Articles from the ‘Business’ category
Posted by admin on March 20, 2010 at 8:53 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
GNA – Ms Bertha Ansah-Djan, Chief Executive Officer of Micro Finance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), says the corporate entity is creating business opportunities to link producers with buyers to sustain the support given to entrepreneurs.
“We are linking producers with buyers so that a farmer looking for chop bar or [...]
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Posted by admin on March 19, 2010 at 1:33 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
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The European Union (EU) has decided to provide financial support to the tune of 190 million euros to 10 ACP banana-producing countries, three of which are in Africa — Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon.
In a statement made available to the press Thursday in Brussels the EU indicated that the decision was taken following the agreement [...]
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Posted by admin on at 1:33 pm in Business, Other Business Stories
Government has secured ninety-five million dollars to implement the pilot phase of the Urban Bus Transit Project in Accra. The road linking the Central Business District of Accra through Kaneshie-Mallam-Kasoa has been selected for the pilot programme.
The Bus Transit Project is a public transportation system expected to replace the tro-tro and private [...]
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Posted by admin on at 1:31 pm in Business, Other Business Stories
(From: George-Ramsey Benamba, GNA Special Correspondent in New Delhi, India)
GNA – Gas Authority India Limited (GAIL), a
gas producing firm and its subsidiary Companies in India on Wednesday
expressed their interest in establishing a ferilizer factory in Ghana
to serve farmers within and outside Ghana.
The factory would be sited at Shama in the Western Region [...]
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Posted by admin on March 18, 2010 at 12:33 pm in Business, Other Top Stories
South Africa’s oldest and most prestigious business school helps underprivileged students get ahead and teaches entrepreneurship for a continent in transition
By Ellen Groves
Tinashe Chinyanga
Tinashe Chinyanga describes his childhood in Zimbabwe as fairly standard, working in the fields every morning before walking to school in a nearby village. But the rest of his education has been [...]
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Posted by admin on at 12:02 pm in Business, Other Business Stories
GNA – A cross section of Indians the Ghana News Agency (GNA) interviewed in New Delhi and Haryana cities see Ghana as a country of soccer legends and great politicians. They said that had propelled Ghana to greater heights in the World map. Speaking to highly educated Indians [...]
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Posted by admin on at 11:27 am in Business, Mining
GNA – The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ellembelle, Mr Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has urged the management of Adamus Resources Limited, a gold prospecting company operating in the District, to ensure environmental safety by observing the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) standards and other rules governing mining activities. This, he said, would [...]
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Posted by admin on March 17, 2010 at 2:55 pm in Business, Financial Institutions
World Bank Country Director, Mr Ishac Diwan
World Bank Country Director, Mr Ishac Diwan has called for the collective efforts of bankers, financial market participants, regulators, central bankers and government officials, to enable Ghana become a dynamic financial centre and a regional hub within the sub region. Speaking [...]
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