Business24 Newspaper 1st October, 2021

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FRIDAY OCTOBER 1, 2021

BUSINESS24.COM.GH

Friday October 1, 2021

NO. B24 / 255 | News for Business Leaders

First National Bank CEO hails Ghana.Gov payment platform

Tullow Group CEO commends GSE for contribution to economic development

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‘Private sector, academia collaboration key to AfCFTA success’

By Patrick Paintsil p_paintsil@hotmail.com

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By Eugene Davis

ublicly listed oil palm producer, Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) Plc, says it is exploring new options to raise patient capital to finance its plan to double both production capacity and value and also position the company for sustainable growth. The company intends to raise the new funds either through the bank or the local bourse, according to

ugendavis@gmail.com

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obilising the power of the private sector, academia and the African Diaspora community to drive African integration will not only aid countries to recover swiftly from the pandemic but engender growth in their economies, Professor Joshua Abor, the immediate past dean of the University of Ghana Business School, has said. According to him, such Cont’d on page 2

Benso Oil Palm seeks fresh capital to double output

The AfCFTA is the largest free trade area since the establishment of the World Trade Organisation.

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Businesses must invest in IT professionals to counter cyber-attacks, says expert By Eugene Davis ugendavis@gmail.com

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n order for the country to effectively combat cyberattacks and bridge the digitisation gap, businesses would have to scale up the training of their IT professionals, Samuel Boateng, CEO of Slamm Technologies, has advocated. Government, through the

Samuel Boateng, CEO of Slamm Technologies

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