Oral Robert University Honours

Oral Roberts University Honours Zoomlion CEOPublished on November 3, 2012 The CEO and Dr. Roberts after the presentation DR.  JOSEPH Siaw Agyepong, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Zoomlion Ghana Limited was last Wednesday honored by the Oral Roberts University of the US. The ceremony to confer the honour on Dr. Agyepong took place at the Zoomlion head office in Accra. The award was in recognition of his contribution to education, human development and the church. Dr. Agyepong is one of five people being honoured by the university and the ministry in Ghana. Other recipients of the award include the President John Dramani Mahama. Dr. Richard Roberts, President of the Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Ministries congratulated the staff and management of Zoomlion Ghana limited for the wonderful work they were doing in Ghana and other African countries. He said Ghana was one of 40 countries the Lord had touched him to minister in and as such plans were far advanced for more crusades in Ghana next year. Dr. Agyepong upon receiving the award expressed gratitude to the Lord Almighty, the Board of directors, management and entire staff of the company who had supported him over the years. The founder and President of Worldwide Miracle Outreach, Dr. Lawrence Tetteh also addressed staff and management of Zoomlion and asked them to let the Lord lead them in everything that they did saying He will not turn his back on them. Florence Larbi, Managing Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, assured Dr. Roberts that the entire foundation of the company rested on godliness, fellowship and faith in God as keys to its growth and success.    

German Inversters Eye Ghana

Published on November 2, 2012 Dr. Kwabena Dufuor, Finance Minister and Economic Planning Ghana has become a very attractive destination for German investors and companies, says Thomas Wimmer, Head of Mission at the German Embassy in Ghana. According to Mr. Wimmer, the rich commodities in Ghana and the growing and educated middle-class are fast making Ghana a market friendly environment for foreign companies. “More than anything else Ghana is one of the truly stable, peaceful and democratic countries in the region. This is what brings German businesses here,” he told hundreds of guests gathered at the prestigious Labadi Beach hotel last week to celebrate the 22nd Anniversary of the Unification of East and West Germany. The German Embassy boss dispelled the notion that the interest of German companies in Ghana may be due to an intention to exploit the expanded mineral resources and hydrocarbon base of the country, “German companies are known in Ghana to have a sustained interest in the country. They haven’t come in for the “gold rush” in oil and gas, only, but most of them have been here well before. And my impression is clearly that this commitment is well received by the Ghanaian business partners,” Wimmer explained. Germany is one of Ghana’s biggest trading partners in Europe as the country purchase exports such as cocoa and other traditional foodstuff. “But there is a tendency towards greater diversification that we are happy about,” Mr. Wimmer noted. The Ghanaian-German trade volumhe grew more than 17 per cent last year-a rate well above the already impressive GDP of the country. Ghana and German have cordial bilateral relations since the 1960s. Germany has contributed a cumulative amount of Euro 1.25 billion to assist socio-economic development in Ghana. “Ghana has for decades been one of these cherished partners. We share many common values and convictions about democracy, good governance, peace and regional stability, which brings us together in tackling many regional and global challenges,” the German diplomat noted. By Raphael Adeniran