Business

1,305Bizline Incubation Hub in collaboration with NEIP Hubs Grant Programme, has launched a 6-Month Acceleration Programme in the Savannah Region, to give entrepreneurs of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) the opportunity to pitch their businesses for both technical and financial support. As part of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) Hubs Acceleration Grant Programme […]

1,443  Prices of diesel and Liquefied Petroleum Gas are expected to fall marginally in the first two weeks of July 2023. According to the Institute for Energy Security (IES), this is due to the various changes in the price of the commodities on the international fuel market which will reflect positively in the local market. […]

1,422  The vice President of the Ghana Butchers Association and also Ashanti regional chief butcher, Chief Ibrahim Wahab Tikuma has implored the government to upgrade Kumasi Abattoir to second-class status to help control the unemployment rate in the country. Chief Ibrahim Wahab Tikuma is confident that if the government takes necessary steps to make his […]

1,197  Following the Bank of Ghana’s one-month forex ban, First National Bank Ghana has announced temporary arrangements to serve its clients who require foreign exchange transactions. In an official statement, Head of Marketing and Corporate Affairs Delali Dzidzienyo confirmed that the bank has temporarily halted the processing of new or pending foreign exchange transactions but […]

1,370  MobileMoney Limited (MML/MTN Momo) has successfully achieved the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) Mobile Money certification. MML was robustly assessed against eight (8) principles made up of detailed criteria set by the GSMA between November 2022 and May 2023. These principles include Security of Systems, Data Privacy, Safeguarding of Funds, Quality of […]

1,560  Telecommunications giant MTN has in a broadcast said its outfit will increase mobile money withdrawal transaction fees to GHS20 for all amounts GHS2,000 and above effective July 1st. MTN Ghana In an SMS circular to customers, MTN MobileMoney Limited said, “Y’ello Valued Customer, kindly note that effective July 1, 2023, Cash out transactions below […]

1,252  MTN Ghana employee volunteers have trained over two thousand women entrepreneurs across the country with digital marketing skills as part of MTN Ghana’s 21 Days of Y’ello Care. The informal training was designed to educate the women on how they can connect their businesses to larger markets using smart phones and social media. MTN […]

1,256  Barring any unanticipated shocks, inflation is projected to gradually trend downwards but remain above the upper band of 8±2% until the end of 2025. According to the May 2023 Monetary Policy Report by the Bank of Ghana, risks to the inflation outlook are fairly tilted to the downside supported by the relative stability in […]

1,201  In partnership with Ghana Library Authority(GhLA), the Vodafone Ghana Foundation has commissioned a state-of-the-art Information and Communications Technology center at the Ashanti library in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ashanti region.   As part of the company’s  corporate social responsibility((CSR), Vodafone Ghana Foundation at the handing over ceremony of an ICT hub on the 15th June, […]

1,681  Prices of petrol and diesel are expected to go up from Friday June 16, 2023.Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pricing, on the other hand, is anticipated to stay same. This will be the first time in a row since the beginning of June 2023, when the price of gasoline and diesel increased. The Chamber for […]