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GREDA: We are not liars; all we want is to put up houses

ShareThe Vice President of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association says the association is not interested in dabbling in petty politics. Kwabena Nyarko told Joy News’ Evans Mensah that the members cannot also be referred to as liars, adding, the association is made up of business minded professionals who are only interested in assisting government [...]

1,000 cocoa farmers benefit from mapping system

ShareOver 1,000 cocoa-growing families and 5,000 cocoa community members in the Assin Fosu district of the Central Region are to benefit from the use of Global Positioning System (GPS) mapping to provide precise measurements of farm acreage for their cocoa farms. GPS mapping will help cocoa farmers plan and manage their cocoa farms better, increasing [...]

Ghana’s Business Environment is UN-shakeable”-Prez Mills

ShareWashington, DC President John Evans Atta Mills has said that the business environment is ripe for American investors to take advantage of for mutual benefits. He said, his government has laid the desired foundations which will make potential investors have good returns on their money. He emphasized that there was credible judicial system, enough labor [...]

CEO of Zoomlion adjudged 2011 Best Entrepreneur

ShareDr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zoomlion Limited, has been adjudged the overall Best Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 Ghana Entrepreneur Awards in Accra on Saturday. The Ghana Entrepreneur Awards was aimed to honour outstanding Ghanaian entrepreneurs for their contribution to economic growth and job creation in the country. The initiative was [...]

Vodafone tops them all at Second Ghana Telecom Awards

ShareVodafone Ghana’s aggressive approach to everything they do on the Ghanaian telecom market paid off at the Second Mobileworld Ghana Telecom Awards, as they swept an unprecedented six out of a total 17 competitive and four honorary awards. Vodafone maintained the prestigious Telecom Brand of the Year award from last year, snatched Customer Service of [...]

Fidelity Bank secures approval to list on the Stock Exchange

ShareFidelity Bank has secured approval from shareholders to list on the Ghana stock Exchange. The nod was secured from shareholders at the bank’s Annual General Meeting Thursday. This will allow the bank to list on the exchange in the next three years. Fidelity in 2009 began the process to list on the local bourse to [...]

Industry beats Agriculture as economy’s second largest contributor

ShareThe Agricultural sector has lost out marginally to industry as the second largest contributor to the growth of the economy. That is according to the revised GDP estimates for 2011 released by the Ghana Statistical Service. This is this second time Agriculture has lost its position to another sector after the Statistical Service in 2010 [...]

ADB crosses first hurdle to listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange

ShareJOYBUSINESS has learnt the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has crossed the first hurdle towards listing on the Ghana Stock Exchange by June this year. Sources say the Finance Ministry has given its approval to kick start the process of converting the bank from a state institution to a private entity. The bank could join the [...]