African Banker magazine has announced the shortlist of nominees for this year’s edition of the African Banker Awards. The African Banker Awards are a landmark annual event for African banking and a part of the official programme of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual Meetings. The theme of the overall AfDB Annual Meetings this year […]
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Ghana: Allocate Portions of Your Profit for Mortgage Finance … Prof. Ocquaye Appeals to Banks
The Bank of Ghana and Ministry of Finance should instruct banks to allocate portions of their profits for mortgage finance, former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye, has said. The move, he said, would help reduce the housing deficit in the country. The 2021 Housing and Population Census puts the country’s housing deficit at […]
Caleb varsity plans capacity development for secondary school students
The Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, has planned to educate secondary school students in its forthcoming National Intellectual Development Programme 2022. The NIDP is strategically designed to engage 2,000 Senior Secondary two and three students from 100 secondary schools drawn from the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria through career talk and debate competition. A statement signed […]
FanMilk PLC rewards 86 trade partners in ‘Akyede kese promo’
Fan Milk PLC (Fan Milk) has rewarded 86 trade partners for their contribution to business growth in the “Akyede kese promo.” Last year, the promo was launched to motivate trade partners to sell more whilst investing in their business. Two rounds of the Promo were executed last year and rewarded 486 trade partners. This round […]
Galamsey threatens cocoa production – 19,000Ha of farmland affected
Flashback: A cocoa farm destroyed as a result of galamsey activities The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has expressed grave concern over the alarming rate at which cocoa farms are being destroyed by illegal mining, also called galamsey, across the country. The Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, said in a presentation available […]
Politics has taught me lessons not regrets – George Andah
A former Deputy Communications Minister, George Andah, says he has not regretted transitioning from the corporate world into active partisan politics. According to him, the experience has given him the opportunity to grow his career although he is yet to master the art of convincing people to believe in his political ideology. He noted that […]
Zacapa Resources Announces Results from Induced Polarization Geophysical Survey at South Bullfrog, Nevada
VANCOUVER, BC, April 27, 2022 /CNW/ – Zacapa Resources Ltd. (TSXV: ZACA) (OTCQB: ZACAF) (DE: BH0) is pleased to announce the results of its 21.9 line-km induced polarization (IP) geophysical survey at its 100% owned South Bullfrog gold project in the center of the Beatty District, in the heart of the Walker Lane Trend, Nevada. […]
Ghana: COCOBOD Gh¢271.3m Financial Loss Case – 5 Subpoenaed to Testify
Five persons have been subpoenaed by the Accra High Court to give evidence in the ongoing trial of former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana COCOBOD, Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, accused of causing financial loss to the state in a fertiliser deal. The court, presided over by Justice Clement Honyenugah, a Supreme Court (SC) judge […]
NIA shuts special registration points
1 HOUR AGO LISTEN The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it will close its special registration points tomorrow Friday April 29, 2022. In a statement signed by the Acting Head of Corporate Affairs, Dr. Abudu Abdul-Ganiyu, noted that these registration points comprise the Accra Sports Stadium, Kumasi Sports Stadium, Tamale Sports Stadium, Ho Sports Stadium, […]
Internal resource deployment key to eliminating malaria – Adansi North Health Director
The Adansi North District Health Director, Isaac Odame Awuku, has urged stakeholders involved in the fight against malaria to put in place strategies that will help in living beyond global support by focusing on internally generated resources. Speaking at a durbar in Dompoase in the Adansi North District in the Ashanti Region to mark this […]