BUSINESS

Deputy Majority Leader and MP for Efuttu Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has advised unemployed youths to change their mindsets of seeking employment in government offices and receiving monthly salaries to rather daring to be entrepreneurs. He said with the right entrepreneurial spirits, the youth can build sustainable businesses for themselves, employ others and create sustainable wealth in the process. Speaking at ...

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said that investment must be the third most important conversation in Ghana after security and public finance “That should in my view be the 3rd most important conversation in Ghana (after security and public finance),” he said in a tweet on the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Annual Investment Summit dubbed #SparkUp2021 ! “I’m excited that ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said despite the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and its effects on global economy, Ghana’s economy was able to record a positive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. He said this during the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Annual Investment Summit dubbed #SparkUp2021 ! “ #Ghana’s economy was one of the few that managed to record a positive GDP growth, in ...

A trip down fashion street has uncovered the newest internet sensational shopping bag worth GHc12,454. 96p, which is quite similar to our ‘Ghana-must-go’ bag from Balenciaga. According to their official website, the Barbes Large East-West Shopper Bag is made in Italy with 100% calfskin. It also features two handles, a cotton lining, one inner zip pocket and one inner patch pocket. An ...

The State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) and the Ministry of Public Enterprises have organised a consultative forum on a Code of Corporate Governance. The one-day event, which came off at the Labadi Beach Hotel, was supported by Agence Francaise de Developpment (AFD), Expertise France and the World Bank. The forum was to solicit inputs and recommendations into a draft ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Mr Yofi Grant has revealed that Ghana is expected to generate $3billion from Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in 2021. He said this to journalists on the sidelines of the GIPC Annual Investment Summit dubbed #SparkUp2021! On Tuesday September 7. He said the revenues will come from the Agric sector ...

Societe General Ghana PLC has announced that the company’s directors will be recommending to the shareholders at the upcoming Annual General Meeting, the payment of a final dividend of GH¢0.114 per share for the 2020 financial year. All shareholders registered in the books of the company at the close of business on Tuesday, 28 September 2021, will qualify for the ...

Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the B3 long-term issuer ratings of the government of Ghana. The outlook remains negative, a statement said. Moody’s has concurrently affirmed the B3 foreign currency senior unsecured debt ratings, the (P)B3 senior unsecured MTN programme rating and the B1 rating of the bond enhanced by a partial guarantee from the International Development Association (IDA, Aaa ...

The Akufo-Addo-led government’s One-District-One-Factory policy is one of the worst economic strategies an international monetary policy advisor with the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group Dr Jerry Kombat Monfant has said. The One-District-One-Factory Initiative is a key component of the industrial transformation agenda of the NPP government. The concept was first introduced by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Presidential Special ...

The leadership and Management of Zenith Bank Ghana Limited headed by the MD/CEO, Mr. Akindele Ogunranti has responded to H.E the President’s appeal to corporate Ghana to support the National teams especially the Black Stars with their widows mite to embark favourably on the the 2022 FIFA World cup qualifiers and next year’s AFCON Tournament. In a short ceremony to ...