Farmers in the country should be able to secure increased credit from banks with the coming on board of the Ghana Incentive Based Risk Sharing Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL). According to the Ministry of Agriculture, GIRSAL which will be rolled out this year is meant to serve as an incentive for banks to increase their lending …
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 …
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. …
ECM activity in 2017 was the second highest since 2013 in terms of volume with 121 issuances, up 25% over the prior year, and the highest since 2013 in terms of value Overall, African equity capital market transaction volume and value improved in 2017 over 2016. In terms of value, 2017 saw the largest initial …
The ECOWAS Commission has signed a trade and investment cooperation agreement with the Republic of Turkey as part of efforts to deepen economic cooperation between members of the Sub-regional body and Turkey. Signing the ‘Turkey-ECOWAS Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement’, is seen as a principal step toward institutionalising relations between Turkey and the ECOWAS Commission. …
The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) will from the 12th of February, 2018 pilot its one-stop shop business registration. By this, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) will have operational offices situated at the RGD to quicken business registration processes. This is aimed at integrating …