Author: Nerteley Nettey
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Guinness Ghana unveils new brand identity with redesigned logo
Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC, the leading total beverage business in Ghana, has unveiled its new corporate identity with a refreshed and redesigned logo. This change comes at a time when the company is evolving and marking 60 years of operations in Ghana. The unveiling of this refreshed logo is one of the many activities to…
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Atronie farmers appeal for better roads to boost carting of produce
Cocoa farmers in the Atronie Electoral Area in the Sunyani East Municipality of the Bono Region are calling on the Municipal Assembly to reshape their feeder roads to enable them cart their produce to the Atronie town to sell. Citi Business News checks in the area show that roads leading to cocoa-growing communities within the…
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3rd GMA Webinar Series to focus on Digital Transformation in Retail Industry
Global Media Alliance (GMA) is set to organise the third edition of the GMA Webinar Series to discuss the digital transformation practices in the retail industry in the wake of Covid-19. The Series by the market leader in Integrated Marketing Communications follows two successful editions. The webinar will be held on August 25, at 10…
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Government of Ghana hands over AfCFTA building to AU Commission
Trading activities amongst African countries are expected to begin in January 2021 following the official commissioning and handing over of the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area in Accra today. The agreement was scheduled to be operational in June 2020 but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Addressing the media during the…
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Akufo-Addo to hand over AfCFTA building to AU Commission today
President Nana Akufo-Addo will today, Monday, August 17, 2020, commission and hand over the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Building to the African Union Commission (AUC) in Accra. The Secretariat will administer the free trade agreement for creating a single market across 55 countries with a combined population of 1.2 billion and a…
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Monitoring system needed to curb destruction of cocoa trees – Farmers association demands
The Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana has called on the government to put in place a monitoring system to check the destruction of cocoa trees in the country. According to the association, though the government gives farmers over 60 million seedlings annually, there is no monitoring system to track the number of seedlings that the…
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Akufo-Addo to hand over AfCFTA Secretariat building to AU Commission on Monday
President Nana Akufo-Addo will, on Monday, August 17, 2020, commission and hand over the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat Building to the African Union Commission (AUC) in Accra. The Secretariat, will administer the free trade agreement for creating a single market across 55 countries with a combined population of 1.2 billion and a…
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MTN declares final dividend for 2019 at second annual general meeting
MTN Ghana has announced the payment of a final dividend of GH¢ 0.04 per share to its shareholders. The announcement was made at its second annual general meeting held on August 13, 2020, for the 2019 financial year. According to MTN, the dividend will be transferred electronically to the bank accounts or Mobile Money wallets…
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Government must account for unutilised ABFA allocations – CSPOG
The Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (CSPOG) is calling on government and the Ministry of Finance to account for a GH₵1. 5 billion unutilised funds in the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) for 2019. This follows a 2019 report by Public Interest and Accountability Committee, that, an amount of GH₵1.5 billion out of…
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Sustained commitment needed to fight illicit financial flows – Group urges
Policy analyst with the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), Dr. Steve Manteaw, has stated that Ghana’s quest to fight illicit financial flows within the extractive sector can be fast-tracked with firm commitment from the media and competent authorities within the sector. His call comes as government prepares to fully establish the Beneficial Ownership Register by…