Juliet Etefe

Chartered Accountant and Chartered Global Investment Analyst. [email protected]

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has released GH¢2.6 billion to Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) to facilitate payments to cocoa farmers, with more than half of the amount earmarked to clear outstanding debts owed to farmers who supplied cocoa on credit.

More than 1,000 school girls in mining communities in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region have received an estimated eight months’ supply of sanitary pads under a menstrual health initiative led by Zijin Golden Ridge Limited and the Ghana Chamber of Mines. The programme, known as the Purple Peach Project, provided sanitary products […]

Eight laboratory professionals from six African countries have completed an eight-week training programme, in the country aimed at strengthening the continent’s capacity to detect, diagnose and respond to infectious diseases. The participants, drawn from Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo and Zambia, underwent specialised training in parasitology, virology and bacteriology at the Noguchi Memorial Institute […]

records GH¢5 million profit before tax shareholders get GH¢14p as dividend per share Fiaseman Community Bank PLC at Bogoso in the Prestea Huni-Valley district of the Western Region has posted impressive growth in all financial indicators for the year 2025 under review. The Bank has once again demonstrated its resilience and growth trajectory, posting impressive […]

The World Bank has identified public-private partnerships (PPPs) as a key financing mechanism to help Ghana bridge an estimated annual infrastructure financing gap of US$37.2billion, as rapid urbanisation intensifies pressure on transport, housing, water, sanitation, energy and other essential services.

Odotobri Community Bank PLC at Jacobu in the Amansie Central District has once again demonstrated its commitment to education and community development by awarding bursaries totaling GH¢102,060.00 to eighty-three (83) deserving students for the 2025/2026 academic year. The presentation ceremony, held in Jacobu, brought together stakeholders, management of the bank, and representatives from the education sector.

The Gambia has written a new chapter in Africa's digital transformation story by going live with its first-ever unified National Identity Management System (GAM ID) through a landmark Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with Ghana's home-grown technology company, Margins ID Group, in what has been hailed as a powerful demonstration of Africa building solutions for Africa.

Government's planned commercial paper programme for the cocoa sector is expected to attract strong domestic and offshore demand, although analysts say its success will depend on competitive pricing and renewed investor confidence in COCOBOD.

By Christabel DANSO ABEAM Christabel.danso@thebftonline Two recent reports – funded by Norway’s development agency (NORAD) and produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and its World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) – have identified widespread plastic leakage across the Sakumono Lagoon and Densu Delta. The assessments show that plastic waste is undermining […]