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MTN launches IPO, targets GH¢3.47bn

Telecoms giant, MTN has officially launched its Initial Public Offer as the company seeks to raise about GH¢3.47 billion. The offer is expected to end...

Telcos in legal dilemma over KelniGVG deal implementation 

Telecom operators in the country are torn between risking losing their licenses and preventing legal suits by their customers over the implementation of the...

Only a single textile container officially declared in 2016 – Trade Min.

Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen has revealed that in 2016, the country recorded only a single textile container declared as coming through the...

No Increase In Transport Fares – GPRTU

The Ghana Roads and Transport  Union (GPRTU) says it has not approved an increase in transport fares. This follows an announcement by two transport unions,...

BoG introduces more measures to firm up financial sector

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has introduced a number of measures aimed at making the financial sector stable and strong. This includes an amended...

141,332 chase NABCO jobs

Out of the 141,332 applicants who commenced the application process for Nation Builders’ Corps (NaBCo), 109,271 have completed and successfully submitted their applications. This means...

Ghana’s makes inroads into Chinese market with cocoa

Other Ghanaians who assisted in the unveiling of the exchange were the managing director of the Cocoa Processing Company Nana Agyenim Boateng; the MD...

PHOTOS: Barclays Bank commissions ultra modern clinic for Trotor residents

Barclays Bank Ghana Limited has commissioned an ultra-modern Clinic for the residents of Trotor in the Eastern Region. The facility is aimed at providing quality...

AUDIO: GUTA bares teeth at foreigners in retail business

Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA) has bemoaned the influx of foreigners in the retail business. Greater Accra Regional Secretary of GUTA, Nana Poku told Asempa...

AirtelTigo tops QoS in 92 districts

The current telecoms Quality of Service (QoS) ratings and rankings from the National Communications Authority (NCA) indicates AirtelTigo is doing better in more districts...

Tell us the motivation for chasing US over $89m GVG Kelni contract – Andah to Imani

Deputy Communications Minister, George Andah, has called on President of policy think tank, Imani Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe to state his motivation for chasing the...

BoG has no visibility on Mobile Money activities– George Andah

A Deputy Minister for Communications, George Andah has disclosed that the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has no capacity to properly monitor mobile money activities,...

LPG operators call off strike

Members of the Ghana LPG Operators Association (GLiPGOA) on Wednesday called off their three-day-old strike following discussions with the government about their concerns. The association...

LPG retailers end strike

Members of the Ghana Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Operators Association (GLiPGOA) have called off their strike which lasted for three days. This was after a...

Electroland Ghana Limited donates to Orphanage at Fadama

A team from Electroland Ghana limited, sole distributors of Samsung, Nasco and Midea in Ghana, over the weekend donated assorted items to the Nuurul UsmamIyyah...

Barclays exploring possible merger with StanChart, FT says

Standard Chartered Plc said it’s focused on its strategy and isn’t responding to “speculation” in a newspaper report that Barclays Plc has been exploring a potential merger...

NCA releases results of mobile network Quality of Service

A plan released by the National Communications Authority to conduct field quality of Service (QoS) monitoring in all district capitals in five regions — Ashanti, Eastern, Greater...

Ken Ofori-Atta wins African Finance Minister of the year award

Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has been awarded the prestigious African Finance Minister of the year at the Annual African Development Bank (AfDB) Meeting...

GPHA regains 30% shares in Marine Ports Service

The shareholding structure of the major service provider of the port, Maritime Ports Service (MPS) has been renegotiated by the Ghana Ports and Harbours...

Gov’t not aiming at collapsing your business – NPA to LPG operators

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Agency (NPA), Alhassan Tampuli has called on gas service stations to be rest assured that...

Help indigenous banks grow and survive – Akufo-Addo to BoG

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has charged the Bank of Ghana to help indigenous banks to grow and survive, as part of the...

LPG operators strike today

Members of the Ghana Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Operators Association (GLiPGOA) have begun an indefinite strike starting on today Monday, May 21, 2018. National Vice...

Naomi Amoah wins MTN Heroes of Change 4

Founder and CEO of Royal Seed Foundation at Kasoa, Naomi Esi Aku Amoah has emerged winner of the ultimate prize of GHC100,000 in the...

2018 GDP projected to hit 7%

In spite of government’s projection of real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at an average rate of 6.2 per cent between 2018 and 2021, researchers...

Vodafone takes huge lead in MoMo interoperability usage

Within first six days of the launch of Mobile Money Interoperability, the platform recorded exactly 22,919 successful transfers, and more than half of that,...

Cummins Selects Agility Warehouse Park in Ghana for Regional DC

Agility, a leading global logistics provider, has leased warehouse space in the Agility Warehouse Park in Ghana to Cummins for a new West African...

AUDIO: Dept Agric Minister admits challenges with maize pricing

Deputy Agric Minister, George Oduro, has admitted that there are challenges with maize pricing in the country but says there is no shortage. According to...

MoMo Interoperability for collaboration, not competition – Telcos

Telecom operators in the country say they see mobile money interoperability as a platform for collaboration to fight cash and not for competition among...

Tuobodom tomato farmers threaten suicide over importations

Tomato farmers at Tuobodom in the Techiman North in the Brong Ahafo Region are distressed for the lack of market for their produce, following...

Indigenous banks want more time to pay GHC400m minimum capital

The ten indigenous universal banks in Ghana are asking for an extension of the deadline for them to meet Bank of Ghana's GHC400 million...

77% transactions on Ecobank is digital – MD

Ecobank Ghana Managing Director, Dan Sackey has said currently 77 per cent of all transactions with the bank are digital. He told journalists at the...

ECOBANK to pay GHC400m minimum capital June

Ecobank Ghana said it is set to pay the GHC400 million minimum capital requirement (MCR) by the Bank of Ghana June this year. All banks...

Maize shortage due to hoarding by farmers Deputy Minister

The Food and Agriculture Ministry is blaming farmers for the seeming shortage of maize in the counry. A Deputy Minister, George Oduro, says farmers have...

I nearly slapped an ‘unprofessional’ immigration officer – GUTA Chairman

The Chairman of the Greater Accra chapter of the Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA) has said that he nearly slapped an immigration officer at...

Poultry farmers cry over maize shortage

Mr. David Kwabena Ampofo is an anxious poultry farmer. The price of maize is making it difficult to feed his hungry 150,000 birds. In this business,...

No more hassle: You can now send, receive mobile money across different networks

Users of mobile money will, from today, be able to send and receive mobile money across networks without any hassle with the launch of...

Taskforce to clamp down foreign retailers to be inaugurated on Friday – GUTA

A taskforce to clamp down on foreign retailers in Ghanaian markets is set to be inaugurated this Friday 11th May, 2018, an Executive Member...

Gov’t completes successful Eurobond roadshow; deal to be announced soon

The government will, in the coming days, issue Ghana’s 2018 sovereign bond after a successful deal roadshow. The exercise, which seeks to raise some $750...

Gov’t gets $400m Chinese credit to kick-start 1D1F; 22 projects earmarked

Trade Minister, Alan Kyerematen, has signed a $400 million turnkey financing facility with China National Building Materials Corporation (CNBM) for 22 enterprise projects under the...

Open Letter to BOG Boss: Don’t make Ghanaians spectators of finance industry

Hello Dr. Governor, I dare say that whereas the GHC400 million (US$88.5 million) minimum capital requirement (MCR) you have placed on banks is not a...