Standard Bank group and  Flutterwave have partnered to provide enhanced digital payments experience for banking customers in nine African countries. Standard Bank is Africa’s largest bank by assets while Flutterwave is Africa’s leading payments technology company. The new partnership is to enhance digital payments experiences for the bank’s customers in ...

Former president of the Republic of Ghana, John Mahama will be opening the 3rd annual edition of the African Economic Congress scheduled to hold virtually from November 1-3, 2021. The three-day virtual congress will be broadcast live on AIT, the organisers said. The summit will cover panel sessions on agriculture, ...

[GhanaToday] The Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) is driving the country's infrastructural agenda, reducing the country's reliance on foreign aid.

Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa have been ranked higher than 20 other African countries on the enforceability of standard master agreements pillar in the latest African financial markets index presented by Absa, a leading financial services provider. Absa-OMFIF financial markets index report recently released revealed that innovations in sustainable finance, ...

History is set to be made as the maiden 5Stars Pan-African Cup tagged ‘Accra 2021’ holds in Accra, Ghana. The Pan African Cup competition which will see teams from Nigeria, Ghana and other foreign countries lock horns for the ultimate prize, is scheduled to take centre stage from December 10 ...

[Ghanaian Times] Development Partners International (DPI) and African Capital Alliance (ACA) have sealed an investment partnership deal in Africa's leading multi brand QSR group, Food Concepts Plc (Food Concepts).

His Highness, Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi II, has leveraged his position on the global board of MTN Group, to attract the telecommunication giant’s initiative to enhance ICT knowledge in Africa, to Kaduna state. Khalifa Sanusi, who is the Vice Chairman of Kaduna Investment Promotion Agency (KADIPA), made the announcement last week ...

[Ghanaian Times] Shareholders of oil marketing giant, GOIL, has approved the nomination of four new members at a virtual Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held in Accra.

Ghana’s Black Queens head coach, Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo, has invited eight foreign based professionals and 22 home based players to camp in preparation for the maiden Aisha Buhari Invitational Tournament taking place in Lagos, next month. The six-nation tournament will hold in Lagos from September 13 to 21. The eight foreign based ...

[Ghana Presidency] "Since signing the Compact, we, in Ghana, have tackled systematically the structural challenges which have inhibited our drive towards becoming "Africa's Investment Hub". This has been done through the implementation of targeted policies across focus areas, such as establishing macroeconomic stability, enhancing domestic revenue mobilization, improving fiscal risk ...

The new leader of the Ghanaian parliament, Alban Bagbin last week visited Nigeria’s House of Representatives and was admitted into the chamber to speak. This signals robust parliamentary diplomacy between the two African countries as initiated by the speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabimila. Gbajabimila, having realised that ...

The Board of Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved $170.9 million dollars in financing for the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) leveraging energy access finance framework (LEAF) programme, a statement from the AfDB yesterday, said. LEAF aims to unlock commercial and local-currency financing for decentralised renewable energy (DRE) projects in six ...

Speaker of the Ghanaian parliament, Alban Bagin, has promised that the trade dispute between Nigerian traders in Ghana and the Ghananian authority will soon be a thing of the past. Bagin stated this while addressing members of the Nigeria’s House of Representatives, at yesterday’s plenary. He explained that the reconciliation ...

Ghana has sought a closer collaboration with Nigeria in oil and gas development to help the country exploit its newly discovered energy resources. Ghana’s Minister for Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh who made the call also expressed his commitment to strengthening the relationship between Ghana and Nigeria. He said Nigeria’s ...

[New Times] Ghana has announced plans to establish a chocolate production plant in Rwanda, as the two countries seek to boost trade and investment ties.

[Daily Maverick] From Addis Ababa to Accra, Lagos to Lusaka, groundbreaking examples of Africa's agility and innovation in impact investments are flourishing. The steady growth in this asset class, however, belies a fragmented playing field. To bring impact investing centre stage, knowledge sharing, unity of message, more conducive regulatory frameworks ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that a ministerial delegation be sent to Ghana to resolve the lingering conflict between Nigerian traders and Ghanaian authorities. The delegation will be led by Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, according to a statement issued on Monday by the Special Assistant ...

[Ghanaian Times] The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen has called for improved partnership between Ghana and Swiss investors in developing Ghana's pharmaceutical and machinery manufacturing industries.

* As African speakers meet in Nigeria this year  BY ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, and the new Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Mr. Albert Bagbin, have agreed to strengthen parliamentary relations in a bid to find lasting solutions to challenges such as ...

[Ghanaian Times] Ghana is a haven of peace, security and stability, and the safest country in West Africa, where legitimate investments are protected, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.