MGA Consulting Ghana Limited, a rapidly growing management consultancy firm, has been honoured with the Overall Best Business Promotion & Consultancy Sector Award at the 13th AGI Ghana Industry and Quality Awards 2024, held in Accra.
The prestigious event, attended...
Access Bank Plc has successfully finalised the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank’s subsidiaries in Angola and Sierra Leone, the financial institution announced on Wednesday.
The milestone, confirmed in a statement signed by company secretary Sunday Ekwochi, follows a July 2023...
Offshore hackers stole USh62 billion (US$16.8 million) from Uganda’s central bank, the state-owned New Vision newspaper reported on Thursday.
The hackers, identifying themselves as “Waste”, reportedly accessed the Bank of Uganda’s IT systems and illicitly transferred the funds earlier this...
MTN Ghana, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), and the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, has announced a series of initiatives to mark the annual 16 Days...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has introduced the Ghana Gold Coin (GGC), a new gold-backed financial instrument aimed at providing diverse investment options for Ghanaians while stabilising the local currency.
Effective November 26, 2024, the GGC is available in three...
In a decisive move to combat surging inflation, Nigeria’s Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate to 27.5% at its final monetary policy meeting of the year.
This marks a 25 basis point increase, capping a year in which...
British-Ghanaian kid philanthropist and author of four books, Sarah Afua Kittoe has been honoured with a special award at the Royal Global Awards 2024 in London, United Kingdom.
Sarah, now 12-years old, walked away with a plaque representing a Special...
Tema Tank Farm (TTF), Ghana’s leading privately owned petroleum depot in the country, has celebrated its 2,000 days without lost time injury (LTI).
This is the first time that a company in the country’s petroleum downstream industry has ever achieved...
Italy’s second-largest bank, UniCredit, has launched a €10 billion all-share bid for smaller domestic rival Banco BPM.
This unexpected move, announced Monday, comes as UniCredit also courts Germany's Commerzbank, sparking speculation about its strategic priorities.
The offer values Banco BPM shares...
Deputy CEO of AfricanNenda Foundation, Sabine Mensah is confident that Africa will achieve universal access to financial inclusion by 2030, given the speed at which countries are rolling out and upgrading instant payment systems (IPSs) on the continent.
Speaking to...