BUSINESS

Menzgold Wins ‘Business Quality in Gold’ award

Menzgold Ghana Limited has won another highly prestigious award from the Ghana Business Quality Awards—for the company’s excellence. Menzgold won the ‘Business Quality in Gold Assaying & Monumental Coins Industry Award’ at the 5th Ghana Business Quality Award which was held yesterday, Saturday, August 26 at the Banquet Hall, State House. The Ghana Business Quality Award is an initiative of ...

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5 companies suspended by GSE; risk being delisted

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has announced that five companies having been suspended from trading in shares effective from Monday, August 28, 2017. The affected companies are African Champion Industry Limited (ACI), Clydestone (Ghana) Limited (CLYD), Golden Web Limited (GWEB), Pioneer Kitchenware Limited (PKL) and Transaction Solutions Limited (TRANSOL). According to a statement by the GSE, “these companies have failed ...

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Nduom wins Best Central region Business Icon 2016

Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana (EFG) has bestowed on President and Chairman of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, the Best Central Region Business Icon Award, 2016. A statement, signed by the Corporate Affairs Manager of GN, Mr. Richmond Duke Keelson, and issued to the media yesterday in Accra said “Dr. Nduom will, therefore, be honoured at this year’s Ghana ...

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STC to recruit 100 young ladies as ‘cabin crew’

State Transport Company (STC) is set to recruit 100 young ladies as cabin crew, Chief Executive of the firm Nana Akomea has said. The move is part of numerous marketing efforts being undertaken by the new management to make the company competitive and attractive to travelers. “The “cabin crew” service which will transform passenger service in Ghana is set to ...

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Paperless port: Akufo-Addo lauded for ‘bold initiative’

President Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration has been commended for facilitating the upcoming paperless port system that has been in the pipeline since 2012. Project Development Manager of the Ghana Community Network Services (GCNet), Carl Sackey, said although the September 1, 2017, dateline for the implementation of the initiative is just hitting public knowledge, ground works started a long time ago. Mr. ...

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Address banking sector challenges – Akufo-Addo to BoG

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged authorities of the Bank of Ghana to employ all creative means to address challenges confronting the nation’s banking sector. “The need to entrench reputation and credibility in the financial system is crucial. A weak banking system undermines growth, and, on this basis, the current weaknesses in our banking sector need to be addressed ...

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Takeover of UT, Capital banks laudable – DI

The Danquah Institute, a research and policy analysis centre, has commended the Bank of Ghana over its decision to revoke the licenses of UT and Capital Banks. The two banks have since been swallowed by GCB Bank due to their impaired financial status. “The intervention of the Bank of Ghana that allows the GCB Bank to take over the UT ...

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BoG to punish banks over govt cash transfer

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has served notice that it will be taking punitive actions against some commercial banks in the country for deliberately delaying the process of transferring government funds into the treasury single account. According to Starr Business checks, most banks are not complying with the directive to transfer about GH₵5 billion of government funds to the single ...

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Capital Bank rot exposed

An internal report of a probe into how Third Party Funds (TPF) were used by the Capital Bank shareholders has revealed massive individual and corporate liabilities running into million of cedis. The report, which also looked at the segregation of liabilities of persons and/or individuals of the company, showed that even in 2014, the entire shareholders’ liabilities were hovering around ...

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University of Ghana Steps for Online Registration – 2017/2018 Freshmen & Continuing Students

Note that you will need your UG Student ID Number and UG 5-digit PIN for Online Registration. If you do not have them, please follow the instructions on the website to access your provisional admission letter which contains the required information.   GHANAIAN STUDENTS Step 1: Residential Application Online Follow these steps only if you require residence on campus. If not, proceed to Step ...

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