An economist, Prof. John Gatsi, has said the lack of a clear plan to chart the country’s development path will continue to hinder its economic growth if the phenomenon is not addressed.
He said the tendency to compare Ghana to other c…
Mall for Africa Launches Affiliate Program in Africa Affiliates will receive a fee every time one of their readers makes a purchase.
Mall for Africa, Africa’s most popular e-commerce and m-commerce platform, announced today the launch o…
China has never surrendered to external pressure and it will win any trade war with the United States, the nation’s state media stressed in a series of editorials and columns in the hours after the world’s two top economies targeted each o…
Monsanto Co (MON.N), which is being acquired by Germany’s Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE), missed analysts’ quarterly profit estimate on Thursday on lower volumes and prices for corn.
Sales in the company’s corn seeds and traits business dropped 6.…
Agribusiness giant, Olam International, leader in agri-business across the value chain in 66 countries, received the International Company of the Year Award in Africa at the 2018 Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan.
The company stood out on a n…
The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry has announced plans to digitize fees collection and administration at tourist sites.
Mrs. Catherine Afeku, the Minister, said this would help block revenue leakages.
It would significantly reduc…
Mr Akwasi Amankwaah, Chairman, Community Three Livestock Farmers Association, has appealed to government to retool the Ghana Veterinary Services Department to boost livestock production.
“We have a very dedicated veterinary service corp…
The government of Ghana has adopted the an indigenous factory which produces building blocks from plastic waste into the one district, one factory policy for the Ashaiman Municipality.
The initiative was adopted into the policy after t…
Australia's biggest winemaker, Accolade Wines, is to be bought by a US private equity firm.
The Carlyle Group has agreed to buy the maker of Hardys wine from Australia's Champ Private Equity for 1bn Australian dollars ($769m; £546m).
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The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has delisted two companies from the bourse for breaching aspects of the regulations governing the operations of listed companies.
The delisting of the two, Golden Web Limited and Transaction Solutions Ghan…
A new reference rate for lending, the Ghana Reference Rate (GRR), has taken effect to serve as a guide in the setting of interest rates on loans by banks.
The maiden rate has been pegged at 16.82 per cent for April 2017, a press state…
The Akrofuom Teachers’ Co-operative Credit Union continues to show strong performance, recording a net surplus (profit) of GH¢167,740.58, last year.
It had in year 2016, posted a surplus of GH¢144,783.02 on its operations.
Mr. Jo…
The issue of rising public debt makes attainment of the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ agenda of the Government almost a daunting reality, Mr Nicholas Ekow de-Heer, Head of Programmes, Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS), has said.
He expressed conce…
A day’s training workshop to aid the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through proper packaging and labelling of their products has been held in Koforidua.
The programme was organized by SMEGA - an NGO, in conjunction with t…
Japanese government officials are bracing for Donald Trump to get tough in trade talks, and are particularly anxious that the U.S. president could target Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s weak-yen policies.
The deal Trump clinched with South …
India’s Jet Airways Ltd (JET.NS) has entered into an agreement to buy 75 Boeing Co (BA.N) 737 MAX narrowbody jets, worth $8.8 billion, to meet passenger demand which has shown no sign of abating after years of growth.
Jet Airways, in a …
Mr Kenneth Kwamina Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance and Leasing Company has cautioned that government’s flagship project “One-District-One-Factory,” is at risk so long as the Cedi continues to be overvalued.
All the pr…
The Greater Accra Regional Shipper-Committee has pledged its commitment to deepen relationship with stakeholders in the maritime transport industry to protect and safeguard interests of shippers.
At the 20th Anniversary of the Committee…
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has vowed to impound any uncertified products sold on the market.This comes as it scales up the drive to check the influx of poor quality products into the country.
Mr. Thomas Aquinas Asolmia, its Upp…
It took the chance encounter of being held hostage in the Congo in the 1990s to awake in James Beeland Rogers Jr. (the Singapore-based veteran investor, businessman, adventurer, and author), a realisation of the great future that awaits Af…
The Ghana Revenue Authority has appealed to persons who are yet to register for the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) to take steps to do so as it begins the enforcement of the law.
With effect from April 1, 2018, a person without th…
DreamOval Ltd, creators of Slydepay, Stanbic Bank and Enterprise Life Ghana are pleased to announce a partnership which allows payment of premiums using Slydepay. This integration is readily available at the Slydepay website at www.slyde…
Emirates is offering Ghanaian travellers the opportunity to visit Dubai, available at a very special offer for Economy and Business Class roundtrip, a free third piece of luggage of up to 23 kg and a month’s tourist visa* included in the o…
Blockchain is a good example of distributed technology in action.
Invented in 2008 to run the peer-to-peer digital cash, Bitcoin, this technology has evolved to power other applications for things such as copyright protection, tracking of…
China hit back quickly on Wednesday against the Trump administration’s plans to impose tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods, retaliating with a list of similar duties on key U.S. imports including soybeans, planes, cars, beef and chemic…
Individuals without tax identification numbers (TINs) will not be able to access essential services at state agencies with effect from Tuesday, April 3, 2018, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said.
As a result, patrons seeking serv…
For the first time in seven years, the government has spent less than it budgeted, thanks to a drastic cut in expenditure in response to slow revenue inflows.
This has resulted in a provisional fiscal deficit that is healthier than the …
Shares in electric car firm Tesla have risen after it announced a boost in production of its cheaper Model 3 cars in the first quarter.
The firm said it had "by far the most productive quarter in Tesla history" after it built 34,494 veh…
Gold Fields made its long-anticipated move to buy assets in Ghana, buying half of Canadian Asanko Gold's subsidiary in the country and buying a 9.9% stake in the parent company for a combined total of nearly $204m.
Gold Fields CEO Nick …
Mr Akilu Sayibu, a Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), has appealed to the media to support the Authority through positive publications for the needed development.
Speaking to the media i…
The app builds on the core functionality that saw the original version applauded as a game changer for African banking
The upgraded version of Ecobank’s (www.Ecobank.com) revolutionary mobile app has attracted 3 million new customers in…
The White House has criticised China after it imposed retaliatory tariffs against the US on a range of goods, including pork and wine.
Beijing put duties of up to 25% on 128 American imports following President Donald Trump's decision t…
Dr. David Anambam, the Asante-Akim South Municipal Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has expressed worry over the slow pace at which farmers who were supplied with inputs under the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme…
Mr Samuel Ofosu, the Kwahu West Municipal Agriculture Extension Officer, has called for an increase in snail farming to make up for the shortage in its supply in recent times.
He explained that the high consumption of snails and the co…
Enterprise Life, the leading life insurer in Ghana and a subsidiary of the Enterprise Group, in pursuit of its Legendary Customer Service Agenda has introduced new and innovative payment platforms for its cherished policyholders.
The ra…
The Gushegu Municipality in the Northern Region has completed a tax compliance education campaign, sensitizing business entities and individuals in the Municipality on the need to pay tax to generate the needed revenue for the state to car…
A five-member Audit Committee has been inaugurated for the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to ensure adherence to public financial management regulations.
The committee was inaugurated in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act 20…
The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) today announced Cocoa For Good, its holistic cocoa sustainability strategy. The comprehensive strategy addresses the most pressing issues facing cocoa-growing communities: poverty, poor nutrition, at-risk you…
Vodafone Ghana has entered into a partnership with Stanbic Bank to digitally empower students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
The two leading institutions in Ghana will team up with Hacklab Foundation …
General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Tuesday it will stop reporting monthly U.S. vehicle sales, saying the 30-day snapshot does not accurately reflect the market and will instead issue quarterly sales.
GM will also no longer report monthly …
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is urging a more aggressive push towards agro-industrialization by African Governments to drive sustainable economic growth.
It said it was time the continent moved to the top of the global food value…
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) on Monday revealed that it has uncovered some Ghanaians and foreigners who have entered into the petroleum sector (Petroleum Black Market dealers) whose operations are inimical…
The Ministry of Finance (MoF), the African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are jointly organising a conference on, “Moving Beyond Aid: Domestic Revenue Mobilisation for G-20 Compact with…
Enterprise Life, the leading life insurer in Ghana and a subsidiary of the Enterprise Group has once again ignited its prowess of innovation.
Having pioneered the sale of funeral insurance in Ghana and introduced the first ever alternat…
Merged mobile telecommunications company, AirtelTigo, has said the integrated mobile money platform for the two different companies would deliver superior customer experience to subscribers.
The integrated process, when completed in Apr…
Oil marketing companies (OMCs) across the country are struggling to survive due to high taxes, diminishing profit margins and activities of illegal fuel smugglers, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the OMCs, Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Duah, has …
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, is to appear before Parliament to answer a question on the procurement processes by which the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) awarded a contract worth GH¢28.8 million to Dextro…
Nigeria scored 42 out of 100 points and ranks 55 among 89 assessments in the 2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI), while Ghana’s oil and gas sector scored a satisfactory 67 of 100 points, making it the best performer in sub-Saharan Africa.…
His Highness Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, UAE Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, and His Excellency Mohamed Alabbar, Founder & Chairman, Emaar Properties, headline AHIC 2018
Unmissable AHIC programme also features gl…
Our conversation with Rasha Kelej, CEO Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com) on the efforts of Merck Foundation for empowering women across Africa and Other developing countries.
I am very happy that we are marking the International W…
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