BUSINESS

Members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants have been urged to take an active role in Ghana’s Public Finance Administration to ensure accountability and a better management of public finances. A Fellow in Public Financial Management and Corporate Governance with the Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) Dr Valentine Mensah made the call during a zoom presentation organized by the Accra ...

Qatar Airways has announced it will operate four weekly flights to Accra, Ghana via Lagos from September 29, becoming the fourth new destination launched by the national carrier of the State of Qatar since the start of the pandemic. The Accra service will be operated by the airline’s state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner featuring 22 seats in Business Class and 232 ...

The CEO of Naaviq Company Limited, Victoria Naashika Quaye, has made history once again for winning the Social Entrepreneur category at the 40 Under 40 Awards for the second time in a row. The enterprising young CEO has been at the forefront in water treatment and philanthropy works in Ghana over the years. Speaking after picking the award at the 2020 edition ...

Mrs Jemima Oware, the Registrar-General, on Monday, inaugurated the Bono Regional Office of the Registrar-General’s Department to make services accessible for prospective clients. The Bono Regional office would undertake the registration of companies, industrial properties and marriages. At a short ceremony in Sunyani, Mrs Oware indicated the Department’s commitment to decentralise its operations across the country. Currently, the Department, she ...

Following in the footsteps of its competitors, carmakers Mitsubishi and Suzuki are planning to establish assembly plants in the country, CFAO Motors Ghana, local distributor of the two vehicle brands, has said. “Our group is working on that; obviously by the start of 2021 we will be present as an assembly plant [in the local market] also,” Managing Director Paulo ...

Jobberman Ghana has a new CEO, Kwaku Agbesi. His appointment takes effect from September 1, 2020. Kwaku brings to the team combined experiences from Google, General Electric and Apple in sales and marketing, as well as holistic management skills, which makes him the absolute frontrunner for this position and a huge addition to the team. With Kwaku’s appointment, Jobberman Ghana ...

Government has released an amount of GHC3.5 billion to pay depositors of banks and microfinance which were collapsed. The payment will begin tomorrow Wednesday, September 16, 2020. “Notice is hereby given that with effect from Wednesday 16 September 2020, affected depositors may contact any branch of Consolidated Bank Ghana Ltd (“CBG”) the paying bank to access their newly created Cash ...

People’s Pension Trust, an award-winning corporate trustee have today launched iCARE Pension, an innovative feature of the PPT Personal Pension Scheme in commemoration of Pension Awareness Day. iCARE Pension will allow anyone to easily set up and contribute to the pension of someone they care about-such as a family member, a domestic worker, a taxi driver or even the neighbourhood ...

The Ministry of Finance has described as unfortunate the recent downgrade of Ghana’s credit rating from B to B-negative by the international ratings agency, S&P Global. It said in a press release issued yesterday that while it recognised that the downgrade was widespread — affecting other countries worldwide — it found it disturbing that rating agencies would choose that path ...

President  Akufo-Addo has pledged to do whatever is necessary to strengthen the already-strong relations between Ghana and the Federal Republic of Nigeria. According to President Akufo-Addo, it is important for the progress of West Africa and, indeed, Africa, that Ghana and Nigeria are seen to be working together, and has assured that the two countries will continue down that path. ...