A trade and cultural tour of Finland for Ghanaian captains of industry, service providers, and tourism practitioners will take place in Finland from next month. The Ghana-Finland tour, which is being organised by PEW Events, a Ghanaian events management company, will be held from 31 May to 2 June, 2017. The government of Nana Akufo-Addo … Read more
Transport sector advocacy institute, Centre for Transport Security Dialogue (CETSED), has called on government to investigate processes that led to the selection of Amaris Terminal Limited as the sole authorised service provider to scan and pre-examine export consignments apart from Export Exempted Commodities (EEC) at the Tema Port. CETSED, in release signed by its Public … Read more
This week it was Bebe. Last month it was Staples. In February it was JCPenney. Stores are closing at an epic pace. In fact, the retail industry could suffer far more store closures this year than ever. Brokerage firm Credit Suisse said in a research report released earlier this month that it’s possible more than … Read more
The owner of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Kenco coffee will pay $7.5bn (£6bn) to take control of US bakery and sandwich chain Panera Bread. JAB Holdings also controls coffee brands Douwe Egberts and Peet’s, as well as the luxury shoe maker Jimmy Choo and beauty firm Coty. The acquisition is the biggest US restaurant deal, … Read more
Ivory Coast’s cocoa regulator pointed to speculators and prospects for a glut as the reason for a slump in futures that forced the nation to cut the price it pays farmers. There was something it didn’t blame: Itself. Le Conseil du Cafe-Cacao also said a volatile pound and defaults by local exporters contributed to a … Read more
We have a young lady visiting from Brussels. She has been here for a week and she pointed out in a matter of fact way on Monday that she hadn’t seen the sky in Ghana since she got here. I paused and realised I also hadn’t seen the sky for I don’t know how long. … Read more