Author: Minna Dablu
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Rice Farmers urge Buffer Stock to get them ready market after harvest
The Ghana Rice Inter-professional Body says it is looking forward to the Ghana Buffer Stock Company to offer rice farmers with ready market for their produce after harvest. After reports of unsold rice in the Upper East Region, the Buffer Stock Company intervened to assist the farmers. Addressing the media at a national engagement by…
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Fund management customers threaten to vote against Akufo-Addo over unpaid funds
Members of a group calling itself the Coalition of Aggrieved Fund Management Customers have given government by close of July to pay all locked up funds due them or face their wrath. In March this year, the Deputy Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Paul Ababio, told Citi Business News investors of the…
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NBSSI urges MSMEs to take advantage of opportunities presented by COVID-19
Following the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on businesses, government has taken several steps to cushion businesses and individuals. Aside from large scale businesses, some stimulus packages have been set aside for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Apart from the GHS 1 Billion Coronavirus Alleviation Program (CAP), Business Support Scheme launched by President…
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Accra: COVID-19 induced restrictions slow down business for Printing firms
It is no longer a debate that several businesses in various sectors of the global economy have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Restrictions on the movement of people and public gatherings have literally rendered some business activities ineffective, and printing firms are among them. A visit by Citi Business News shows that Accra New…
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PIAC urges Parliament to restrict GNPC’s spending on CSR
The Public Interest Accountability Committee, PIAC, has reiterated its call on Parliament to put some restrictions on the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation’s budget allocated to Corporate Social Investments. At the launch of the 2019 annual PIAC report, Chairman of PIAC, Nobel Wadzah, among other things said GNPC has for the past ten years not raked…
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BoG clean up responsible for banks’ resilience to COVID-19 shocks – Consultant
A banking consultant, Nana Otuo Acheampong has said the financial sector cleanup carried out by the Bank of Ghana, is responsible for the resilience of banks amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. A new report by the Bank of Ghana has established that even though banks have been resilient to shocks amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the same…
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NBSSI extends application deadline for GHS1bn SMEs stimulus package
Small and Medium Scale Enterprises hoping to benefit from government’s GHS1 billion stimulus package, have one more one week to put in their applications. The National Board for Small Scale Industries, NBSSI, has extended the deadline for applications for the GHS1 billion Coronavirus Alleviation Programme Business Support Scheme by six more days. The package is…