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Silver Star Auto Limited, the leading automobile premium & luxury brand, has launched two global brands in Ghana - Peugeot and Citroën - as the exclusive distributor. The exclusive distributorship launch, which took place at the new ultra-modern Peugeot showroom on the Graphic Road, Accra, sets a new standard for quality in the Ghanaian automotive market. CEO of Silver Star Auto, Mr. Asad Nazir, in his welcome address expressed his excitement about the distribution of these brands. The Peugeot and Citroën brands have a very high-quality offering, with vehicles that are fuel-efficient, economical, and built with enhanced safety features. These vehicles will meet the expectations of today’s knowledgeable, demanding and discerning customers, who can expect to have a superior customer experience at Silver Star Auto. Mr. Nouhad Kalmoni, Executive Director, confirmed that shareholders and management of the company have invested not only in the vehicles but also in all the...

Sixty-five participants from 12 African countries have confirmed their participation in the 14 th edition of Ghana Reinsurance Company’s Annual International Seminar. The seminar is scheduled to take place at Ho from February 23 – 29, 2020 under the theme ‘Reinsurance - Principles, Practice and Benefits’. Interestingly, the North African state of Sudan - an old business partner of Ghana Re - is topping the roll call of participants apart from the host country Ghana, which will be sending 30 participants. Other countries expected to attend include: Cameroun – 2; Cote d’ Ivoire – 2; Ethiopia – 3; Senegal – 1; Togo – 2; Liberia – 2; Morocco – 1; Nigeria – 1; Kenya – 1; and Zambia – 3.   Kwaku Appietu-Ankrah – Head Domestic Operations 1, Ghana Re, briefing B&FT said registration and opening formalities will start on Monday between 8:30am – 9:30am, and thereafter the seminar starts. Furthermore, he said the seminar, which is about 14-years old, has been held acro...

About 400 police personnel nationwide from the Motor Traffic and Transport Division (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service will be trained by the National Insurance Commission (NIC) in the use of a new device for checking fake stickers.  As part of the training, 80 personnel from the Accra and Tema Unit of the MTTD started training last week in Accra. These personnel are expected to conduct random checks on our roads to ensure that vehicles have valid Motor Insurance that has been captured in the NIC’s database. The Director General of the MTTD - Commission of Police, Beatrice Vib-Sanziri, said at the launch of the training that this programme is for 80 selected personnel of MTTD within Accra and Tema, which they intend extending to about 400 personnel nationwide. And these officers are intended to train others in their various jurisdictions on enforcing road laws. “Aside from the training, the National Insurance Commission has also promised to donate hand-held devices ...

Old Mutual Ghana, a major player in the insurance and pensions industry in Ghana has rewarded its top performing sales staff for the just ended financial year 2019 at a plush event held in Accra on the 8th of February 2020 at the Fiesta Royale Hotel. The event, which is organised annually, is part of Old Mutual’s unflinching commitment to reward exemplary performance aimed at motivating employees towards delivering excellent service to its customers in the year 2019. A total of 24 awards were presented to the deserving winners who worked tirelessly over the past year to help Old Mutual achieve its business objectives. The top performing financial advisor for the retail sales category was Mr. Awudu Adam whilst Miss. Loretta Asare won the award for top performing financial advisor for the bancassurance category. The top performing corporate relationship manager award went to Miss. Emma Ocansey. ‘For us at Old Mutual, we are immensely proud of the men and women in sales...

In this interview with SMT Ghana, the company talks about its range of advanced products, services and solutions for the transport and infrastructure sectors of the country. The company is strategically located in four cities, with presence in Tamale, Tarkwa, Kumasi and Accra. SMT Ghana is a member of the SMT Group with presence in Europe and over 20 African countries. This has been further reinforced by the operational agility of its dedicated sales and service network. B&FT: What products and services do you provide ? SMT Ghana : We are distributors of Volvo Construction Equipment and Volvo Trucks, and a premium distributor and after-sales partner for the equipment and transport industry. At SMT, we place our customers at the heart of everything we do; building long-term partnerships that you can rely on to support your growth. We are into creating sustainable and integrated solutions for the heavy-equipment and transport industries across Europe and Africa. We are f...

The Mazda Foundation Southern Africa recently became involved in the rescue of lions from captivity in the Ukraine in association with the Lawrence Anthony Earth Organization - Ukraine (LAEO Ukraine) and Warriors of Wildlife. In December 2019, the Mazda Foundation donated funds so that five lion cubs could be relocated from Ukraine to a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa. South African born wildlife activist Lionel de Lange had approached Jacaranda’s “Good Morning Angels” to look for support in covering the transport of the five cubs from the Ukraine to South Africa. The Mazda Foundation Southern Africa stepped in to help. In addition to the funds donated for the air transport, the Foundation provided five BT-50 pick-ups for the ground transport of the lions from OR Tambo International Airport, to Ubuntu sanctuary in Limpopo. Craig Roberts, Managing Director of Mazda Southern Africa and Chairman of the Mazda Foundation Southern Africa, said: “It is an incredible project to ...

Samsung Mobile has unveiled a range of new mobile devices at an event in Accra dubbed Unpacked 2020. The new devices including the S20, Z Flip and Galaxy Buds+ are the company’s top phones for the new decade. The phones were officially unveiled by MD for Samsung Ghana, Eugene Nahm, with the support of actress Jocelyn Dumas and Kidi, a musician. Joining a live stream of the event, which was shot entirely on the S20 range, attendees were left impressed by the demonstration of the qualities of the new high end devices. S20 Range The base model, the S20 comes with a 6.2 inch QHD+ display, 128GB of storage, expandable by 128GB via an SD card and a 64MP main camera. The S20+ is decked with 6.7 inch QHD+ screen and 128/256/512GB of storage options. Both are available in 4G and 5G variants.  The top of the range S20 Ultra comes with a massive 6.9 inch QHD+ display, and the possibility of a 1.5TB of storage plus a whopping 108MP main camera with a 100x super resolution zoom (S...

With a staggering array of public, private, and community stations providing listeners with audio content via analogue, digital, and internet platforms, radio is the most widely consumed broadcast medium on a global level today. Commercial radio was first introduced in 1920, and made its way into cars in 1930. H istorian Donald Matteson, who was curator of radio at the Henry Ford Museum, wrote a book called ‘The Auto Radio: A Romantic Genealogy’, chronicling the birth of car radio and its development over the ensuing decades, right up until 1987, that was, when the book was published. “Considering just how much in-car audio has evolved since 1987 – when factory-fitted CD players were all the rage – it’s probably time someone wrote a follow-up book,” says Kuda Takura, Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa spokesperson . “Better yet, it should be narrated and recorded in audio book or podcast format, so we can listen to it in our cars!” Statistics show that we are living ...

…as GSS trains police officers under Bloomberg data for health initiative Analysis of mortality statistics from Ghana’s civil registration and health systems gives an indication of absence of information on causes of death that are due to road traffic, violent and external causes. Additionally, the current level of death registration is below internationally accepted standards; and the quality of vital statistics generated is very low. According to Dr. Fidelia Dake, Country Expert for the Global Grants Programme, these limitations have necessitated the training of police officers to collect data on mortality from road traffic, violent and external causes as part of routine data collection processes to augment vital statistics generated from the health and civil registration systems. Against the foregoing, the Ghana Statistical Service under the auspices of the Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative has conducted a two-day workshop for officers of the Ghana Police Service ...

Toyota isn't letting a global slowdown get in the way of its plans to grow, reporting a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday and raising its full-year forecast. Even as a production shutdown in China, the world's largest car market, has cast a pall over global automakers already struggling to cope with a downshift in demand and rising costs on next-generation technology, Toyota is betting it can sell more cars. "The global market in 2020 will be probably lower than what was the market in 2019, but you saw our forecast in terms of sales volume for 2020 and we plan to sell more cars than in 2019 -- even if the market is declining," Didier Leroy, a Toyota executive vice president, said at a press conference in Tokyo. Toyota is targeting operating profit of 2.5 trillion yen ($22.7 billion) for the full fiscal year through March, up from a previous projection for 2.4 trillion yen and broadly in line with analysts' expectations. That cont...

Excavators has taken over the airwaves following news about the disappearance of some of these earth moving machines seized at the height of the fight against illegal mining between 2017 and 2018, by the Operation Vanguard- an operational team made up of various security personnel purposely set up to clamp down on illegal mining. Today, I will like to enlighten you about the next generation hydraulic excavator of Caterpillar’s 6-ton Class Cat 306 CR. The Cat 306 CR mini hydraulic excavator marks  Caterpillar 's entry in the 6-ton class offering. Designed with an improved customer experience in mind, the 306 CR mini excavator is built to exceed customer expectations with strong performance, enhanced operator experience and simplified maintenance with extended service intervals. With standard exclusive features for our industry like stick steer and new LCD monitor, it provides a great value for customers and boasts industry leading performance, according to the manufactu...