The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) has said it will launch its flagship ‘Aquaculture for Food and Jobs’ programme by end of May, in a bid to boost local fish production to meet increasing demand. The programme, which is in response to growing concerns over Ghana’s depleting fish stock, will ensure there is …
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), is pushing for the speedy passage of a local content policy to address what they describe as the imbalances in the construction industry. A local content policy, the association says, is urgently required to increase the opportunities and incentives for local construction firms. The AGI believes this should help …
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) in partnership with eight companies who are the founding members of Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Enterprises (GRIPE) is set to launch bricks generated from plastic waste in September 2018. This forms part of measures to address the growing unemployment situation in the country with the provision of jobs …
Agriculture has been a source of tremendous blessing to mankind and indeed Ghana. Since time immemorial, agriculture has proven to be the lifeblood of the world, as it has not only been a source of food but a seedbed for other crucial industries. Today, advancement in knowledge means that agriculture could and should be used …
The Bank of Ghana has reduced the policy rate to 18 percent. This represents a 200 basis points reduction in the policy rate which was at 20 percent. Today’s announcement of a reduction is the first after the rate was maintained earlier in the year. The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison …
The European Union and its free trade agreement took decades to establish. Africa is now hoping it can achieve the same in a fraction of the time. But with Nigeria pulling out, questions are being raised over just how achievable it really is. The vision is a free trade deal encompassing 1.2 billion people stretching …
The Bank of Ghana has announced that it has appointed audit firm, KPMG as administrator for UniBank. This means that the central bank has taken over the assets and management of UniBank. The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison says UniBank is currently insolvent. Addressing a press conference in Accra, Dr. Ernest …
The Impact Hub in Accra will become the first business in the West African country to benefit from ecoligo’s fully financed solar-as-a-service solution. For the latest project on the crowdinvesting platform ecoligo.investments, private investors will refinance a solar battery system that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship in Ghana. Investors will receive 5.00 % p.a. interest over …
As recently as the 1980s, the West African nation of Ghana was in crisis, crippled by hunger after a series of military coups. But it has held peaceful elections since 1992, and its economic outlook turned considerably brighter about a decade ago, with the discovery of major offshore oil deposits. Now, as oil prices rise …
Ghana has the highest percentage of women business owners worldwide, with Uganda in third, according to the Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship (MIWE). The MIWE is a weighted index that helps to better understand and identify factors and conditions that are most conducive to closing the gender gap among business owners in any given economy. …