BY: Dotsey Koblah Aklorbortu, CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA
Managers of the country’s upstream oil and gas sector are set to make a strong case for Ghana at the ongoing Africa Oil Week (AOW) in Cape Town, South Africa few weeks after the launch of the first licensing round.
The former president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana, Prof Kwame Boasiako Omane-Antwi has charged accounting professionals to have the fear of God in them in order to be able to live up to the ethics of the profession.
A former Managing Director of Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL), Mr Yaw Agyemang-Duah, has described the selection of the local downstream petroleum company to partner ExxonMobil to undertake full-scale exploration of oil in Ghana’s West Cape Three Points in the Western Region, as one of the best decisions to be taken by the government.
One-and-a-half-year-old baby girl, Davina Parker, has emerged the overall winner of the maiden edition of Cussons Baby Moments Competition held at the at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Accra.
The Quality Bus System (QBS), popularly known as Aayalolo, has halted operations for almost a week as a result of what officials described as technical hitches.
Root Capital, an impacting financing institution with the focus on supporting agric value chain in farming, has collaborated with MasterCard Foundation and Kuapa Kokoo to provide financial literacy training for about 40 farm leaders to take farming as a business.
The Africa and Middle East President of Airbus, a commercial aircraft manufacturer, Mr Mikail Hourari, has lauded the aerospace industry as a major enabler for growth and development in Africa.
Barely a month after the introduction of the Cargo Tracking Note (CTN), three port business operators say they are yet to feel the impact of the implementation of the new policy.
The 3rd annual Local Content Conference and Exhibition by the Petroleum Commission for Ghana’s upstream oil and gas industry will hold from November 28 to 30 in the twin-city of Sekondi/Takoradi.
The second Protocol Conference, which is aimed at educating stakeholders in the private and public sectors on the official procedures governing the organisation of events, has been scheduled for November 13-14, this year.
The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has acquired a 120-tonne-per-hour boiler to assist in the production of steam for onward conversion into electricity for the operations of the refinery.
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has been adjudged the Industry Leadership award winner at the maiden edition of the just-ended Ghana Business Awards.
In spite of the decline in its profits for the year ending 2017, owing to the increase in corporate tax, the Atwima Kwanwoma Rural Limited (AKRBL) has increased dividends paid to its shareholders by 8.95 per cent.
A Businessman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PS Global Limited, Mr Patrick Ebo Bonful, has taken office as president of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), with a pledge to help resolve challenges facing real estate developers in the country.
A Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr Sagre Bambangi, said the infestation of the fall armyworm (FAW) mainly on maize crops in the country last year, was a wake-up call for the country to be pre-emptive and to prevent such outbreaks.
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has started a debate on the use of oil revenues and the integrity of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act, 2011 (Act 815) (PRMA).
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has directed all forex bureau operators in the country to demand for a valid national identification of customers before engaging in any forex transaction.
