The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced that a revised version of the Right To Information Bill (RTI Bill) has been approved by Cabinet and forwarded to Parliament.
In recent weeks, pressure has been mounting on the govern…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said Ghana is the best investment destination because government is committed to pursuing business-friendly programmes and policies to improve the business climate for domestic and foreign investments…
The Dormaa Poultry Farmers Association has appealed to the government to waive the new 15 per cent Value Added Tax(VAT) imposed on imported day-old chicks.
The association pleaded with the government to maintain the old tax of five per …
Mr Noble Yaotse Adonoo, Managing Partner, AKA and Partners, has encouraged Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to register their businesses to qualify for various assistances including accessing loans to expand their businesses.
He noted th…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced Government’s ambition to embark on aggressive exploration in the upstream oil industry to revive the petroleum industry, accelerate discoveries and to replace the depleting oil reserves.
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Increased tax education, jointly mounted by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is showing positive results as many in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis comply with their tax obligations.
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This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at a press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Bal…
Ambassador Susanna Moorehead handed funds raised at a High Fashion and High Tea networking event to Arakele Fashion Design College
British Ambassador to Ethiopia Susanna Moorehead visited Arakele Design College on 15 March to see how …
Share markets were stuck on their worst run since November on Monday, as caution gripped traders in a week in which the Federal Reserve is likely to raise U.S. interest rates and perhaps signal as many as three more lie in store this year.…
New research calls on governments to invest at least 50% of government Universal Service and Access Funds in projects to expand women’s internet access and use
New research from the Web Foundation, the Alliance for Affordable Internet a…
"Activist shareholder" are two words almost guaranteed to make chief executives choke on their morning coffee.
It usually means that someone with a lot of money thinks the CEO is not doing a very good job of running the company and maxi…
Drivers for app-based cab aggregators Uber and Ola started an indefinite strike across India on Monday, demanding extra pay as a surge in the number of cabs on the two platforms, coupled with cutbacks in incentive payments, have stung driv…
The Dormaa Poultry Farmers Association has renewed its appeal to the government to equip a building reserved for use as veterinary laboratory in Dormaa-Ahenkro with required logistics for diagnoses to be performed on poultry birds.
They…
The Reinsurance sector in the country largely remains untapped with a lot of room for growth in the provision of reinsurance capacity in the areas of oil and gas, marine, aviation and specialist liability risk.
Mr. Justice Yaw Ofori, Co…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has hinted that government will revamp the defunct Tumu Cotton Ginnery in line with the implementation of the “One-District-One-Factory” policy.
He disclosed that government was in contact with prospec…
The Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA) is working to provide incentive packages to help create viable and sustainable business environment to attract new investors into the free zone enclaves and support the growth of existing ones.
Mr M…
US-educated economist Yi Gang has been named the next governor of China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC).
Mr Yi has been deputy governor of the bank since 2008, but his appointment was largely unexpected.
It was one …
"Fifty Two percent of the Fortune 500 firms are gone due to disruptive technology and innovations" according to Simon Carpenter, Chief Technology Advisor for SAP Africa. The Fortune 500 companies is an annual list compiled by Fortune Magaz…
Mr Ziad Hamoui, President, Borderless Alliance-Ghana, has advocated regional trade in locally made products among West African countries. Addressing a bilateral workshop between border agencies on trade facilitation in West Africa at Aflao…
Zenith Bank Ghana, a market leader in the banking industry, and Vodafone Ghana, a leading telecommunications company, have entered into a mutually beneficial partnership to bring unmatched benefits to their customers.
The collaboration …
The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has signed an Implementing Entity Agreement (IEA) with the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) under the Power Compact II, for the disbursement of US$65.7 million into NEDCo’s opera…
Dr. Nana Ato Arthur, the Head of the Local Government Service, has called for the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to focus priority on building a more reliable revenue database.
This, he said, was vital for incr…
Opinion piece by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB and Chair of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), co-authored by Jacqueline Loh, chair of the BIS Mark…
Madam Charity Dwomoh, the Tain District Chief Executive (DCE) in the Brong-Ahafo Region has appealed to investors to support and revive the two defunct cashew processing factories in the District.
According to the DCE, the two factories…
Economists at the research desk of Standard Bank, the parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana, have forecast an improved economic performance and narrowing of the current account deficit in 2018.
Year-on-year inflation is expected to be ar…
Cross-border retail volumes are predicted to increase at an annual average rate of 25% between 2015 and 2020
Cross border e-commerce continues to provide significant growth opportunities for retailers and manufacturers with an internati…
African Development Bank commends Japan’s multi-billion-dollar support for Africa’s economic transformation. Seeks stronger Asia ties.
The President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, has commended the Government of Ja…
Digitalization and clean energy integration transforming the energy landscape in the country
ABB, the pioneering technology leader, has recorded steady and sustained growth in the United Arab Emirates in 2017.
“ABB is seein…
Most power and electricity transmission infrastructure in Africa presently operates at a fraction of installed capacity, owing to insufficient maintenance and lack of modernisation
Gauteng-based civil engineering and multi-disciplinary …
International Monetary Fund Executive Board Approves 6-Month Extension of the Stand-By Arrangement with Kenya
The reviews are expected to be completed by September 2018
On March 12, 2018, the Executive Board of the International Mone…
The Cords & Co is the world's first premium corduroy brand and is partly owned by Viktor Tell and Mikael Söderlindh, the founders who previously turned Happy Socks into a 85 million euro business. Now they are launching a crowdfunding ca…
Almost half the businesses in Ghana are owned by women, the second edition of the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) has revealed.
Ten African countries made the list with Ghana ranking the highest with 46% of women business…
Group Ndum (GN) Bank on Wednesday celebrated 50 loyal customers in the Upper West Region for contributing to the successful growth and sustainability of the Bank that now boasts of 280 branches nationwide.
The Bank with its overriding g…
The Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s largest airline group, has provided Seamless Connections for Ghanaian Christians seeking to go on Holy Pilgrimage to Israel. The Airline has been arranging Pilgrimage packages together with a Pilgrimage Com…
The Savannah Development Policy Think Tank has commended President Akufo-Addo led government for initiating moves to increase the contribution of solar power to the country’s energy mix.
It said government demonstrated its commitment wh…
Côte d’Ivoire marks the pilot launch of the digital bank
Standard Chartered Bank (www.SC.com) today announced the official launch of its digital bank in Côte d’Ivoire. This marks the Bank’s first digital bank in Africa and the first-of-…
Ghana and the African Development Fund (ADF) on Thursday signed a US$39.01 million loan agreement to support government’s Flagship Programme in Agriculture: Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ).
Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, s…
Persuading China’s Iron and Steel Association to do their business in Africa neatly blends environmental concerns with the government’s geopolitical motives to push investment in Africa
In 2015, The economist published “It’s a STEEL!”…
Unilever, the consumer goods giant that makes Marmite and Dove soap, has chosen Rotterdam over London for its headquarters.
The Anglo-Dutch firm said it would now be one legal entity in the Netherlands in a bid to become "more agile".
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The Group Nduom (GN) Bank, an indigenous private Ghanaian owned commercial bank, has unveiled GN Mobile Money system in the Upper West Region to better serve and give its customers new experience in modern banking.
The new mobile money …
Parliament on Wednesday approved the formula for sharing the GH¢924 million of the Ghana Education Trust (GETFund) for the 2018 fiscal year. Out of the amount approved for the GETFund, GH¢328,136,603 has been allocated to tertiary inst…
The final report of the West Africa Growth Ring Corridor Master Plan (WAGRIC) that contains the action plans and strategies aimed at achieving spatial and economic integration of the sub-region has been presented.
The plan aims at enhan…
The head of the most influential U.S. business lobbying group warned the Trump administration that unilateral tariffs on Chinese goods could lead to a destructive trade war that will hurt American consumers and U.S. economic growth.
U.S…
On March 7, news broke that uniBank Ghana Limited had taken over the Agricultural Development Bank after a consortium of four institutional investors, led by Belstar Capital Limited, had pledged its shares and all the accompanying entitlem…
Kotoka International Airport’s ambitious Terminal 3 is now ready for use. Its completion is as much a tribute to continuity after a change of political administration as it is the result of the vision of Ghana Airports Company itself, repo…
U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, lifted by technology companies and as industrials moved higher after the White House trade adviser said tariffs could be applied without provoking a trade war.
President Donald Trump’s tough approach to glo…
HSBC has reported a 29% median gender pay gap for its UK banking operations.
However, the company also reported a 59% gap on the mean measure for hourly pay for 2017.
HSBC has a median gap of 61% for bonus payments between its male a…
The Supreme Court has thrown out a review application seeking to overturn its earlier decision that quashed a $60- million judgment debt a High Court in Accra ordered the National Investment Bank (NIB) to pay to Dominion Corporate Trustees…
The year-on-year inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Price Index moved up by 0.3 percentage point to 10.6 per cent in February from 10.3 per cent recorded in January.
Mr Baah Wadieh, the Acting Government Statistician, on Wednesd…
Samuel Boakye-Appiah, the Managing Director of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has said the Public Utility and Regulatory Commission (PURC) tariff review would be implemented effective March 15.
Speaking at a press briefing in Accra…
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