The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) on Friday cautioned the citizenry to guard against the proliferation of institutions claiming to be providing skills training in the oil industry.Mr. Kwabena Nyarko Otoo, Acting Head of the Labour Research and Policy Institute of the TUC, asked the public to report any unaccredited organisation operating in the industry [...]

BP, the oil group, is considering a bid for one of Africa’s biggest offshore oilfields in a move that could pitch it into a direct battle for control with ExxonMobil, its arch US rival.
BP has held talks with Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) about a possible joint bid for a stake in the Jubilee deepwater [...]

President John Evans Atta Mills has re-echoed government’s position to ensure that the country’s oil find benefits all Ghanaians.

He said the benefits would be spr

The sale of Ghana’s state-owned telecoms firm to UK’s Vodafone was “unconstitutional and illegal”, a leaked Ghanaian government report says.

The UK-based mobile company bought a 70% stake in Ghana Telecom (GT) and its assets for $900m (£570m) last year.

The report, seen by the BBC, said GT was undervalued and ultimately the price paid for GT was less than $267m.

President John Atta Mills had promised to investigate the controversial

Nigerian energy firm Oando said on Sunday it was selected as a partner to develop Ghana’s natural gas infrastructure from its offshore Jubilee oilfields, a project worth $1 billion.
Oando said it was among three foreign energy companies selected to work with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) to build gas pipelines, processing facilities and [...]

Despite the potentials of the manufacturing sector as the engine of growth, an antidote of unemployment, a creator of wealth and the threshold for sustainable development, it has suffered severe decline in its contribution to national output.
The performance of the sector in a recent report from members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), the [...]

The management of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), parent company of the leading independent regional banking group Ecobank, on Tuesday said the future looks bright for shareholders after massive investment in infrastructure across the region.
ETI Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Arnold Ekpe, told brokers and journalists that the company had tremendous prospects as it would begin [...]

-‘Unrealistic’ targets affect morale
The Graphic Business research team looks at the effects of the high expectations from management on new and existing staff of some of the banks in the country YOUNG and enthusiastic employees, mostly graduates from some of the nation’s numerous universities have found it tough coping with life working as a banker [...]

The Managing Director of ARB APEX Bank Limited, Mr Eric Osei-Bonsu, has advised Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) to form co-operative mergers to enable them survive the competitive landscape in the country.
Mr Osei-Bonsu observed that the banking sector had not only become very competitive but also risky and therefore urged RCBs to initiate policies to [...]

Aveyime, June 12, GNA – Good quality local rice from the reactivated Aveyime Rice Project is to be on the Ghanaian market within a month.
Harvesting of the first 80 acres started on Wednesday and is expected to yield 200 tonnes of paddy rice or 140 tonnes of milled rice.
Tim Rasta and John Paul Barre, American [...]