Business

Nigerian Finance Minister Asks Ghana To Manage Oil Find Transparently
24th February, 2013
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Finance Minister of oil rich Nigeria, has cautioned Ghana to illustrate greater transparency and accountability in managing the fledgling oil industry to avoid the challenges ...
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Fast-Track Documentations At Borders
23rd February, 2013
THE Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, has asked authorities in-charge of document processing to fast-track their activities especially at the Paga border to avoid delaying vehicles ...
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Lufthansa Offers Customers Cheaper Way To Buy Tickets
23rd February, 2013
Lufthansa German Airlines, an international airline with operations in Ghana is running an online promotion intended to increase ease of sale for its customers in Ghana and elsewhere. The ...
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Ghana Gold Takes Steps To Reduce Mercury Pollution
23rd February, 2013
Ghana Gold Corporation, a gold exploration and development company, says it is supporting efforts to reduce liquid mercury pollution in Ghana.  The effort to reduce the deadly mercury emissions ...
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Tigo Cash Wins West African Award
23rd February, 2013
Tigo Cash has been awarded “Best Mobile Money Product in West Africa” at the 2013 Kalahari Awards in Lagos, Nigeria. The award is given to organisations that have made significant contribution ...
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World Bank Gives Ghana $60 Million For Agric. Programme
21st February, 2013
THE World Bank has given $60 million to Ghana to implement the second phase of the West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP 2A). This follows the development and release of new ...
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Government To Adopt Measures To Stem Threat To Economy
21st February, 2013
Finance Minister Seth Terkper on Monday said Government is committed to adopt necessary policy measures to stem any slippages that could threaten the country’s macro-economic stability. Speaking ...
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Economy Not In Disarray - Vice President
21st February, 2013
Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Tuesday assured the business and international communities that Ghana’s economy was not in any mess or disarray. He said though there were ...
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AOMC Names 203 Accredited Oil Marketing Companies
19th February, 2013
THE Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs), has named 51 accredited oil marketing companies in good standing for business in 2013. The companies are: Agapet Oil Company Limited, Naagamni ...
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Fitch Sets Ghana's Outlook To Negative; Affirms At 'B+'
19th February, 2013
Fitch has revised its outlook on Ghana’s credit rating from stable to negative due to what it described as “a blow-out deficit” despite the country’s strong growth. However, Fitch ...
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State Housing Company Makes Significant Progress
19th February, 2013
THE Board of Directors of State Housing Company (SHC), says that the company has been transformed following prudent management of resources by the management team led by Dr Mark Nii Ankrah. A ...
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Introduce Local Content In Oil And Gas Contracts - AGI
18th February, 2013
The Association of Ghana Industries has called on government to cede off some of the contracts in the oil and gas sector to local enterprises in order to promote the growth of the local ...
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Vodafone Offers 60-Day Free Internet To Customers With BlackBerry Z10
14th February, 2013
Vodafone Ghana is offering 60 days free internet service to customers who purchase its newly-introduced BlackBerry Z10 from any Vodafone retail outlets in Ghana. “This means that customers who ...
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Coca Cola Promotes Repackaged Schweppes Malta Drink
14th February, 2013
THE Coca-Cola Company (CCC) has rolled out series of promotional campaigns to sell its repackaged Schweppes Malta soft drink bottled product in an attractive, easy-to-carry portable box. The box ...
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OBG Partners Delloitte & Touche To Analyse Ghana’s Commodity Growth
13th February, 2013
THE government’s efforts to stabilise the country’s economy and control inflation will be given wide-ranging coverage in a forthcoming report to be published by the global publishing, research and ...
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$60 Million Edible Oil Plant Opened
12th February, 2013
AN Indian company, Avnash Industries, has inaugurated a US$60 million-edible oil plant at Tema, saying it intends to reduce dependence on imports of the product. The plant, which will produce 500 ...
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Woman Wins Mercedes Benz As ‘Win Big’ Promo Ends
12th February, 2013
Ecobank, the Pan-African bank, ended its maiden ‘win big promotion’ with Elizabeth Yeboah, a customer of the Tudu branch, winning the first prize of a brand new Mercedes Benz C-Class valued at ...
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Vodafone Launches BlackBerry Z10 In Ghana
11th February, 2013
Telecom giant Vodafone Ghana has confirmed its leadership in innovation with the introduction of the BlackBerry (BB) Z10, one week after its global launch. The new product will allow customers on ...
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Estate Developers Must Factor Security Into Their Development Plans
8th February, 2013
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Paul Mensah Bampo, Prampram District Commander, has urged estate developers to factor security into their development plans. This, he said, would go a long way ...
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Stone Strong Lager Promotion Ends In Accra
7th February, 2013
A six-week long Stone Strong Lager Promotion organized by Accra Brewery Limited has ended at The Game, Accra Mall with a Chartered Accountant, Lawrence Ashun picking up the ultimate prize of a branded ...
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