The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI) has identified more than 100 commercially viable businesses profiled to kick-start the One District, One Factory (ODOF) policy of the government. The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Alan Kyerematen, who disclosed this in Accra yesterday, said after identifying the projects that qualified under the selection criteria, the … Read more
The Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Daniel Asiedu has pledged the Bank’s continued support to activities marking the country’s 60th Independence anniversary celebration. Mr. Asiedu who presented a cheque for GH¢100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis) to Mr. Ken Amankwah, Chairman of the Anniversary Planning Committee revealed that the donation was … Read more
The Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Daniel Asiedu, says the Bank will continue to support activities marking the country’s 60th Independence Anniversary Celebrations. Mr. Asiedu who presented a cheque for GH¢100,000 to Mr. Ken Amankwah, Chairman of the Anniversary Planning Committee, revealed that the donation was in response to calls on corporate … Read more
Internationally renowned money transfer service, WorldRemit, is preparing to take the Ghanaian money market by a storm. The company will launch its mobile app in Ghana in May. In an intimate meeting with some journalists in Accra, Vice President of Product at WorldRemit, Alice Newton-Rex, said that to make sure that the company gave its … Read more
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has donated assorted furniture to five departments of the College of Health and Allied Sciences of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to enhance teaching and learning at the College. The Health Information Management, Nutrition and Dietetics, Medical Diagnostics, Sports Science and Medical Imaging were furnished with assorted office chairs … Read more
Parliament Friday evening approved President Nana Akufo-Addo’s 10 nominees for regional minister portfolios following their vetting this past week. The nominees were approved by consensus. President Akufo-Addo is yet to name deputy ministers for the various ministerial portfolios. Find below profiles of the 10 regional ministers Archibald Yao Letsa is 59 years old and hails from … Read more
Government has begun informal talks with key financial institutions on how to reduce the cost of credit and make same available to the private sector to spur growth, Business Development Minister, Muhammed Ibrahim Awal, has told the B&FT in an interview. “We are engaging the banks. We have to sit down and work together with … Read more
Ashanti Regional Minister Nominee, Simon Osei-Mensah has promised to institute measures aimed at revamping one of the largest tourist sites in the region, Lake Bosomtwe. The Minister Nominee believes the measures, when successfully implemented will attract more tourists which will subsequently lead to generation of more revenue. He made the promise when he appeared before … Read more
Ashanti Regional Minister Nominee, Simon Osei-Mensah has promised to institute measures aimed at revamping one of the largest tourist sites in the region, Lake Bosomtwe. The Minister Nominee believes the measures, when successfully implemented will attract more tourists which will subsequently lead to generation of more revenue. He made the promise when he appeared before … Read more
Most of the regularly traded financial stocks are recovering from two consecutive years of battering occasioned by a harsh macroeconomic environment which wiped billions off their worth. The stock market is, thus, set for revival, as analysts anticipate the return of investors who leaned towards government securities over the past two to three years. Already, … Read more
Ecobank recorded the highest positive issues projections across the traditional media last year, with Access Bank following with 3,007 positive issues projections according to sentiment ratings data analyzed by Ghana’s leading media monitoring firm, Center for Media Analysis (CMA). The sentiment ratings basically measured the nature of the various news stories that were reported on … Read more
Archibald Yao Letsa – Volta Region Archibald Yao Letsa is 59 years old and hails from Klefe Achatime in the Ho Central Constituency. He is a medical doctor by profession, with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery degree from the University of Ghana Medical School. In 1990, he obtained a Master of … Read more
The list includes Simon Osei-Mensah for the Ashanti Region, Ishmael Ashittey for the Greater Accra Region, and Salifu Saeed for the Northern Region. Below is a profile of all the ten regional minister-nominees. Archibald Yao Letsa is 59 years old and hails from Klefe Achatime in the Ho Central Constituency. He is a medical doctor … Read more
Business activities at the Accra Financial Centre have bounced back after a fire incident that occurred there on Saturday morning. The eight-story building opposite Ghana’s National Theatre was nearly engulfed by fire after its signage caught fire bringing activities at the Centre to a standstill. Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank, Daniel Asiedu, one … Read more
The Agricultural Development Bank is promising to become the best commercial bank in the country from next year, its Managing Director, Daniel Asiedu has said. “We have put down the appropriate structures and programmes to ensure that we become the bank of choice in Ghana and with all that we have done this year I … Read more
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has officially listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange following the successful completion of its Initial Public Offer (IPO) on December 5. The bank’s listing makes it the 40th company and the fourth local bank to be listed on the Ghanaian bourse. The Agricultural Development Bank successfully raised about GHC325 million … Read more
Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has started reaping some of the benefits that come with listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange. It shares price witnessed some significant gains post listing on the local bourse. This follows the listing over a little over 122 million ADB shares last Tuesday on the Ghana Stock Exchange. ADB which actually … Read more
Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) dropped marginally by 30 Basis Point to 15.5 per cent in November due to lower charges for utility and services, Nordea Capital stock market analysis made available to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Monday stated. According to the Nordea Capital market analysis, the marginal drop in the CPI is … Read more
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has attributed the significant performance of the bank’s share price to investor confidence in the banking stock. As at close of trading on Monday, December 19th 2016, the share price of ADB had gained about 38 pesewas and trading at 3 cedis 33 pesewas. Also, a total of 10,000 ADB … Read more
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has attributed the significant performance of the bank’s share price to investor confidence in the banking stock. As at close of trading on Monday, December 19 2016, the share price of ADB had gained about 38 pesewas and trading at 3 cedis 33 pesewas. Also, a total of 10,000 ADB … Read more