BUSINESS DESK REPORT The Gold Fund is one of the most sought after products of Gold Coast Securities (GCS) Limited. The fund is designed to facilitate and ensure the creation of wealth for investors. It is an open-ended unit trust scheme established under the Securities and Exchange Commission, regulated by the Securities Industry Law 1993 and Legislative Instrument (L. I. 1695). The fund seeks to... 

 To support entrepreneurs The Ministry of Trade and Industry has received a loan of 10 million Euros from the Italian Government to support the second phase of the Ghana Private Sector Development Project (GPSDP). Trade Minister, Hanna Tetteh The money was part of a 22-million Euro financial assistance approved in 2008 by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to continue to support the efforts... 

Government has made provision for the expansion of food processing companies throughout the country to help reduce the incidence of food getting rotten due to lack of storage facilities. The District Chief Executive for Offinso North, Mr. Samuel K. Appiah-Kubi, who revealed this, said government recognises the hard-work of farmers in the country. The DCE was addressing the Offinso North District Farmers... 

In Mpohor Wassa Mpohor Wassa East District Directorate of Agriculture has improved cassava sticks multiplication and utilization under its Root and Tuber Improvement and Marketing Project. Kwesi Ahwoi, Food & Agric Minister Ten secondary multiplication farmers have been engaged in cassava sticks multiplication while fifty tertiary out-grower farmers have been supplied with improved cassava planting... 

For the second year running, the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has placed top in the prestigious Africa Investor Agribusiness Investment Awards. ADB featured prominently in the winners list for the 2011 edition of the awards just announced simultaneously in Johannesburg, London, Beijing, New York, Lagos, and Nairobi. This follows its success in the maiden edition of the awards held in Durban,... 

Over collapse of local poultry industry Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Pascal Lamy, says Ghana’s inability to impose tariffs to protect the local poultry industry cannot be blamed on the world body. The WTO provides a forum for negotiating agreements aimed at reducing obstacles (like subsidies and tariffs) to international trade and ensuring a level playing field for all. The... 

  Nokia has officially unveiled three dual SIM handsets onto the telecom market. The handsets: Nokia X1-01, C2-00 and C2-03, comes with a lot of new exciting features such as loud music speaker which can play for 36 hours continuously and designed with the youth in mind and an easy swap of SIM. Other key features of both handsets are a different MP3 ringtone for each SIM, unique name and... 

Installation of the SkyEdge II system at Superlock Technologies Limited’s (STL) Airport West premises has put Ghana at the forefront of satellite communication. SkyEdge II is the latest state-of-the-art offering from the satellite technology giant, Gilat Satellite Networks, enabling the delivery of communication services required by business enterprises and government organizations. The system is... 

MTN Ghana, the country’s leading telecommunication provider has launched the MTN/Esoko M-Agric Service, aimed at providing agricultural information in the form of SMS alerts to its customers. Kwesi Ahwoi, Food & Agric Minister The service will provide information on farming and agric produce through the short code 1900 at a cost of 8p per text. Customers can request for information such as produce... 

A trainer with the Business Sector Advocacy Challenge (BUSAC) Fund, Mr. Ato Van-Ess, has appealed to managers and owners of small-scale enterprises (SME) to be conversant with the use of the computer to enhance their record keeping and business management capacity. He said it was important for all business enterprises to be able to use the computer for the collection and documentation of their financial...