Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister, Thursday launched the 2019 Volta Trade, Investment and Cultural Fair in Ho, and said it is time Volta and Oti Regions became industrialized and broke out of poverty.
He said investing in …
Ghana has been described as the Star in the International Monetary Fund's 2019 Economic Growth Forecast.
A report by Bloomberg said Ghana will be the fastest-growing economy in the world this year, according to the International Monetar…
Enterprise Group (EG), a leading insurance company, has opened a new service centre in Accra to enhance service delivery to its customers.
Located within its head office branch christened the ‘Advantage Place’, the office, ‘Enterprise M…
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has engaged smallholder farmers, downstream consumers and top value chain actors in the Upper West Region on ways of cutting down aflatoxin contamination in grains.
The engagement was part of the regi…
Jet Airways appears to have suspended all its international flights, raising fresh fears about the survival of India's largest private airline.
The airline, saddled with more than $1bn (£765m) of debt, is seeking a financial lifeline to…
The Bank of Ghana has released a clearer version of the upgraded cedi notes due to start circulation on May 6.
The notes were signed by the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addiso…
The African Development Bank will on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 launch 17 new grant projects funded by the Agriculture Fast Track Fund (AFT) in support of agribusiness Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in eight African countries.
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Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (+7.14%) gained GH¢0.01 to close at GH¢0.15, pushing the benchmark index up by 3.37 points (+0.14%) to close at 2,415.23 with a -6.10% year-to-date return while market capitalization i…
The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Ghana has the process of developing a policy document to enable auditors to perform their duties effectively.
When completed, the document is expected to be tabled before Parliament for its consi…
The government has collected some GH¢21.3 million in taxes from the use of vehicles with engine capacities of 2.9 litres and above between August and December last year, provisional fiscal data on public finances for last year has showed.
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The world's biggest Primark has opened its doors to shoppers in Birmingham.
Covering 161,000 sq ft over five floors, it occupies the entire site of a former shopping centre and comes complete with a Disney-themed cafe, a barber's shop a…
Total Petroleum Ghana Limited, a leading oil marketing company in the country, has marked its Top Service Week to interact with customers to improve on service delivery.
During the week-long activity in March 2019, management and staff …
Ogilvy emerged dominant in the global PR industry's prestigious SABRE Awards for the Africa Region, with Ogilvy offices capturing most of the trophies awarded.
A statement said the pan-African Ogilvy network won a total of 17 awards for…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday declared zero tolerance on people who engaged in smuggling of goods through the neighbouring countries into Ghana.
The Authority has therefor vowed to deal vehemently with persons who smugg…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is to start the implementation of fixed exchange rate regime to protect importers from the fluctuation of the US dollar.
This will now keep the cedi to the dollar for import duties over a 90-day period …
Huawei Technologies has announced that the Huawei Y5 2018, Y6 and Y7 Prime as well as the Y9 2019 are available for purchase via Jumia Ghana Online.
Customers who buy their Huawei Y Series via https://www.jumia.com.gh/catalog/?q=huawei …
Huawei Technologies has announced that the Y6 Prime 2019 is officially available in Ghana and exclusive to Jumia Ghana Online.
A statement issued by Integriti News Agency, on Wednesday, described the Huawei Y6 Prime 2019 as having a '6.…
In its bid to effectively empower farmers engaged in cashew production to make them economically viable, the Department of Agriculture in the Mfantseman Municipal Assembly has resolved to cultivate more than 1,000 acres of cashew within 24…
The Central Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has stepped-up engagements with local industries in the Region to empower them to boost their businesses.
The initiative is aimed at reaching-out to all cottage industri…
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has warned the public against illegal connections of utilities as that can truncate regular flow of potable water and electricity supply.
Mr Issahaku Mashoud Yakubu, the Northern Regiona…
Mrs Cecilia Dapaah, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, has cautioned potential investors to seek expert advice before investing in the financial space to avert unforeseen challenges.
The Minister said the country was experi…
Ghana is to host the State of Israel Agricultural Innovation Summit in June to create enabling environment for dialoguing and exploration of grounds for technological transfer, Mrs Ayelet Levin-Karp, Head of Trade and Economic to Ghana sta…
The award ISO 37001 is testament proactive anti-bribery measures that indicated how to develop businesses in a transparent way in Africa
One of Africa’s major energy and transportation firms - Aenergy (Aenergy.com) - has become the cont…
Middle-class families are seeing their incomes stagnating as they are squeezed by the ultra-rich taking a bigger slice, says an international report from the OECD economics think tank.
The report says the middle classes are being "hollo…
Inflation for the month of March increased slightly to 9.3 per cent from the 9.2 per cent recorded in February.
The March 2019 figure is 0.1 percentage points higher than the 9.2 per cent recorded in February this year, the Ghana Statis…
Sector indices closed unchanged. The SAS Manufacturing Index recorded no gains or losses for the eighth straight session, closing at 4,601.08 with a -1.12% YTD return while the GSE Financial Index closed at yesterday’s level of 2,080.87 …
The Light of Hope Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working at Sumbrungu-Asoegoom in the Bolgatanga Municipality has set up poverty reduction scheme to empower rural women and reduce poverty.
The NGO has supported and em…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has developed an electronic payment platform for the informal sector to pay their quarterly taxes through mobile money in collaboration with the Banks.
The new system which would start this year is par…
The GCB Bank Limited, as part of its commitment to remain the country's most welcoming bank has out-doored its "Cool Banking Campaign" to promote the bank's digital products and other convenient services among its key target groups.
A s…
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Ghana (FES) has identified weak competitiveness in the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangements in Ghana.
The FES said local assemblies prefer the build-operate-transfer and design-build-operate categories…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister on Monday filed his 2018 annual tax returns and urged others to faithfully pay their taxes as required by law.
He said government could undertake developmental projects such as good roads,…
The Western Regional Minister, Dr Kobby Okyere Darko-Mensah, has called on the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), to consciously educate the citizenry on Assets declaration and refund schemes embedded in the tax regime for accurate tax calcula…
MTN Ghana (MTNGH) dominated trades by volume and value, accounting for 99.91% of total volume traded and 99.80% of total value traded. A total of 14,048,886 shares valued at GH¢9,845,036 changed hands from 26,452 shares valued at GH¢34,2…
Sharing his vision on the leading role of the African Development Bank, Adesina urged American businesses to engage more with the continent
Speaking at a high-level dialogue in Washington D.C. on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Spri…
The grant will also assist efforts towards full ratification of the agreement by all AU member states
On 1 April 2019, the Board of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) approved an institutional support grant of $4.8 mill…
Shares in drugmaker Indivior plunged 70% after the US Department of Justice charged it with fraudulent marketing.
A federal grand jury in Virginia accused Indivior of a "truly shameful scheme to put profits over the health and well-bein…
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has praised the recently concluded banking sector reform exercise as a timely intervention that has injected in excess of GH¢4 billion in fresh capital into the banking industry.
The clean-up has…
MTN has declared 2019 as the year of the customer. To this end, they are investing over $160million into the business to help improve the services so as to delight the customer and meet his needs.
Mr Selorm Adadevoh, CEO of MTN Ghana, m…
Freetown – At least 2,000 Sierra Leonean youths facing chronic unemployment or underemployment will receive market-driven vocational training over the next three years under a project funded by the Government of Japan.
“IOM has a long-…
Société Générale is also the official banker of Ghana Rugby and is a major partner of the Rugby World Cup in Japan later this year
Société Générale Ghana and Ghana Rugby (GhanaRugby.org) announced their intention to build character for …
The new 133-key Hilton Garden Inn Al Jubail has opened in Saudi Arabia’s commercial centre in Jubail, Dammam. It joins three existing Hilton Garden Inn properties in Saudi Arabia.
Helmed by Dewan Architects + Engineers as the Lead Consu…
The jury in the fraud trial against four former Barclays bankers - including the former chief executive, John Varley - has been discharged.
The case dated back to the financial crisis, when the bank raised billions of pounds from Middle…
The European Union has begun preparations to retaliate over Boeing subsidies, an EU official said on Tuesday, a day after Washington listed EU products it plans to hit with tariffs in their aircraft dispute.
The U.S. Trade Representativ…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, the Volta Regional Minister, said taxation remained the main effective tool that countries relied on to mobilise revenue for national development.
He said as Ghana embarked on development agenda, it was therefore…
GreenPark Properties, an Accra-based Real Estate Development and Property Management Company, is set to host a cocktail reception to launch the groundbreaking of Preston Place, a mixed residential development nestled in Adjiringanor-East L…
Mr Albert Zeufack, the Chief Economist for Africa World Bank, has urged African governments to ratify and implement the Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) to reduce trade volatility and spur African economic growth.
He urged Africa…
The Customs Division of Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the Upper West Region has launched its tax and good governance week to educate citizens on the need to honour their tax obligations towards faster economic growth.
Over the years …
MTN Ghana, expressing worry over the high levels of optical fibre cuts (more than 100 a month), which impede quality service delivery, called for serious concerted efforts to end the menace.
At an Editors' Engagement, in Accra, on Monda…
Telecoms giant, MTN Ghana, last year, paid a total of GHC1.48 billion in taxes, out of which, GHC1.3 billion went to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
The National Communications Authority and Ghana Investments Fund for Electronic Comm…
The Tema Office of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has held Tax Clinics in Tema to educate the public on tax related issues and to assist tax payers to file their Personal Tax Returns.
As part of the commemoration of April as "Client …