BUSINESS

Ghana is set to attract more ship repair and maintenance works with the coming on board of Prime Meridian Dock. The privately owned facility at the Takoradi port will focus on merchant ships and rigs. The edifice is aimed at ships in the range of 150-200 meters inland. Currently many of such vessels and rigs sail to Las Palmas in ...

Glo Mobile Ghana has unveiled four new products for the benefit of existing and new subscribers on the network across Ghana. The products include “AyƐ DƐ k ƐkƐ” Recharge bonus, Welcome Back Offer, e-Top-Up 15% Recharge Bonus and Glo Café. “AyƐ dƐ kƐkƐ” Recharge bonus is a new offer which is available to all existing and new Glo prepaid customers and gives them four times the value of the amount recharged on specific E TopUp ...

The Domestic Lumber Traders Association of Ghana is demanding the abolishment of duties and levies on importation of wood into the country. According to the group, the move will encourage traders to resort to importations for domestic consumption to satisfy the increasing demand for wood in the country. Statistics from the global forest watch indicates that Ghana loses about 65,000 ...

The American Chambers of Commerce (AMCHAM) Ghana and Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors(GARIA) will be holding a stakeholder meeting on how the Company and Insolvency Laws in Ghana can promote the Ease of Doing Business in Ghana on 30 August 2017. The theme for the event is “Enhancing the Ease of Doing Business: Reforming the Company and Insolvency ...

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has suspended trading in the shares of Cocoa Processing Company Limited (CPC) with effect from August 30, 2017. The company has failed to meet its continuing listing obligations in spite of several promptings. The obligations are failure to submit financial reports and failure to conduct Annual General Meeting. The suspension of trading in CPC will ...

The Ghana Stock Exchange has lifted suspension of trading activities on two firms out of the five that were sanctioned for not complying with regulations of the GSE, Starr Business has gathered. The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) last week suspended the five companies from trading in shares effective today, August 29, 2017. The affected companies are African Champion Industry Limited, ...

WomanRising, in its pursuit of honouring Women Entrepreneurs and Professionals, has presented a Certificate of Honour to the CEO of Tigo Ghana, Roshi Motman as one of the 2016 Top 50 Corporate Women Leaders in Ghana. Roshi, who has served as Tigo Ghana CEO for the past 4 years, is currently the longest serving Telco CEO in Ghana and the ...

Menzgold Ghana Limited has won another highly prestigious award from the Ghana Business Quality Awards—for the company’s excellence. Menzgold won the ‘Business Quality in Gold Assaying & Monumental Coins Industry Award’ at the 5th Ghana Business Quality Award which was held yesterday, Saturday, August 26 at the Banquet Hall, State House. The Ghana Business Quality Award is an initiative of ...

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has announced that five companies having been suspended from trading in shares effective from Monday, August 28, 2017. The affected companies are African Champion Industry Limited (ACI), Clydestone (Ghana) Limited (CLYD), Golden Web Limited (GWEB), Pioneer Kitchenware Limited (PKL) and Transaction Solutions Limited (TRANSOL). According to a statement by the GSE, “these companies have failed ...

Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana (EFG) has bestowed on President and Chairman of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, the Best Central Region Business Icon Award, 2016. A statement, signed by the Corporate Affairs Manager of GN, Mr. Richmond Duke Keelson, and issued to the media yesterday in Accra said “Dr. Nduom will, therefore, be honoured at this year’s Ghana ...