Author: citibusinessnews
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APTIVAA Consulting Trains BoG Staff
Aptivaa Consulting Solutions, a banking risk management and consulting firm has rolled out a training program for all staff of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) in ways to make them fully aware of their responsibilities on IFRS9, ICAAP and liquidity management. This was to help the staff and management of BoG to navigate, work extremely…
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Rice farmers in Upper East in dire need of fertilizer
Rice farmers at Fumbisi and Tono in the Builsa South District and Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region are in dire need of government’s subsidized fertilizers under the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme to boost yield. Some of the farmers who had increased their production in this year’s farming season in anticipation…
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Uniliever Ghana launches two new natural variants of Geisha Soap
Unilever Ghana Plc has launched two new variants of its Geisha soap, specifically Geisha Moringa and Geisha Black soap. These variants are formulated with locally sourced natural ingredients such as cocoa butter, activated charcoal and Moringa oil and come at a time when the Ghanaian consumer’s demand and preference for locally sourced and natural based…
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Fairtrade Africa holds West Africa Regional Convention
Chief Director of the Ministry of Trade, Patrick Nimo, has urged stakeholders within the Agriculture sector to take advantage of the government’s numerous platforms such as the National Export strategy for export promotion and trade facilitation, as agriculture forms a major part of non- traditional exports. According to him, Ghana has the unique potential to…
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FBNBank recommissions Tema branch, reemphasizes focus on customer-centricity
FBNBank Ghana has announced the recommissioning of its Tema branch and the renewal of its focus on Small and Medium Enterprises especially with working capital and trade support in addition to strengthening its commitment to customers and clients. The Bank over the past few months has undertaken a complete remodelling of the Tema branch leading…
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Africa’s COVID-19 funds management lack transparency – CTAP
While governments strive to tackle Covid-19 pandemic and revive their economies from its ravages, concerns about possible misuse of covid-19 funds continue to grow in Africa. This is according to the COVID Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP). A research conducted in seven African countries (Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, Sierra Leon, Kenya, Cameroon, Liberia), by CTAP showed…
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Enepa ventures introduces SC 719 hybrid maize seeds
Enepa Ventures, a leading household name in Agri-input manufacturing, importation, supplies and distribution in the country has outdoored, the most advanced Maize seeds – SC 719 hybrid into the market for Farmers. In a Press statement, the Group Managing Director of Enepa Ventures, Mr. Ernest Akwasi Appiah, described the hybrid, as a more improved seed…
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ITA’s Agribusiness Digital Lab gives local agripreneurs a taste of Italy’s finest technology
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) has successfully organized its Ghana-Italy Agribusiness Digital Lab to connect Ghanaian agripreneurs to Italian agribusiness giants, who boast world-leading technologies and products capable of transforming agribusiness development in Ghana. The event came off on June 22 via virtual B2B meetings between the Ghanaian and Italian companies. Over 50 Ghanaian-led agro…
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Ghanaian and Italian agribusiness firms look forward to fruitful partnerships after Agribusiness Digital Lab
Leading Italian agribusiness firms have held promising business-to-business (B2B) meetings with Ghanaian agribusiness enterprises through the Ghana-Italy Agribusiness Digital Lab, organized by the Italian Trade Agency (ITA). About 27 Italian companies took part in the meetings and exhibited Italy’s cutting-edge technologies and products to their Ghanaian counterparts, with a focus on Agricultural Machinery; Cold Chain…
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Ghana mulls Africa’s first social bonds with $2 billion sale
Ghana is planning to issue green and social bonds of up to $2 billion by November, which would make it the first African country to sell debt to fund development programs. This is according to Bloomberg. The West African economy, which is planning to borrow up to $5 billion on international markets this year, would…