The government has set a revenue target of US$1 billion from export of vegetables over the next six to seven years.
The projection is banked on recent investments in green house villages at Bawjiase, Akomadan and Dawhenya and the construction of irrigation dams across the country, which the government expects...
Businesses belonging to Persons With Disability (PDWs) from the northern part of the country have been provided with GH¢200,000 under the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP).
The package is in line the Presidential Empowerment for Entrepreneurs with Disability through the Ministry for Business Development. In all, an amount of...
Strategic Sourcing and Industrialisation insights with Prof Douglas Boateng
Africa is one of the fastest growing consumer markets in the world, yet spending habits on the continent remain an obstacle to long-term industrialisation and economic development. The adoption of more strategic consumer sourcing and buying behaviors may offer greater opportunities...
New data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that the coronavirus pandemic led to a significant decline of sales in about 90 percent of local businesses surveyed in 2,770 localities in the country from May to June 2020.
The report, dubbed ‘COVID-19 Local Economies Tracker’, which aims...
For the first time in 28 years, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed a US$1.3 billion syndicated loan through a virtual platform with lenders and lead arrangers abroad.
The meeting which was organized via a video conferencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic saw 28 banks participate in this year’s...
The Ministry of Communications through the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), an agency with the mandate to coordinate Ghana’s cybersecurity development, will hold its annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) from October 1 to 31, 2020.
The month-long event will be conducted in a hybrid format comprising physical engagements (under strict COVID-19 protocols) and the use of virtual platforms including...
… agency threatens to take some off
The state institution responsible for supplying internet services to all Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs), the National Information Technology Agency (NITA), has given an alert that it would soon begin taking some MDAs off its internet supply due to their failure to pay...
Qatar Airways has arrived in Ghana and plans to operate four weekly flights to Accra via Lagos, becoming the fourth new destination launched by the national carrier of the State of Qatar since the start of the pandemic.
The Accra service will be operated by the airline’s state-of-the-art Boeing 787...
The establishment of the Tree Crop Development Authourity (TCDA), in line with the government efforts to formalize the tree crop sector, as well as ensuring a reliable price mechanism within the sector and others, is estimated to turn over some $14 billion annually.
According to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa...
In recognition of the challenges experienced by most businesses and the rapid reforms in the Ghanaian banking sector specifically, Dominic Adu, the CEO of First National Bank Ghana has shared some insights on how to positively adapt to the new changes to banking service delivery, relevant to the needs...