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BoG facilitates training for banks to support SMEs in agriculture
Banks and other financial institutions in the country will soon be trained with the requisite practical knowledge and skills needed to enable them increase financial access to agriculture and agribusiness organizations. The program, spearheaded by the Ghana Incentive-based Risk System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) with assistance from the National Banking College will also build the…
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Parliament urgently needs to take a decision on Tax Exemptions Bill – Tax expert
A Tax Expert and a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Abeiku Gyan-Quansah, has called on Parliament to take a decision on the Tax Exemptions Bill, which was brought before the house last year. Mr. Gyan-Quansah, speaking at a forum organized in Accra by Graphic Business and Stanbic Bank, said there is a lack of urgency in the…
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Food prices have reduced; but we must stabilize it – Esoko
Esoko Ghana, a provider of digital solutions and services for agriculture and data collection, has charged government to do more to stabilize the prices of food and other commodities on the market by boosting production. The comment follows President Akufo-Addo’s remark that the Planting for Food and Jobs policy has helped to reduce the prices…
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Aker Energy to procure FPSO from Yinson Ghana
Aker has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Yinson Holdings Berhad to award a bare-boat charter and an operations and maintenance contract for a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel at the Pecan field, offshore Ghana. “We are continuing with our preparations for the Pecan project and awarding an LOI for the…
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Aviation workers angry with gov’t for encroaching on lands needed for air safety
The Professional Workers’ Union of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, is demanding an end to what it calls unlawful encroachment of the Authority’s lands. The workers say lands demarcated for aviation safety purposes are being taken over by the government which they fear could jeopardize safety at the country’s International Airport. In an interview…
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EOCO freezes assets of defunct Ideal Finance boss, Nii Kotei Dzani
The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), has frozen the assets of Nii Kotei Dzani, a Member of the Council of State and founder and Director of defunct Ideal Finance. According to Citi Business News sources, the action is to among other things intended to find ways to retrieve funds from him to pay back customers whose…
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GSE hopeful of a boost in listing after integration of West African Stock Exchanges
The Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) Ekow Afedzie says the final phase of the integration of three key stock exchanges across the West Africa sub-region to facilitate cross-border listing and trading will take off this year. Speaking at a news conference organised by the local bourse, Mr. Afedzie said the process is…
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Bauxite mining: Gov’t to settle on key investors by close of 2020
The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), will by close of this year, enter into joint venture partnership with investors for the mining of the country’s bauxite reserves, President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed. Speaking at the 2020 State of the Nation Address in Parliament, the President said the move is part of government’s plans to…
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Youth in agribusiness: RMG Ghana’s reality show on farming to whip up interest
As part of efforts to encourage Ghana’s youth, especially graduates to take agriculture seriously, RMG Ghana, one of Ghana’s leading supplier of agro inputs to the Ghanaian economy, is set to launch a reality show on farming. The show, which will be aired on Ghana’s fastest growing television network, Citi TV, will provide an opportunity for…
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AfCFTA implementation: Technical working groups inaugurated to work on Ghana’s Action Plan
In order to fast-track trade within the African continent, and ensure that Ghana derives maximum benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area, ACFTA, the Trade and Industry Ministry, has constituted technical working groups to work on a seven cluster initiative. The Minister, Alan Kyerematen, who inaugurated the groups, says the move is to ensure…