Fidelity Bank appoints Julian Opuni as Dep. MD

Fidelity Bank has appointed Julian Kingsley Opuni as its Deputy Managing Director. Until his appointment, Mr. Opuni was the Divisional Director for Retail Banking where he played a key role in building the retail business...

Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad dies in Sweden at 91

The Swedish founder of the Ikea furniture chain, Ingvar Kamprad, has died at the age of 91, the company has announced. Mr Kamprad - who pioneered flat-pack furniture - died at his home in Småland,...

OmniBank’s SME Clinic tutors School Managers and Proprietors

OmniBank’s SME Clinic in partnership with Catalyst Learning Center have organized a seminar to abreast School Managers and Proprietors on modern educational and financial skills. The OmniBank’s SME Clinic offers free business support, advisory, training,...

The Royal Bank celebrates 5th anniversary, focuses on customer satisfaction

Award winning indigenous bank, The Royal Bank has reiterated its resolve to satisfy prospective and existing customers with nothing, but innovative, unique, tailor-made banking products and services as it celebrates five years of operations. Most...

Ban on small scale mining killing our business – Goldsmiths

 Ghana’s Goldsmith industry is on the brink of collapse due to the ban on small scale mining. The sector which used to employ thousands of workers is now employing less than a thousand workers. According to...

Reduce ‘nuisance’ taxes causing fuel price hikes – COPEC

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) Ghana is calling for the immediately “scaling down” on some of the taxes “choking” the current price build-ups in petroleum products. According to a research analyst with the Institute...

Toyota recalls 700,000 cars amid fears over airbags

The motor manufacturer Toyota is recalling more than 700,000 vehicles in South Africa because of a fault with the cars' airbags. This latest recall by Toyota relates to airbags made by the Japanese company, Takata. Takata...

DYMOG sues Ofori Atta, CHRAJ, AG over $2.25b clearance

Anti-graft organisation, DYMOG has sued the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta, the Commission on Human Right and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the Attorney General over what it described as the “infamous” GH$2.25billon bond. The Ministry...

Unproductive government workers to be sacked soon – FWSC

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has given notice it will soon start a government sector job rationalization as part of the ‘Linking Pay to Productivity’ exercise. The aggressive program by government is not...

Ghana’s cocoa not rejected by Japan – COCOBOD

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has said the Japanese government has not rejected cocoa beans from Ghana contrary to media reports. The Chronicle Newspaper Wednesday January 24 reported on its front page under the headline...