5 d. ago Standard Chartered declares dividend at 55th Annual General Meeting

Standard Chartered Bank Ghana PLC has held its 55th Annual General meeting (AGM) to present its Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 to its shareholders. The Bank declared a dividend payout of GH¢1.67 per ordinary share culminating in a total ordinary dividend payable of GH¢225.16 million and preference share dividend […]

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5 d. ago Newly inaugurated Board of GSA charged to clampdown on substandard products flooding the market

The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare has charged a newly constituted Board of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to clamp-down on the flooding of sub-standard products on the market. Addressing the 12-member board chaired by Hudu Mogtari, the minister urged the Board to improve monitoring and ensure that sub-standard goods such as […]

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5 d. ago Trade Minister inaugurates GIPC, Exim Bank GSA boards to accelerate Ghana’s investment and national growth

The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025, inaugurated three key governing boards under her Ministry, the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), and the Ghana Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank), to strengthen Ghana’s investment, industrialization, and export agenda.

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6 d. ago “No standards, no trade”: FDA urges MSMEs to prioritise compliance for export and growth

Rhoda Appiah, Head of Communications and Public Education at the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has called on Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Ghana to embrace regulatory compliance as a critical enabler of trade and competitiveness. Mrs. Appiah noted that the inability of MSMEs to meet international standards locks Ghanaian products out of […]

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6 d. ago Gov’t intensifies crackdown on substandard cement producers, deploys 300 inspectors

The Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry has stepped up efforts to protect consumers and uphold product standards in Ghana’s construction sector, announcing a nationwide crackdown on substandard cement production.

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2 w. ago Ghana Standards Authority’s head of Legal Metrology honoured for attaining PhD

Rev. Dr Striggner Bedu-Addo, Head of Legal Metrology at the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), has been honoured by the Authority for his outstanding work and attainment of a PhD in Geophysics. He was awarded alongside two of his colleagues during a scientific conference organised by the Authority. Since 2018, the GSA has consistently held scientific conferences to encourage knowledge sharing across its directorates and departments to improve technical competence among its staff.

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2 w. ago RICS Ghana members to convene for landmark seminar on professional standards in real estate

A group of Ghanaian professionals affiliated with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is organising a landmark seminar focused on ethical real estate practice and professional transparency. The seminar, scheduled for Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Dynaspace, The Signature Apartment, East Legon, is themed “Professional Ethics and Transparency in Real Estate.” The event will […]

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2 w. ago The private sector fuels corruption; must be held to ethical standards – Prof Ali

Associate Professor at the University of Ghana School of Law, Professor Abdallah Ali-Nakyea, has urged private businesses in Ghana to adopt strong ethical standards, warning that corrupt practices in the private sector continue to undermine the nation’s development.

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3 w. ago Nkyinkyim Band pushes for national union, plans software to streamline bank booking

The Nkyinkyim Band is on a mission to revolutionise the music industry in Ghana by advocating for a national union and developing software to standardize band bookings.

Sport

4 w. ago Justice Dzamefe backs decentralisation of legal training, urges caution on quality

Supreme Court nominee, Justice Senyo Dzamefe, has thrown his support behind calls for the decentralisation of legal education in Ghana, but insists that any reforms must preserve the high standards traditionally associated with the profession.

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