Business

Philips Electronics To Set Up W.A. Office In Ghana
8th March, 2012
A leading global brand Royal Philips Electronics, which specializes in healthcare, lighting and consumer lifestyle products, says it will set up its West Africa office (healthcare) in Ghana this year ...
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MELCOM Opens Teshie - Nungua Outlet
6th March, 2012
Retail outlet, Melcom, says it has enormous confidence in the Ghanaian economy and will continue to invest in the country for the long haul. The Chief Operating Officer of Melcom Group of ...
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Corporate Bodies Must Assist Construction Machinery Mechanic Institute
5th March, 2012
The head of the Construction Machinery Mechanic Institute (CMMI), Emmanuel Kotey Ashie, has appealed to corporate bodies, non-governmental organisations and philanthropists to assist the Institute to ...
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Finatrade Awards Scholarships To 20 Students
25th February, 2012
Ms. Joyce Aryee (in cloth), Executive Chairperson of the Finatrade Foundation, interacting with the students after presenting them with scholarships to pursue three-year B.SC. in Agricultural Science ...
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President Inaugurates OLAM Wheat Mill
25th February, 2012
A multi-million dollar Olam Ghana owned flour mill built, a leading agrobusiness company, was yesterday inaugurated by President John Evans Atta Mills at Kpone industrial enclave, near Tema. The ...
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Producer Price Inflation (PPI) Increases To 15.25%
24th February, 2012
The annual Producer Price Inflation (PPI) increased to 15.25 per cent in January year-on-year from a revised figure of 13.65 per cent in December 2011, the Ghana Statistical Service has said. On ...
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Pay Small Farm Holders, Out Growers On e-zwich PDS -GhIPSS
22nd February, 2012
The risk associated with moving huge sums of money around to pay farmers in cash crop production should be a thing of the past if the e-zwich Payment Distribution System (PDS) is used in effecting ...
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AGI Calls For Abolition Of Taxes Raw Material Imports
22nd February, 2012
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has called on the government to abolish import duties on imported raw materials and rather impose taxes on all primary commodities and raw materials exported ...
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Unilever Ghana Achieves GH¢240.9 Million Turnover
20th February, 2012
Unilever Ghana last year achieved a turnover of GH¢240.9 million, representing a growth of 33 per cent over the previous year. This achievement was inspite of the shape rise in commodity costs ...
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$7 Billion Refinery For Atuabo
20th February, 2012
South Africa’s Alpha Refinery is financing the construction of a $7 billion refinery at Atuabo in the Western Region with a capacity to process 200,000 barrels a day with crude from the Jubilee ...
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Finatrade Poised To Keep Highest Standards
20th February, 2012
Finatrade, an umbrella body for various food and service products on the Ghanaian market is poised to keep the highest standards to continuously provide the best products to The Ghana consumer, The ...
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Stanbic Bank Voted Best Investment Bank in Ghana
13th February, 2012
Stanbic Bank has been voted Best Investment Bank in Ghana by the prestigious world acclaimed EMEA Finance Magazine. The award which is one of a clean sweep by the Bank’s Group, Standard Bank, is ...
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MTN Wins Most Admired Brand In Africa
13th February, 2012
The continent’s leading telecoms company received top honours in all three categories at last week’s inaugural Brand Africa 100 Awards held in Johannesburg, South Africa. MTN was ranked the ...
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LESDEP Trains 527 Youth In Upper East
11th February, 2012
Five hundred and twenty seven youth in the Upper East Region have been trained under the Local Enterprises and Skills Development Programme (LESDEP) They studied various trade vocations to make ...
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Business Activities To Pick Up In First Quarter
6th February, 2012
Business executives are optimistic that economic activities will pick up in the first quarter of this year despite overall business perception remaining unchanged in the last six months of 2011, an ...
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Ghana Exports Honey To EU Market
6th February, 2012
The first shipment of natural honey from Ghana for the EU market sailed out of port of the Tema on Saturday, February 4. The 18-tonne honey came from the Nkwanta District of the Volta Region and ...
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Anumso Mines To Commence Prospecting At Banka
5th February, 2012
Anumso Mines to commence prospecting at Banka Anumso Mines, a gold mining company, is to start prospecting for gold at Banka near Gyadam in the Asante-Akim South District following the issuance of ...
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Ecobank Adopts Equator Principles
12th January, 2012
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, has announced the adoption of the Equator Principles, the industry standard for financial institutions active in ...
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BoG To Punish Recalcitrant Banks On Teachers\' Arrears
4th January, 2012
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is to take punitive measures against all commercial banks which failed to pay teachers their three months salary arrears on time. The arrears, released by the Bank of Ghana ...
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Why Ghana Re-based Its Economy (1)
27th December, 2011
In November 2010, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) announced that it had re-based Ghana’s National Accounts or Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The GSS also made it known that Ghana had attained ...
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