Articles from the ‘Other Business Stories’ category

Unilever unperturbed with influx of fake products

Posted by on November 14, 2011 at 7:26 pm in Business, Other Business Stories

Managing Director of Unilever West Africa, Mr. David MureithiOne of Ghana’s biggest manufacturers, Unilever, has stated the company has survived the infiltration of imitated versions of some of its products on the Ghanaian market. Unilever, which is the largest producer of consumer products in the country believes the company’s performance in Ghana is currently ahead [...]

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Blue Sphere Announces MoU With STMA

Posted by on November 9, 2011 at 3:11 pm in Business, Other Business Stories

Blue Sphere Corp.a company in the Cleantech sector as an emission reduction and renewable energy project integrator, is pleased to announce that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly to reduce emissions at the Sofokrom sanitary landfill in Takoradi, Ghana. The Project will comprise the installation of a gas collection [...]

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Airtel customers to enjoy banking services via Airtel Money

Posted by on October 20, 2011 at 12:52 pm in Business, Other Business Stories

From: Ghana/Myjoyonline.com/Dorcas Efe Mensah Airtel Ghana is to introduce its e-commerce service that will allow customers to use their mobile phones as mobile wallets. Dubbed Airtel Money, the service has enhanced features that will not only aid customers to make payments and transfer funds but to have access to services available only in banks. With [...]

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Telcos complain of overburdening

Posted by on October 18, 2011 at 11:33 am in Business, Other Business Stories

From: Ghana l B&FT The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Kwaku Sakyi-Addo, has called for a change in regulatory and policy direction to save the telecom industry from contracting in the face of deliberate attempts to milk telecom operators. Mr. Sakyi-Addo, who heads an outfit set up recently by the telecoms [...]

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Ghana BlackBerry users demand compensation for service disruption

Posted by on October 17, 2011 at 1:22 pm in Business, Other Business Stories

Some BlackBerry users in Ghana are demanding compensation from local operators following a break in service last week. According to them, telecom providers must compensate them for the exact number of days their services were disrupted. Users of the service on the various networks in the country experienced an outage for days last week. The [...]

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Organic Potash Corporation Announces the Appointment of Mr. Jayson Schwarz to its Board of Directors

Posted by on October 13, 2011 at 11:48 am in Business, Other Business Stories

(MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Organic Potash Corporation (cnsx:GOP) (“OPC” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jayson Schwarz LL.M. to its Board of Directors. Mr. Schwarz was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1978 and received his Masters in Business Law from Osgoode Hall Law School, he practices law in [...]

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Sony to buy Ericsson out of Sony-Ericsson

Posted by on October 10, 2011 at 12:04 pm in Business, Other Business Stories

From: Samuel Nii Narku Dowuona/Adom News/Ghana Sony is reportedly close to buying Ericsson out of their long-running mobile phone joint-venture, Sony Ericsson. The US-based Wall Street Journal cited insiders on the deal, saying talks were still ongoing and could break up at any time, adding that negotiations between the two companies to unwind the venture [...]

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Seminar on organic farming potential and fair trade held

Posted by on at 11:56 am in Business, Other Business Stories

The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and the Federation of German Industries (BDI), have held a day’s information seminar to raise the awareness of Ghanaian agro-producers on organic and fair trade markets in Europe and the US. The seminar on the theme: “Organic Agriculture and Fair Trade: Market Prospects and Standards,” also seeks to provide [...]

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