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MTN Business Empowers SMES With Ghs160,000 In Prizes Through Business Pitch Competition

MTN Business has reaffirmed its commitment to empowering Ghana's entrepreneurial ecosystem by awarding a total of GHS160,000 in cash prizes and business support packages to ten small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through the MTN Business MSME Day Business Pitch Competition. The competition, organised as part of the SME Accelerate Programme, brought together ten promising Ghanaian businesses to pitch their ideas and demonstrate their potential to drive innovation, create jobs and contribute to the country's economic development. The finalists were 10-10 Foodie, Awhenepa Cookery, Edible Treats, House of Lush, Manehlla Foods, Tahir Field Recycling, Tropical Snacks, Bubune Africa Limited, Dyluri Beauty and Lebenam Skin. Following a highly competitive pitching session, Tahir Field Recycling, Edible Treats, Dyluri Beauty, Manehlla Foods and Tropical Snacks emerged as the top winners. Each business received a cash prize of GHS30,000, bringing the total amount awarded to the fiv...

Local Government Minister Urges Zoomlion to Keep Achimota Waste Transfer Station Open for Tricycle Operators

The Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Ibrahim Ahmed, has urged Zoomlion Ghana Limited to keep its waste transfer stations operational to support tricycle waste operators until a permanent solution to the area's sanitation challenges is implemented. Speaking during a visit to the Achimota Waste Transfer Station, the Minister said the six facilities have become a critical component of the government's efforts to improve waste collection and transportation within the metropolis. He explained that the transfer stations receive refuse collected by tricycle operators, where it is sorted, compacted and transferred through an underground system before being transported to designated final disposal sites. According to the Minister, the temporary arrangement was necessitated by the increasing volume of waste generated in the metropolis after the June 29th floods, which has placed considerable pressure on existing waste management infrastructure. To ens...

"Come Out And Join Us" - Mahama Tours Alajo Again, Pushes Transfer Stations To Ease Waste Disposal

President John Dramani Mahama on Saturday returned to Alajo, one of the areas hardest hit by the June 29 floods, for day two of the National General Clean-Up Exercise, with a directive that all waste scooped from drains must be immediately trucked to dump sites. The President, who was at the same venue on Friday, said the focus today was on clearing garbage left by the roadside after drains were desilted on day one. "We Cannot Leave The Garbage By The Roadside" Addressing residents and volunteers at Alajo, President Mahama said past clean-ups failed because waste was not evacuated on time. Yesterday one of the directives I gave was that In the past, we do this clean ups, we take all the garbage out of the gutters, but we don't follow up and come and collect the garbage that is by the roadside. And so when the rain falls, all is washed back into the drains,” the President said. "And so today we're going to concentrate on scooping all that garbage. We took out of ...

Zoomlion Mobilises 2,000 Workers, Heavy Equipment for National Cleanup --MD

As part of its support for the two-day National General Cleaning exercise ordered by President John Dramani Mahama, waste management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, has mobilised two thousand (2,000) personnel and equipment nationwide to join the effort. Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the cleanup operation on Day One, Friday, July 10, the Managing Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Doris Kwekwor Adjei, said her outfit had responded swiftly to the President's call by partnering with the government to reclaim communities affected by recent floods. We have deployed our equipment: tractors, backhoes, compaction trucks, tricycles, brooms, shovels, and more, to support communities in this exercise. We have 2,000 men on the ground," she disclosed. She added that Zoomlion had also opened transfer stations and deployed fumigation teams to curb potential disease outbreaks. We have been to Alajo and other affected areas. We deployed our equipment to fumigate because, as you...

MobileMoney Fintech Launches ‘Ride with MoMo’ to Drive Cashless Transport Payments

MobileMoney Fintech LTD has launched its "Ride with MoMo" campaign to accelerate digital payments in Ghana's transport sector, introducing a merchant payment solution that enables drivers to receive fares electronically through the Ghana QR (GhQR) platform while reducing the risks and inconveniences associated with cash transactions. The initiative, launched at the AMA Auditorium in Accra on Wednesday, is being implemented in partnership with the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) and the Digital Transport Workers Union (DTWU). It seeks to onboard ride-hailing drivers, taxi operators, haulage drivers and pragya riders onto the MoMo merchant network. Speaking at the launch, Chief Executive Officer of MobileMoney Fintech LTD, Shaibu Haruna, said the campaign was designed to solve everyday challenges faced by drivers, including difficulties in handling cash, security concerns and poor financial record-keeping. He recounted an experience shared by his n...

Ghana Chamber of Mines Mobilises Relief for June 29 Flood Victims

The Ghana Chamber of Mines has announced plans to mobilise relief support for victims of the devastating June 29 floods, reaffirming the mining industry's commitment to standing with affected communities during periods of national crisis. The Chamber, in a statement issued on July 7, expressed profound sympathy to families who lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods following the floods, which also caused widespread destruction to businesses and public infrastructure in several parts of the country. It said it was collaborating with its member mining companies to assemble relief items for flood victims, drawing on the industry's experience in responding to previous national disasters, including the 2023 Akosombo Dam spillage. Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Ing. Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, said the industry was determined to provide practical assistance to complement ongoing national relief efforts. The Chamber stands with all affected families during this dif...