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Samsung Electronics has reported record revenues of $59bn (£45.4bn) in its third quarter. The strong revenues were fuelled by a 50% jump in smartphone sales, while profits from microchips rocketed 82%. The Korean tech giant posted a third-quarter net profit of $8.3bn, a 49% increase over the same period last year. Samsung’s mobile and chip …
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After 14 years of steering the affairs of Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited, Chief Executive (CE) Alhassan Andani will retire on November 30, 2020. The Board of Directors, with the approval of the Central Bank, has selected Kwamina Asomaning, currently the Executive Director of Corporate and Investment Banking, as the new Chief Executive. Kwamina Asomaning, who …
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The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has launched its Mobile Service Week at the Takoradi Mall in the Western Region. The SSNIT Mobile Service is an annual event where SSNIT officers move from their regular office setting to pitch camp at vantage locations across the country to bring its services closer to their …
The two days Project Management virtual Bootcamp kicks off this Thursday and Friday 29th and 30th October. You will learn workable strategies and the latest trends in Project Management that will drive your project success and also discover top secrets from experts in Project Management. The Bootcamp themed; “Leading and Driving Project Success” organised by …
As part of efforts to improve access to financing for women entrepreneurs in the country, Absa Bank Ghana has unveiled its new banking proposition which offers tailored financial solutions to empower women to sustainably grow their businesses. According to the bank, the new product, ‘Absa EMERGE’, will help bridge the financial gap which is …
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The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), is set to launch a payment and settlement digital platform with the aim of enhancing market access within the region. The Secretary-General of the AfCFTA, Wamkele Mene, who made this known at the 2nd National Conference on the AfCFTA in Accra on Tuesday, said the payment and settlement …
AfCFTA Secretariat to launch new digital payment platform to facilitate trade Read More »
Chinese tech giant Alibaba will take control of leading hypermarket and supermarket chain Sun Art Retailing. The tech titan is looking to boost its offline shopping services and gain further ground in China’s booming retail market. Alibaba is already China’s biggest e-commerce player and owns Taobao, the world’s largest online marketplace. Sun Art is currently …
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Huawei has introduced a new and easy way of presenting mobile applications to users called Petal Search. The latest platform is a portal to a million apps and it complements the ever-expanding HUAWEI AppGallery. The new search tool helps Huawei smartphone owners to easily search for and find all the Apps they need quickly. Petal …
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MTN Group has been named the most valuable African brand in the Brand Finance Africa (BFA) 150 2020 ranking, with a value of US$3.3 billion. Brand value, per the BFA criteria, is the net economic benefit that a brand owner would achieve by licensing the brand in the open market. In its survey, Brand Finance …
The year-on-year inflation rate for September 2020 recorded a marginal drop at 10.4 percent compared with 10% last year. 5 percent the previous month, driven by negative month-on-month food inflation. Month-on-month inflation between August 2020 and September 2020 was -0.2 percent, predominantly driven by negative month-on-month Food inflation of -0.5 percent. “The negative month-on-month inflation …
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