407 The Executive Chairman of the KGL Group, and Board Chairman of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Alex Apau Dadey has been awarded the Group CEO of the Year for Conglomerate Business at the 7th Ghana CEO Summit and Excellence Awards. The event, which took place at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra, saw KGL […]
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Alex Apau Dadey, KGL SWEEP Group CEO for Conglomerate Business & Diaspora Business of the Year 2023
371 Executive Chairman of the KGL Group, and Board Chairman of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, Mr. Alex Apau Dadey picked up two awards, The Group CEO of the Year for Conglomerate Business and the Diaspora Business of the Year at the 7th CEO Summit held at Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast City in Accra on […]
Scancom PLC To Hold 5TH AGM Virtually On May 30TH
327 Scancom PLC (MTN Ghana) will hold its fifth Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually on Tuesday 30th May 2023. The virtual meeting will be streamed live from the Company’s Head Office at MTN House, Independence Avenue from 11AM GMT. The agenda for the AGM will be the following: Ordinary Business • Receive and consider the […]
Mobile money transactions hit ¢550.4bn in four months of 2023
1,051 Total mobile money transactions for the first four months of 2023 surpassed ¢550 billion, about 66.2% year-on-year growth, data from the Bank of Ghana has revealed. This is compared with ¢331.2 billion recorded during the same period in 2022. If the trend continues, the total mobile money transactions for this year will once again […]
$600m IMF cash credited to BoG account
338 The first tranche of the $3 billion International Monetary Fund Extended Credit Facility (ECF) has been credited to the Bank of Ghana’s account. Joy Business has learnt that the $600 million inflow arrived late afternoon of Friday, May 19, 2023. Joy Business had earlier reported that the IMF Board will approve the “cash disbursement” […]
MTN Ghana Celebrates Over 500 Customers On Mother’s Day
369 MTN Ghana gave a special treat to over 500 women across the country as part of activities to mark this year’s Mother’s Day celebrations. A number of mothers were treated to the MTN Movie Mania experience at the Golden Eagle Cinema in Kumasi. Other mothers received gift items such as electronic vouchers from Max […]
Sinapi Aba Savings And Loans Wins Innovation Hero Award
511 Temenos announced its 2023 Client Awards Winners at the Temenos Community Forum (TCF) in Vienna, celebrating the global pioneers, innovators, and visionaries in banking. Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans was awarded the covetous Innovation Hero Award, only the second time since its inception. This award is in respect of the Financial Institution’s innovative Digital […]
Electricity and gas tariffs up by 18.36% – PURC announces
539 The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced an 18.36% increase in electricity and natural gas tariffs for all consumer groups following its review of the second quarter of 2023. This decision was made in order to prevent prolonged power outages and the associated negative impacts on employment and livelihoods, while also trying to […]
UBA dragged to court over $80,565
603 A Kumasi business man, Osei Kwabena, operating Osei Kwabena Trading Enterprise has hauled the United Bank for Ghana to the High court (Commercial Division) over $80,565. With UBA, the first defendant, is one Prince Effah, a former UBA Branch manager, as second defendant. The plaintiff claims, second defendant fraudulently appropriated $80,565 as an employee […]
GIHOC staff demonstrate over delay in salaries, demand the removal of MD
547 Some employees of GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited on Tuesday held a protest at the premises of the company for an improvement in their conditions of service. The employees, clad in red, were agitated by what they said was a delay in payment of their salaries and other entitlements. These entitlements, they claimed, included months-long […]