Category: Business

The Country Director for World Bank, Pierre Laporte, has said that the country started facing economic challenges before COVID-19. In its January 2022 Monetary Policy Report, the Bank of Ghana stated that the stock of public debt was equivalent to 78.4 percent of GDP at the end of 2021, up from 76.1 percent at the...

The brand ambassador of global mobile phone brand TECNO Ghana, Stonebwoy, has unveiled its new smartphone the CAMON 16 series which boasts an industry-first rear 64-megapixel quad camera and a front 48-megapixel camera to the Ghanaian market. The CAMON 16 series comes in two variants the Camon 16 Premier and the Camon 16 Pro. The...

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has announced the rollout of more digital platforms to make banking more convenient and comfortable for its clients. “Our ultimate focus is to make the customer comfortable and doing business with us enjoyable and convenience,” the Managing Director of the bank, Dr Kofi Mensah told the Daily Graphic in an...

A network of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on Access to Justice in Ghana has appealed to the Government to make provisions for the Domestic Violence Fund as it seeks input for the 2021 budget. The Coalition said since the initial seed capital of GH¢ 50,000, eleven years ago, there was no further allocation to the...

Vodafone Ghana in collaboration with HR Focus Africa Magazine will host the 2020 Human Resource (HR) conference tomorrow Friday October 9, 2020. The conference which is on the theme, “Work and wellness”, will bring together experienced and forward-thinking HR and business professionals to interact and share knowledge on a virtual platform. There will be presentations,...

An investment fund, InvestCorp Mid-Tier Fund, closed the 2019 year with a yield of 18.29 per cent. This is 3.59 percentage points higher than the 91-Day Treasury Bill yield. The fund’s Assets Under Management (AUM) also grew to GH¢17.23 million within the same period, representing a growth of 23.1 per cent. This was disclosed by...

GCB Bank Limited has partnered Eliho Ghana Ltd. to facilitate the transfer and receipt of funds in the cocoa farming and purchasing ecosystem, using the G-Money platform. The partnership is an outcome of the Bank’s interest in providing financial inclusion for the partially banked and unbanked population of the country and to provide smooth financial...

The Ghana Community Network Service Limited (GCNet) has filed a motion at the Accra High Court (Labour Division) challenging the enforcement of an arbitration award to its workers. The company is seeking the intervention of the court to set aside the award which directed the management to pay a redundancy package of 30 per cent...

AXIS Pensions Trust Limited has rolled out an educative programme on personal finances to help sensitise the public to the rudiments of proper financial management. Dubbed ‘Axis Smart Money Talk,’ the programme features a discussion with an expert on finance and is broadcast virtually on the company’s Facebook page. In a release on the programme,...

Business for Peace Foundation has announced the launch of their Future of Business programme, a new global impact-driven event series focused on accelerating development towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through investments and entrepreneurship in the Global South. In collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) the...