Contract farming (CF) arrangements are written or oral agreements between farmers and CF scheme operators, where farmers commit to produce a certain commodity and operators commit to buying the commodity.
These agreements typically contain further specifications such as the quantity, quality or price of the commodity, and can come with...
Electronics and home appliances maker – Samsung – has set a target of increasing Africa’s contribution to its total revenue from below 10percent to between 15percent and 20 percent in both mobile phone and television sales over the next five to ten years.
Addressing stakeholders at the Samsung Summit 2018...
Kumasi City Mall, the Ashanti Region’s most coveted destination for affordable one-stop shopping and recreation, has added another powerful attraction to its irresistible menu of entertainment – Ghana’s first ever world class ‘Watch-and-Dine’ Cinema!!
Shoppers, plain revelers and of course, movie and chow freaks in the Ashanti Regional capital, all...
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has said it plans to extend the ongoing paperless clearance of goods at the country’s ports to cover exports and transit trade, even as it tightens processes at the imports section.
According to the ports operator, it intends to fully explore the paperless...
The central bank has maintained its policy rate at 20 percent amid growing concerns that inflation could drift further from the 8±2 medium-term target.
Speaking at the press meeting to announce the policy rate yesterday, Governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr. Ernest Addison said although inflation expectations appear to...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has charged ExxonMobil to replicate it high standards of operation in Ghana to enhance the competitiveness of the country’s oil and gas sector, urging Parliament to act expeditiously in approving the transaction set out in the country’s petroleum exploration agreement.
“We are determined to...
The Board Chairman of the Minerals Commission, Mr. Samson Boafo, has said the Commission will in the coming months explore avenues to seek funding for investment in geological investigations and generate detailed information in designated areas for demarcation to small-scale miners.
“We will in the coming months explore avenues to...
As part of a sustainable production road-map toward positioning cashew crop as an agriculture goldmine, government is expected to unveil a ‘Cashew Development Policy’ next month to outline measures that will promote the cash crop’s production, sale and processing in the country.
The Cashew Development Policy will indicate government's commitment...
The ARB Apex Bank is the first local bank to issue a domestic card that employs Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) standards with CHIP and PIN for transactions to facilitate payments on the Gh-Link platform, the Chief Executive Officer of GhIPSS Achie Hesse has stated.
So far, 25 Automated Teller Machines...
Servair, a leading airline catering and logistics provider in France and Africa, and a member of the Gategroup, has inaugurated its ultramodern catering facility within the precincts of the Kotoka International Airport in Accra.
Covering a surface area of 2,600 metre-square, the unit welcomes 115 employees and has the capacity...