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Ensign Global, University of Utah graduate 20 entrepreneurs under business creation programme
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Ensign Global, University of Utah graduate 20 entrepreneurs under business creation programme

Ensign Global University and the University of Utah have graduated 20 entrepreneurs from the second cohort of the Master of Business Creation (MBC) programme, an initiative designed to help business owners strengthen their enterprises and create employment opportunities. Programme focuses on existing businesses The MBC programme is delivered through a partnership between Ensign Global University and the University of Utah, based in Salt Lake City in the United States.

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FG launches trade intelligence tools to boost exports, investment
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FG launches trade intelligence tools to boost exports, investment

Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, who unveiled the initiative in Abuja, said the tools would provide exporters and investors with reliable market information to guide business decisions, navigate trade requirements and translate economic reforms into industrial growth and job creation. Meanwhile, President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, Jani Ibrahim, called for increased private-sector investment in value-added exports, competitive manufacturing and priority export value chains.

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BoI secures €2.22bn, N250bn funding for Nigerian industries
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BoI secures €2.22bn, N250bn funding for Nigerian industries

By Yinka Kolawole The Bank of Industry (BoI) has secured more than €2.22 billion and N250 billion in new funding through major financing transactions concluded between 2024 and 2026, as the development finance institution intensifies efforts to bridge Nigeria’s industrial financing gap. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of BoI, Dr. Olasupo Olusi, disclosed this at a media roundtable, highlighting the bank’s capital mobilisation drive as a key pillar of its 2025–2027 corporate strategy.

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Netherlands pledges technical support and investment to boost Ghana’s poultry industry
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Netherlands pledges technical support and investment to boost Ghana’s poultry industry

The Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Hans Akerboom, said his country was ready to work with Ghanaian stakeholders to identify practical solutions to challenges facing the sector and expand opportunities for local poultry farmers and businesses. He disclosed that Ghana imported poultry worth approximately €18 million from the Netherlands alone in 2024, while other supplies came from countries including Belgium, the United States and Brazil.

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NESG presents mixed outcomes for Nigeria’s economic reforms
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NESG presents mixed outcomes for Nigeria’s economic reforms

•Says stabilisation creates conditions for progress but doesn’t deliver it By Emeka Anaeto, Business Editor Amid ongoing debates among stakeholders over the performance of Nigeria’s three-and-a-half-year-old economic reforms, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has declared that the reforms have so far delivered a mixed bag of outcomes, with negative gaps far outweighing the positives. Welcoming an array of Nigerian business elites at the 32nd edition of the Nigeria Economic Summit in Abuja yesterday, the Chairman of NESG, Mr Niyi Yusuf, said that although the reforms had delivered a…

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80% poultry import dependence highlights need to grow local production – Netherlands Ambassador
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80% poultry import dependence highlights need to grow local production – Netherlands Ambassador

The Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Hans Akerboom, has expressed concern over Ghana’s dependence on imported poultry, saying the country imports about 80% of its poultry supply despite strong domestic demand. Speaking at a round-table discussion on the poultry industry in Accra on Monday, October 26, 2026, aimed at strengthening stakeholder collaboration in Ghana’s poultry sector, H.E. Akerboom said Ghana imported poultry worth approximately €18 million from the Netherlands alone in 2024.

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Refining Ghanaian crude in Ghana keeps value onshore – TOR MD
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Refining Ghanaian crude in Ghana keeps value onshore – TOR MD

Edmond Kombat, Managing Director (MD) of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), underscored the strategic importance of refining Ghanaian crude oil domestically, calling it a critical step toward retaining value in the national economy and fulfilling the President’s value-addition vision. Mr Kombat said since May 2026, TOR has received four five-million-barrel crude cargoes: Bonga, Baleine, Bonnie Light, and, on July 15, Ghana’s Jubilee Medium Sweet crude, an indigenous crude delivered aboard MT Apache.

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Your past prescriptions haven’t helped developing countries – TOR MD tells IMF
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Your past prescriptions haven’t helped developing countries – TOR MD tells IMF

Mr Edmond Kombat, the Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery Limited (TOR), has challenged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over its long-standing prescriptions for state-owned enterprises. Mr Kombat was responding to a question on the reason for the recent visit by a delegation from the IMF to the state-owned Oil Refinery, at the Government Accountability Series Press Conference held at the Presidency in Accra.

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Yellow Card wins top Diamond honour at 2026 Money Awards
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Yellow Card wins top Diamond honour at 2026 Money Awards

Yellow Card has won Gold in the Diamond category at the 2026 Money Awards, securing its second consecutive recognition at the global fintech awards following its Grand Prix victory in the Payments category last year. According to the company, the Diamond category is the programme’s highest honour, recognising transformative achievements in the global financial technology industry.

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Twellium wins Beverage Manufacturing Brand of the Decade Award
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Twellium wins Beverage Manufacturing Brand of the Decade Award

Twellium Industrial Company Limited has been named Ultimate Beverage Manufacturing Brand of the Decade at the sixth edition of the National Governance and Business Leadership Awards 2026, recognising the company’s manufacturing growth, product development and expanding regional presence. The Ghana Export Promotion Authority lists Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mali and Côte d’Ivoire among Twellium’s export destinations, illustrating the company’s participation in regional trade.

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UK shop price inflation ‘highest since 2024’ as retailers struggle to limit price rises
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UK shop price inflation ‘highest since 2024’ as retailers struggle to limit price rises

British Retail Consortium says ‘dam is starting to break on the huge wave of costs’ being kept from consumers Shop price inflation has risen to the highest level in two and a half years, according to the British Retail Consortium, which warned that “the dam is starting to break” when it comes to retailers trying to limit price rises for customers. The lobby group said shop price inflation was 2.1% year on year in October, a sharp rise compared with 1.4% in September, and an indication that retailers were beginning to pass on the rising costs of energy and food ingredients since the Middle East

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Carers allowed to earn over the weekly limit without losing out as ‘cliff-edge’ abolished in the budget
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Carers allowed to earn over the weekly limit without losing out as ‘cliff-edge’ abolished in the budget

Controversial mechanism that hit unpaid carers with huge penalties to be scrapped following Guardian investigation The controversial rule that led to unpaid carers being punished with penalties amounting to thousands of pounds is to be abolished, the Guardian can reveal. The chancellor, John Healey, is to announce a new digital taper system for the so-called carer’s allowance in Wednesday’s budget, effectively ending what is regarded as one of the UK benefit system’s most feared and unfair administrative practices.

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Atwima Kwanwoma Community Bank posts GH¢44.2m profit, records prudent lending and recovery growth
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Atwima Kwanwoma Community Bank posts GH¢44.2m profit, records prudent lending and recovery growth

Atwima Kwanwoma Community Bank PLC has posted a strong financial performance for the year ended December 31, 2025, with profit after tax rising to GH¢44.2 million, representing a 17.33 per cent growth. At its 43rd Annual General Meeting of the Bank, Board Chairman, Kwame Kyei Kusi told shareholders the bank remained resilient, profitable and compliant despite a challenging economic environment.

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