Business

Accra Brewery And Voltic Place Premium On Employee Training
23rd January, 2013
Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) and Voltic Ghana Limited in collaboration with the Engineering Training Centre of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) has offered practical engineering training to their artisans and ...
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SSNIT Clears GH¢23m Of STC Debt
23rd January, 2013
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), the majority shareholder of the beleaguered Intercity STC Company Limited, has paid an estimated GH¢23million to the latter’s creditors and ...
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Ghana Shippers' Authority Advances In Operations
21st January, 2013
The Ghana Shippers'Authority (GSA) made significant progress in its operations last year. The Authority’s total volumes of exports and imports rose from 18 million tonnes in 2011, to 19.7 million ...
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Ghana Revenue Authority To Intensify Distress Action To Recover Unpaid Taxes
18th January, 2013
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) said on Thursday it would intensify its distress action to recover monies owed it by recalcitrant corporate entities. Mr Samuel Bentil, Chief Revenue Officer GRA, ...
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Traders Back To The Streets Of Accra
17th January, 2013
Hawkers are back on the streets of Accra after the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Task Force evicted them on Monday. A visit by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) to Accra on Wednesday revealed that ...
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Economist Appeals To Government To “Listen” To The Business Community
14th January, 2013
An Economist has appealed to the NDC administration to listen to suggestions made by the business community to ensure that an enabling environment for economic growth, job creation and its ...
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Government Has Laid Strong Economic Foundation - Dr Duffour
14th January, 2013
Dr Kwabena Duffour, Acting Finance and Economic Planning Minister, has given a more positive outlook of the economy, saying the indications point towards sustained growth. This, he said, was based ...
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Western Union Rewards Loyal Customers
14th January, 2013
Western Union Money Transfer, Ghana, has rewarded eighty customers across the country for their loyalty and usage of Western Union services in 2012.      The 80 lucky customers were given the ...
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Gov’t Indicates A Declining Interest Rate Regime
12th January, 2013
Interest rates on long term funds could be declining in coming months. That’s if the almost 17 percent of governments’ offer to investors who participated in Thursday’s bond issue is anything to ...
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Britain Prepared To Promote British Investments In Ghana
10th January, 2013
The British government has expressed its preparedness to promote Private British investments in Ghana, saying it finds the Ghanaian investment atmosphere very conducive. Mark Simmonds, British ...
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Mallam Atta Market Traders Appeal To President Mahama
10th January, 2013
Some traders at the Mallam-Atta Market in Accra have appealed to President John Dramani Mahama to fulfill his campaign promise of building more markets in the Accra Metropolis and renovating the ...
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31 Months Of Single Digit Inflation In Ghana
10th January, 2013
The December 2012 inflation of 8.8 percent announced today not only shows a drop in three consecutive months (October to December) but also marks 31 consecutive months of single digit inflation in the ...
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Govt’s Three-Year Bond Heavily Oversubscribed
10th January, 2013
The three-year bond issued by government to finance maturing debts has been heavily oversubscribed. Checks indicate that government received 2.2 billion Ghana cedis worth of bids from investors, ...
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AngloGold Ashanti CEO Resigns For New Appointment
9th January, 2013
The Board of AngloGold Ashanti has announced the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Mark Cutifani, who has accepted an offer to become the Chief Executive Officer of Anglo American Plc, effective ...
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Banks Fret Over Soaring Cost Of Doing Business In Ghana
9th January, 2013
Some banks in Accra say high electricity bills, rent, water bills and salaries of workers are impacting negatively on their businesses and ability to lend more. This was made known to the GNA on ...
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Airtel Ghana Excited About Success Of 'Deedew' Promotion
7th January, 2013
Mobil giant, Airtel Ghana, says it is excited with the successes of its national consumer promotion nicknamed “Deedew.” Airtel launched the end of year promotion on December 1, 2012, and it is ...
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MTN To Minimise Potential Effects Of Fire Outbreak At Its Warehouse
4th January, 2013
Telecom giant MTN says it will put in place concrete measures to minimize any potential effects of Tuesday’s fire outbreak at its Spintex warehouse. The mobile company has, therefore, assured its ...
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LESDEP Supports Media Personnel
4th January, 2013
The National Co-ordinator of the Local Enterprises and Skills Development, LESDEP, Mr Adam Gariba, has said new innovative job creation modules would be introduced to augment the existing ones and ...
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Traders Take Over Kasoa Pavements
3rd January, 2013
Traders at the Kasoa old market have taken over the pavement for their businesses, making it difficult for pedestrians to cross the street. The situation has resulted in pedestrians sharing the ...
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TDC Can't Bank Hope On Land Reserves - MD
29th December, 2012
The Tema Development Corporation (TDC) cannot bank its hopes on land reserves as it did in the past 50 years of its existence, Mr Joseph A. Abbey, Managing Director has stated. For this reason, he ...
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