Author: citibusinessnews
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Ghana-Ivory Coast trade war lurks despite end to ban on inland rice imports – report
The Bureau for Internal Affairs (BIA), an anti-corruption organisation and a centre for information gathering on public concerns, says there is still a hidden trade war between Ghana and Ivory Coast resulting from a previous ban on inland rice importation by Ghana. Ms Cynthia Essandoh, BIA Coordinator, said in a statement issued in Accra that…
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Otumfuo cuts sod for ultra modern Kumasi city mall
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on Saturday, cut the sod for the commencement of construction works on the Kumasi City Mall at Asokwa, a suburb of Kumasi. The USD 110 million dollar Kumasi City Mall, covering an area of 29,000 square metres, is being developed by Delico Kumasi Limited, an affiliate of Delico Property…
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NCA punishes Vodafone for Tuesday’s blackout
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has banned Vodafone from adding on new subscribers, either through sales and activation of new SIMs or by porting as punishment for Tuesday’s total blackout and previous network challenges. Vodafone has also been banned from introducing new services, promotions, offers, and all marketing communications. The only sales the network may…
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Newmont suspends retrenchment exercise
Mining giant Newmont Ghana has temporarily halted plans to lay off 600 workers by the close of the second quarter of this year. The latest move is in response to National Labour commission (NLC)’s directive yesterday. Newmont was dragged to the commission by the Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) over the retrenchment exercise. Both parties presented…
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Managers in focus: Habiba Balogun #MDM2014
The Citi FM Management Development Month (#MDM2014) series is in full flight. The series, made up of both on-air and off-air events, affords listeners the opportunity to hear from experienced resource persons in Marketing, Customer Service, Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Leadership. The series air weekdays at 9:00 am live on the Citi Breakfast Show with a…
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NLC orders Newmont to stop retrenchment excercise
The National Labour commission (NLC) has directed mining company Newmont to stop any plans to sack 600 of its workers. Newmont was dragged to the commission by the Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMWU) over the move to sack the workers. Newmont has announced it will have to lay off the workers by the end of the…
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Vodafone commences investigations into network outage
Vodafone has commenced full scale investigations into the cause of its nationwide network outage early this week. Subscribers of Vodafone were cut off from the rest of the world from Monday night through to Tuesday afternoon. Subscribers were unable to text, make calls and use the internet following the disruption. Vodafone which restored the services…