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MTN Ghana Clinches 6 PMI Ghana Awards For Excellence In Broadband Expansion, Digital Transformation And Project Leadership

MTN Ghana has won six awards at the 2026 National Project Management Conference (NPMC) and Project Management Excellence Awards (PMEA), organised by the Project Management Institute (PMI) Ghana Chapter. The awards recognised MTN Ghana's work in project delivery, telecommunications infrastructure, technology development, project oversight and leadership. The awards won by MTN Ghana are: Project of the Year – Winner – Fiber Go-Big FTTH Project Telecom Project of the Year – Winner – Fiber Go-Big FTTH Project PMO of the Year – First Runner-Up – MTN Ghana Transformation Office IT Project of the Year – Second Runner-Up – CS Hardware Expansion Project Project Manager of the Year – Winner – Edward Ohene Antwi Boasiako Project Manager of the Year – First Runner-Up – Manuella Asianoa The Fiber Go-Big FTTH Project earned MTN Ghana both the Project of the Year and Telecom Project of the Year awards. The project expanded broadband access across six regions of Ghana, exceeding the target for h...

FX Strategy for Corporate Boards: The Best Time to Hedge Is Rarely When Everyone Is Talking About Currency

A finance director in Accra still remembers a loss that should never have happened. Let's say the business earned in cedis but imported in dollars, the setup of most businesses in Ghana that borrow or trade in hard currency. Essentially, his team saw the risk, discussed it, and waited for a better rate. When the cedi moved, the margins that looked protected on paper simply disappeared. It was the worst kind of loss: not the one you fail to see, but the one you see coming and still invite to the meeting. That story is more common than most finance teams admit. Every business runs an exchange-rate assumption through its budget, and every dollar payment settles at the rate on the day. The gap between the two decides whether the cedi quietly supports the year or quietly erodes it and closing that gap is precisely what treasury exists to do. The job is not to predict the market, but to act while doing so is still cheap, before volatility makes certainty expensive. The executive blind s...

Stanbic Bank Ghana recognised as Ghana’s Best Investment Bank at Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2026

Stanbic Bank Ghana has been named Ghana’s Best Investment Bank at the prestigious Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2026, contributing to Standard Bank Group’s impressive tally of 17 awards across Africa. For more than 30 years, Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence have recognised financial institutions that set the global standard in performance, innovation and client impact. The recognition highlights Stanbic Bank Ghana’s continued leadership in delivering innovative corporate and investment banking solutions that support economic growth, facilitate investment and enable businesses to achieve their strategic ambitions. Standard Bank Group was recognised for its excellence across securities services, corporate and investment banking, and SME banking in Africa’s key markets, reaffirming its position as the continent’s leading financial services provider. The accolades awarded to the Group include Africa’s Best SME Banking Ecosystem, Africa’s Best for Securities Services and Africa’s Be...

Building Green Cities: Experts Call for Better Planning, Waste Recovery and Sustainable Financing

By Adade Gyamfi Building green cities is not simply about planting more trees. It requires a deliberate transformation of how cities generate energy, manage waste, finance infrastructure, move people and protect natural resources. That was the consensus among policymakers, sustainability experts and development partners during a high-level dialogue on green urban development, where participants stressed that Ghana must move beyond policy ambitions to practical, bankable projects capable of attracting long-term investment. They argued that while Ghana has developed several policies on climate action, energy transition and urban development, implementation remains slow because of inadequate planning, fragmented institutional coordination and limited financing. Waste segregation & circular economy Senior Sustainability Officer at the Jospong Green Transitions Office, Dr. Gloria Boamah Kusi, said efficient waste segregation at source remains the foundation of any successful circul...

Ghana has over 5 weeks of fuel in reserve – NPA moves to calm fears over Middle East tensions

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has assured Ghanaians that the country has enough fuel stocks to withstand potential supply disruptions arising from escalating tensions in the Middle East. The assurance comes as fears grow over the impact of possible conflict involving major oil-producing countries on global petroleum prices and supplies. It also comes days after the government announced a ¢ 2-per-litre cushioning for diesel following another round of petroleum price increases. Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express Business Edition on Thursday, the Director of Economic Regulation and Planning at the NPA, Abass Tasunti, said ensuring the availability of petroleum products remains the regulator’s highest priority. We keep saying at NPA that our topmost priority as a regulator is to ensure availability of petroleum products at all times, because trust me, if the fuel was not available in the first place, I’m not sure people would be more concerned about the price you are paying at ...

MTN Ghana raises the stakes on corporate philanthropy as it turns 30

MTN Ghana has more than doubled the prize fund for its flagship community-recognition programme, a move that lands at the intersection of corporate anniversary marketing and a broader question facing the telecoms group: how it manages its public standing as its footprint in Ghanaian life continues to grow. The company raised the top prize in its Heroes of Change initiative to GH¢400,000 from GH¢200,000 as it opened nominations for an eighth season this week, alongside increases to category-winner awards, to GH¢200,000 from GH¢60,000, and finalist payouts, which rise fourfold to GH¢100,000 from GH¢25,000. The changes were unveiled in Accra as part of MTN Ghana's 30th anniversary programming and the company's designated Sustainability Month. Scale as signal The size of the increase is the notable data point. A quadrupling of finalist awards is a significant step up for a programme already in its seventh successful cycle, and it comes with the operational apparatus to match: up ...