Nearly half of the businesses that are expected to start operations under the One District, One Factory (1D1F) will focus mainly on agro-processing.
According to the Deputy Trade and Industry Minister, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay: “About 46 percent of the businesses that are bankable are agro-processing companies; and we shouldn’t be surprised,...
The largest mobile telecoms operator in the country, MTN, has attributed its 29.4 percent year-on-year revenue growth in the first quarter of 2018 to a strong performance of its mobile money service, which alone accounted for 15 percent of its total revenue.
A media release by the company yesterday said...
GOIL Board Chairman Kwamina Bartels has given the strongest indication yet that the state oil player is ready to be a major player in the upstream oil industry.
Mr. Bartels made this disclosure when he addressed the 49th AGM of the Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) in Accra. This development...
Despite the ever-widening housing deficit of the country, investment banker and Chief Executive Officer of Databank, Kojo Addae-Mensah, has said that people looking to invest in the real estate sector could be disappointed as the sector may not be as profitable as it is made to seem.
Mr. Addae-Mensah, speaking...
Local producers can’t meet demand
Low investment contains growth
The Ashanti Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Rev. John Manu, has called for investment in research to identify products that could be commercialised from oil palm, as the demand for the cash crop and allied...
…as Contactum educates them on industry safety practices
Certified electricians believe that should the Energy Commission enforce the laws which govern their practice, the incidences of fire due to electrical faults will drastically reduce or be prevented.
“The Energy Commission has the power, under the law, to prosecute those working without...
A new terminal set to open at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport (KIA) aims to ease congestion and is expected to help facilitate tourism growth.
Officials are preparing for the launch of a third international terminal at KIA, the country’s largest aviation gateway, in the second quarter of this year.
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Soda competition heating up again even as snacks carry PepsiCo
We don’t want to be a net share donor,’ CEO Indra Nooyi says
The biggest cola rivalry in history is in full swing again as the two top names in beverages battle for a shrinking soda-loving population.
While PepsiCo Inc....
Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has expressed interest in moving upstream to become a major player in the exploration and production business.
Its Board Chairman, Kwamena Bartels, told shareholders at their 49th Annual General Meeting that the company intends to partner an international player with proven technical competence to operate...
Cocoa sector says sustainability efforts have fallen short
Companies, governments, NGOs pledge joint action going forward
Chocolate companies, cocoa buyers should pay fair price
Origin countries must limit output, curb deforestation
Companies and governments have pledged to tackle poverty, deforestation and human rights abuses in the cocoa supply chain,...