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GUBA have announced a three-year partnership with Ghana’s leading licensed cocoa buying company, ECOM Ghana to support GUBA’s annual awards as well as the GUBA Careers initiative. The partnership will further increase awareness of the importance of ECOM Ghana cocoa and other commodity exports from Ghana to the United Kingdom. GUBA will be working with …

Voltic Ghana, a subsidiary Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), has built a new US$6.5 million plant at Akwadum in the Nsawam/Adoagyiri municipality, bringing its total investment in the country over the last five years, to US$26 million. The plant has the capacity to produce 24,000 bottles of purified natural water every …

AirtelTigo has congratulated the Bank of Ghana, the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems Limited (GhIPSS) and all stakeholders on the implementation of Mobile Money Interoperability. “We welcome this giant step which will help our customers and all Ghanaians to enjoy increased convenience to send and receive money from one …

The Programmes Manager of Friends of the Earth, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Mr. Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah has entreated stakeholders in the fishing industry to make adequate inputs into the Fisheries Amendment Act to enable fishers operate in a harmonious environment. He said there were a host of issues which were …

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has assured Ghanaians that registering for a Tax Payer’s Identification Number (TIN) does not mean paying taxes instantly. Mr Paul Kwame Darko, Chief Revenue Officer, Tema Medium Tax Office of the GRA, said Ghanaians were expected to pay taxes only after earning an income. Mr …

A new fertilizer, that comes with nutrients for regenerating aged cocoa farms has been introduced to farmers. It has been branded “Cocoa Nti” and meant to help significantly boost crop yield and returns. The fertilizer, a product of Agricultural Manufacturing Group (AMG), is reported to have the added advantage of …

The Emirates Group has announced its 30th consecutive year of profit and steady business expansion. Released on Wednesday May 9, 2018 in its 2017-18 Annual Report, the Emirates Group posted a profit of AED 4.1 billion (US$ 1.1 billion) for the financial year ended 31 March 2018, up 67% from …

Societe Generale recorded a block trade to close session of trading, as price movements were registered across banking, insurance and petroleum sectors on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). The indices however trended downwards with the benchmark GSE-Composite Index slipping by 0.2 per cent to close at 3,479.9 points, Nordea Capital …

The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has engaged Stakeholders in the Fishery sector to brief them on the revised National Fish Standards and to discuss issues affecting the sector. The stakeholders comprising vessel operators and land establishments operators discussed how they could help implement the relevant quality and safety standards in …

Ghana and China are working to establish a $60million Cocoa Processing Factory as part of plans to increase local processing of cocoa and boost consumption, Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, said on Wednesday. Speaking ahead of a meeting with a team from China, Mr Aidoo …