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REAC urges stakeholders to comply with Act or face sanctions

The Real Estate Agency Council (REAC) has urged real estate practitioners, developers, brokers, agents, and other industry stakeholders in Ghana’s real estate sector to comply with the Real Estate Agency Act, 2020 (Act 1047), cautioning that breaches could attract administrative sanctions, licence suspension or revocation, and criminal penalties. Speaking during a UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Akka Kappa Ghana LTD. webinar on “Building Trust in Ghana's Real Estate Market: The Role of the Real Estate Agency Council (REAC), Compliance Requirements, and Enforcement”, the Head of Anti-Money Laundering and Compliance at REAC, David Pappoe, explained that administrative sanctions included a fine of 1,000 penalty units, which he put at GH¢12,000, for such breaches as failing to comply with requirements or display a certificate or licence in an office. For criminal offences such as operating or advertising without a license, falsifying documents, and accepting cash payments, Pappoe sa...

MMFL Eyes Fractional Gold Investments to Expand Access for Ordinary Ghanaians

MobileMoney Fintech Limited (MMFL) is exploring opportunities to use digital assets and tokenisation to make investment products, including gold, more accessible to ordinary Ghanaians, potentially allowing people to build assets through small, regular contributions. The initiative forms part of the company’s broader strategy to deepen financial inclusion by integrating investment, savings and insurance services into everyday digital transactions. Chief Executive Officer of MMFL, Shaibu Haruna, said tokenisation could help overcome the financial barriers that prevent many people from investing in assets such as gold, which often require substantial upfront capital. Speaking at a stakeholder engagement with the media on Friday, Haruna said digital technology could enable investors to acquire fractional interests in assets, allowing them to invest according to their financial capacity. Why don’t we individually have gold?” he asked, highlighting the gap between Ghana’s position as a...

MobileMoney Targets Micro Businesses for Growth, Eyes Digital Investment Services

MobileMoney Fintech Limited (MMFL) has pledged to deepen support for Ghanaian micro and small businesses through tailored financial services, digital solutions and improved access to investment products, as it seeks to advance financial inclusion and strengthen the country’s digital financial ecosystem. Chief Executive Officer of MMFL, Shaibu Haruna, said the company was shifting greater attention towards micro-enterprises, many of which continue to face challenges separating personal finances from business funds, accessing credit and adopting digital payment systems. Speaking at a stakeholder engagement with the media on Friday, Haruna said the company intended to develop solutions that addressed the specific needs of small businesses rather than treating them solely as individual consumers. We need to evolve our businesses, our micro businesses,” he said, stressing the importance of helping small-scale entrepreneurs move beyond subsistence operations towards sustainable growth. ...

AWARFA-N Ghana Donates 31 Crates of Eggs to Ga North Assembly, Promotes Healthy Eating

The African Women in Animal Resources Farming and Agribusiness Network Ghana (AWARFA-N Ghana) has donated 31 crates of eggs and 300 cooked eggs to the Ga North Municipal Assembly as part of activities marking World Egg Day 2026, while urging Ghanaians to embrace egg consumption to improve nutrition and strengthen food security. The celebration, held on Friday, October 9, at the Assembly’s conference room, brought together Assembly Members, Unit Committee Members, management, staff and workers to raise awareness of the nutritional benefits of eggs and their contribution to employment and livelihoods. Speaking on behalf of AWARFA-N Ghana, the organisation’s General Secretary, Dora Kwarteng, encouraged participants to make eggs a regular part of their diets, describing them as an affordable source of essential nutrients for healthy living. The egg is a simple but highly nutritious food. It provides quality protein and important vitamins and minerals needed for the growth and developm...

MTN Ghana’s Mini MBA Equips SMEs with Digital, Financial Skills for Growth

MTN Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with business management training, digital solutions and post-training monitoring to help entrepreneurs improve their operations, create jobs and contribute to economic growth. The commitment was highlighted at the graduation of participants in the MTN NOVA Business School's Mini MBA programme, a 13-week capacity-building initiative under its year-long SME Accelerate programme. Mohamed Abubakar Siddiq, Senior Manager for SME Sales, Business Partnership and Fibre Broadband at MTN Ghana, said the programme was designed to address business management gaps identified through the company’s SME clinics. Strategically, the Mini MBA is part of the year-long SME Accelerate programme that we have put together. Throughout the journey, we have identified certain gaps within the SMEs through what we call SME clinics,” he said. He explained that while the SME clinics typically lasted two days, ...

World Egg Day: WIPVaC Donates Eggs to Madina Assembly, Pushes for a Stronger Poultry Industry

The Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC-Apex Ghana) has marked World Egg Day with an egg donation to the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly, calling for increased support for women in the poultry industry to boost production, create jobs and strengthen Ghana’s food security. The donation formed part of the organisation’s corporate social responsibility activities aimed at promoting egg consumption, raising public awareness of its nutritional benefits and strengthening relationships with stakeholders. The National President of WIPVaC, Mavis Wobill, said the celebration was an opportunity to recognise the enormous contribution of eggs to nutrition, livelihoods and food security, while highlighting the important role women play in poultry production. She said women in the poultry value chain remained critical to ensuring access to nutritious food for families and communities, adding that sustained support for local egg production was necessary to strengthen the industry and im...