GCB Bank PLC has intensified efforts to cement its role as Ghana’s premier facilitator of cross-border trade, leveraging strategic partnerships with Afreximbank, the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), and the Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) to prepare local exporters for opportunities under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The Bank’sContinue Reading
Stanbic Bank Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to innovation and inclusion with the launch of the 2025 Women in STEM (WiSTEM) Bootcamp at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). The five-day residential programme, themed “STEM Without Limit: Empowering and Inspiring Girls Who Change the Game,” brings togetherContinue Reading
Platinum Impex, the company behind Sigma Appliances, has launched its first-ever Platinum Dealers Day in Accra, unveiling a new line of products, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative, and a loyalty programme for its authorised dealers. The event, held on Friday, September 19, 2025, was themed “Powering Growth Together” andContinue Reading
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has reinforced its commitment to sustainability with a tree planting exercise and the launch of its ECO Club at Aggrey Road 2 Junior High School in Tema. The initiative, held alongside St. John Bosco R/C School, forms part of the Corporation’s flagship ECO MotionContinue Reading
A survey has revealed that Ghana welcomed a total of 901,448 international visitors who spent an estimated GH¢15.42 billion between October 2022 and September 2023. The figures, released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) in its first-ever Ghana International Travellers’ Survey (GITS), provide a baseline to measure the economic impactContinue Reading
Private sector players have been urged to embrace innovation-driven technologies as a critical pathway to accelerate industrialisation and position Ghana as a globally competitive manufacturing hub. The call was made at the 2025 Ghana Industries & Manufacturing Awards (GIMA), which recognised more than 21 individuals and companies for their contributionsContinue Reading
A new partnership is transforming the way traders and tailors in Kantamanto Market work, replacing polluting generators with clean, reliable energy to drive the growing upcycling movement. The Revival Earth, a local non-profit that trains young people to turn textile waste into new products, has joined forces with Kofa, Africa’sContinue Reading
There is always a cue when assessing the performance of an economy. Bernard Otabil explains In this column’s Saturday, August 9, edition, I attempted to explain monetary policy under the headline, Monetary Policy- Plain and Simple Facts. In that edition, I used the 125th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of theContinue Reading
A Kumasi-based second-hand goods dealer, James Dadzie, has emerged as the grand prize winner of a brand-new Hyundai Creta in the 13th edition of Telecel Ghana’s Dream Car Promo The presentation ceremony, held at Kasoa New Market on Thursday, drew a large crowd of onlookers who joined in celebrating theContinue Reading
The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has inaugurated the Fourth Portland Cement Monitoring Committee (PCMC IV) with a call on members to safeguard the integrity of Ghana’s cement industry and ensure strict compliance with regulatory standards. Speaking at the ceremony in Accra on Thursday, September 18, 2025,Continue Reading
