Melcom Plus, a subsidiary of Melcom Group of companies, in collaboration with the United Bank for Africa (UBA) last week launched the Melcom “Super Saver” loyalty card, which aims at enhancing shopping convenience for customers. In an address, the Joint Group Managing Director of Melcom Group of companies, Mr. Ramesh Sadhwani, stated that the idea of the super card is to make shopping experience... 

Finance and Economic Planning Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffour Ghana is the 22nd country in Africa and 117th in the world of countries involved in illicit financial outflows between 2000 and 2009, in a report by Global Financial Integrity (GFI). The report analysed the cost of crime, corruption, and trade mispricing. Ghana accounted for about $10billion, whiles Nigeria had to account for $130 billion. According... 

Dr Joe Oteng-Adjei, Energy Minister This is a legitimate question to raise in the light of information contained in the budget that informs Ghanaians that the government will be raking in only GH¢584 million from the oil find. This represents only 2% of national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2011. This is in stark contrast to the oil companies like the Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil who will rake... 

The Head of Operations at Revnet addressing the MCE while Mr Kobina Baidoo also of Revnet look on Revnet Ghana Limited, a revenue mobilization company in the country has made significant strides for the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly in revenue collection since it was contracted by the assembly to handle its revenue mobilization in January this year. The company, which has been operating for the... 

Kwesi Ahwoi, Agric Minister The Ministry of Food and Agriculture on Wednesday received donations from six companies towards this year’s farmer’s day. The donation is the first in the series of presentations to be made to the ministry. The companies include Accra Breweries Limited, Continental Christian Traders Limited (CCT), West Africa Market Links (WAML), Wienco Ghana Limited, Ghana... 

Kwesi Ahwoi, Agric Minister Mr. Johnson Mensah, deputy Chief Farmer of Western-South Enchi, has lauded the government for increasing the producer price of cocoa. He deemed the over 33% increase in the producer price some months ago as a morale booster to all cocoa farmers in the country and a step in the right direction “It will also motivate farmers to expand their cocoa farms and encourage... 

The road sector will soon see a facelift as Progressive Road Contractors Association of Ghana (PROCA), a private construction firm, has made it possible for the industry to acquire several technologies to speed up construction works in the country. PROCA embarked on a 3-day business fair, which was organized by Interbuld Onsite, a United Kingdom based organization that annually organizes construction... 

Tonnes of cocoa remain locked up in remote farming communities in the Wassa Amenfi West District, where farmlands are cut off from the rest of the country. Torrential rains have rendered the major roads impassable, creating a lot of anxiety among farmers whose crops are already going bad. Joy News’ Kwaku Owusu Peprah reports that the only access road to farmlands is a 30km narrow stretch of road... 

Finance Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor The United Kingdom has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ghana to provide the nation’s public financial management system with a £12 million support towards better revenue utilisation and accountability. The Ghana Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) is a project that aims to improve the effectiveness of expenditure, reduce... 

Odotobri rural bank limited in the Amansie Central District Ashanti increased its profit in the 2009 fiscal year, the management of the bank has noted. At the bank’s 23rd annual general meeting at Jacobu, the district capital, the branch manager Siaka Ahmed addressed share holders and a cross section of journalists, saying that the bank made an increase of 46 per cent over the previous year. With...