Category: General
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Help COCOBOD develop a robust risk management system – IAA Boss
A five-member Audit Committee has been inaugurated by the Director-General of the Internal Audit Agency (IAA), Dr. Eric Oduro Osae at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD). Dr. Oduro Osae charged the committee should help the organisation to develop a robust risk management policy to anticipate risks, ensure constant awareness of the organisation’s risk exposures and…
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Kwahu Summit to focus on Africa’s economic transformation under AfCFTA – APN
Stakeholders in the trade and industry sector are exploring ways by which the business community can connect to bigger players across the continent to expand through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. For this reason, the Africa Prosperity Network (APN) has introduced the Kwahu Summit to allow for African heads of state and…
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Intravenous Infusions PLC records 10% growth in profit in 2021
Local pharmaceutical giant, Intravenous Infusions PLC, has recorded an increase in revenue of 9.69 percent for the year ended December 31st, 2021. This comes as a much better performance compared to a reduction of 10.47 percent recorded in 2020. This growth in revenue, according to the company, resulted in profit before tax of GH¢1.43 million…
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Jobberman Ghana, TATC expand their services to include talent management
Unemployed youth in Ghana now have a better opportunity of not just finding jobs and growing their businesses, but harnessing their talents through learning and upskilling for their personal development. This is because Ghana’s leading online recruitment platform, Jobberman Ghana, and its mother company, The African Talent Company (TATC), have unveiled the ‘Unlocking the next…
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International Trade Center pledges support for the success of AfCFTA
The Executive Director of Geneva based International Trade Center (ITC), Pamela Coke-Hamilton, has pledged the center’s support for the success of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The African Continental Free Trade Area has come as the largest market in the world, with an estimated market of about three trillion dollars. This continent-wide pack…
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Africa needs multimodal transport system to strengthen trade in AfCFTA – Krapa
As stakeholders in various sectors of the economy are continuously being urged to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area, African countries are being urged to put in all efforts to increase logistics which will strengthen regional value chains in the continent-wide market. According to Deputy Trade Minister, Herbert Krapa, building a multimodel…
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Executive Chairman of Ghana Link picks two awards at maiden CEO Visionary Awards
Executive Chairman of Ghana Link Network Services Ltd (Ghana Link), Nick Danso Adjei has been awarded CEO of the Year (Trade Facilitation category) and Entrepreneur of the Year at the maiden edition of the Ghana CEO Vision, Exhibition and Awards Night held at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra. The awards are in recognition of Mr.…
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Telcos Chamber wants E-levy law reviewed to exclude salary payments via MoMo
Ahead of the highly anticipated implementation of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) from May 2022, the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has called for a review of portions of the law to exclude the 1.5% charge on payment of salaries made via mobile money. According to the chamber, per the current law, salaries that are paid…
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NGO calls for stakeholder engagement with fisherfolk ahead of 2022 closed season
The Environmental Justice Foundation is asking the government to adequately engage fisherfolk before implementing this year’s closed season. According to the non-governmental organisation, giving prior information to the fisherfolk will aid in their preparations to effectively observe the exercise. Charles Smith, the Communications Officer for the Foundation, told Citi Business News, “The fisherfolk should be…
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Business community urged to help bridge gap between demand and supply of Ghanaian chocolate
Participants at a meeting to discuss ways to promote Ghana’s cocoa and chocolate industry have unanimously agreed, that the surest way to bridge the current gap between demand and supply of Ghana’s chocolate and other cocoa products is intensified efforts for investment into cocoa value addition. The Ghana Tourism Authority, in collaboration with Ghana Cocoa…