According to a recent news report by the B&FT newspaper, the Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) reports that as of February 27, 2023, only 25.8% out of 287,189 registered companies have updated their beneficial ownership (BO) information despite the repeated notices and the deadline for doing same having elapsed some three months ago.
Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture (in charge of Crops), Mr. Yaw Addo Frimpong, has urged investors in the Thailand rice value chain to come and invest in Ghana.
Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) Anti-smuggling Task Force in collaboration with the security agencies, has within two weeks, retrieved over 1,500 bags of cocoa, en route to being smuggled to neighbouring countries.
The evolution of financial technology (fintech) innovations in Africa is not in a vacuum. It is on the back of a historical financial service industry with tried and tested, regulated, and developed service providers – traditional banks that have provided financial services in various forms over time.
The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has been elected President of the African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) in Cape Town, South Africa.
The prices of petrol and diesel are expected to drop significantly between 3% and 10% at the pumps, from Thursday March 16, the Institute for Energy Security (IES) has said.
