destinations for stolen cars, a new report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...

22nd Int’l Trade Fair opens with over 600 exhibitors

The 22nd Ghana International Trade Fair and Exhibition has opened in Accra with about 600 exhibitors displaying various goods and services. According to the Ghana...

Revenue target of GH¢ 39.8bn achievable — GRA Commissioner-General

The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti, has indicated that the authority’s revenue target of GH¢39.8 billion is achievable. It...

AUDIO: Tomato traders raise red flags over tomatoes import from Burkina Faso

The National Tomatoes Traders and Transporters Association (NTTTA) are raising red flags over the volume of tomato imports into the country from neighbour country,...

FPSOs act as buffer for marine protection – Fisheries Director

Western Regional Director of Fisheries Commission, Mr Alex Sabah, has said the Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSOs) Vessels on the high seas are...

Supreme Court upholds SIC Insurance’s case against Ivory Finance Company

The Supreme Court in a unanimous decision upheld SIC’s appeal against Ivory Finance Company Ltd regarding a credit guarantee case which has been in...

World Bank commends Ghana’s ‘positive’ economic growth

The World Bank has hailed Ghana’s economic growth for 2017, describing it as “positive”. The World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone,...

Kasapreko sponsors top distributors to South-Africa

The leading alcoholic beverage manufacturer in Ghana, Kasapreko Company Limited has sponsored its major distributors and their spouses on a trip to South-Africa. The tour...

VRA to ‘sell’ non-core businesses

The country’s largest power producer, the Volta River Authority (VRA), is seeking to privatize most of its non-core businesses, as the Authority strategises to...

Fuel prices drop marginally at the pumps

Checks by Citi Business News at some major Oil Marketing Companies(OMC) show that petroleum prices have dropped by less than one cedi at the...

Inflation drops to 10.3% from 11.8%

Latest data from the Ghana statistical Service has revealed that inflation has dropped from 11.8 percent to 10.3 percent for the month of January. This...

Tang Palace Hotel holds ‘be my valentine’

The management of Tang Palace Hotel in Accra is set to hold the maiden edition of the ‘be my valentine’ event. The event which will...

Registrar General rakes in GH¢75.2m in 2017

The Registrar General’s Department recorded about GH¢75.2 million in revenue for the 2017 calender year. The department registered about 86, 914 new companies in 2017...

Utility service providers demand 200% increase in tariffs

Utility service providers in the country are demanding an upward adjustment in their tariff, despite assurances given by the President to reduce electricity tariff. The...

One-Village-One Dam project to begin this year

The much touted campaign promise of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to construct a dam in every village in the three Northern regions...

Ken Ofori Attah proving to be national asset

President Akufo-Addo has said that Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta is proving to be a national asset. Delivering his second state of the Nations Address,...

IMF programme to end this year- Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has announced Ghana’s three-year IMF-supported Extended Credit Facility Programme which begun in 2015 will end this year. This, he explained is due the...

Accra City Hotel to construct multi-purpose conference facility

Accra City Hotel, a multiple award-winning Ghanaian Four-star brand is set to begin the construction of a multi-purpose facility aimed at attracting and hosting...

Court orders arrest of DKM CEO, 4 others for defrauding

The Sunyani Magistrate Court “A” has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Martin K. Delleh, Chief Executive Officer of DKM Diamond Micro...