September 2011

Ghanaian company, EB-Accion Savings & Loans Company, has been adjudged the best “Microfinance Institution/Project of the Year” at the 2011 African Banker Awards which was held September 23, 2011 in Washington DC. EB-Accion was the only…

The US Embassy in Accra will launch the 2013 Diversity Visa Lottery Monday October 3, 2011. The Embassy in an email to ghanabusinessnews.com says the launch will be done at a press conference at the Embassy premises conference to inform…

As Africa’s democracy gradually evolves, the arguments are whether Africa should concentrate on creating prosperity first and then grow its democracy later or build up its democracy first and then use it to develop its prosperity. This…

It was all about buoyancy when human rights activists including journalists and civil society organisations, prompted government about the essence of the Right to Information Bill (RTI), to boost the national fervour to facilitate probity…

Ms Joyce Rosalind Aryee has retired as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Chamber of Mines (GCM). Ms. Aryee has served as CEO of the chamber for ten years. An official at GCM told ghanabusinessnews.com on telephone today…

Vice President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to banking institutions to extend their operations into rural areas as a way of complementing the government's efforts in rural development. He said their concentration in the towns and…

A Chinese construction firm working on a road project at Akatsi in the Volta Region, China Jiang International Construction Company, has been ordered to suspend operations with immediate effect. This follows the failure of the company to…

A consortium of local banks, led by the National Investment Bank (NIB), has reached an agreement with the government to pre-finance the disbursement of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) to metropolitan, municipal and district…

President John Evans Atta Mills has criticised the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) for failing to provide data needed for policy formulation and implementation.…

Members of the Ghana National Association of Traditional Healers have been advised to stop administering herbal concoctions on pregnant women due to its negative effects on their health. It has come to the notice of medical doctors at…