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ICUMS generates GH¢ 4.6 billion in revenue

The Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) is reported to have raked in some GHC 4.6 billion in revenue for the country.The amount generated as...

Ghana’s power abundance turns into burden as energy debts mount

Ghana lured investors to its power industry to end chronic electricity shortages with deals it can no longer afford.The deals’ terms require the government...

Defunct ‘DKM’ customers to receive their deposits by October

President Nana Akufo-Addo has given the assurance that government will pay back the deposits of all customers of the defunct DKM micro-finance company by...

Ghana and Côte D’Ivoire successfully increase pricing of cocoa

Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, the top world cocoa producers, through a joint initiative have convinced chocolate traders and makers to increase the price they...

MTN Ghana Foundation donates 3000 face masks to Greater Accra Regional hospital

MTN Ghana Foundation has donated 3,000 KN95 face masks to the Greater Accra Regional hospital .This forms part of its efforts to encourage the...

NLA teams up with police to arrest 4 lotto fraudsters in Volta Region

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) in collaboration with the Volta Regional Police Command has successfully arrested four lotto fraudsters there.Godwin Agbenyefia alias Demon, 19;...

GIFEC’s ‘No Hate Speech’ online campaign wins an international award

The No Hate Speech Online Campaign under the partnership of Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and...

Gold to end year at $1,700 per ounce

Gold is expected to end this year at an average price of $1,700 per ounce.This is based on the forecast of evolving supply and...

Graphic Communications owed millions of cedis by Parliament, MMDAs

The 2017 Auditor-General’s report has uncovered that institutions including the Parliament owe State-owned Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) some millions of Ghana cedis in...

Two-decade-old CIMG bill gets presidential assent

President Akufo-Addo has approved and signed into law, the new Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) Act.The presidential assent according to a press release...

Road Safety Authority confirms ‘Okada’ stakeholder engagement

JoyNews/AdomNews · Road Safety Authority confirms ‘Okada’ stakeholder engagementThe National Road Safety Authority has confirmed the government’s claim that it has begun stakeholder consultations...

MTN Ghana invests over ¢100m in Covid-19 support activities

The CEO of MTN Ghana Selorm Adadevoh says the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be far reaching than was anticipated at...

Why $194,000 debt owed GPHA must be cancelled – Minister explains

Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has pleaded with the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament to write off 165,000 Euros ($194,342.78) as bad...

Water supply to eastern part of Accra to be interrupted

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says water supply to the eastern part of Accra will be interrupted from September 14 to 20.In a...

BIMA secures $30m to drive mass adoption of digital health, insurtech solutions

BIMA has secured $30 million in further investment as demand for digital health services doubles.Covid-19 is the catalyst behind the surge, with consumers seeking...

Farm produce go waste in Pusiga District

Vegetables farms in the Pusiga District of the Upper East Region are perishing as roads linking the farms to market centres are washed away...

Akufo-Addo cuts sod for solid waste plant in Bono East

President Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of a solid waste treatment facility at Fiaso in the Techiman South Municipal of the...

NDC promises clinics in cocoa growing regions

JoyNews/AdomNews · NDC promises clinics in cocoa growing regionsThe opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is promising to build well-equipped clinics in all cocoa growing...

StanChart marks Int Literacy Day with launch of a virtual reading project

As the world marks International Literacy Day, Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited has launched a virtual reading project under its Employee Volunteering programme that...

MTN to be “full digital operator” by 2023

MTN Ghana says it is sustaining investments in infrastructure and strategizing to become a “full digital operator” by 2023.MTN Ghana Chief Executive Officer, Mr...

First National Bank outdoors new package for SMEs

First National Bank Ghana, a subsidiary of the FirstRand Group of South Africa, has announced the introduction of a tailored package for small and...

Why Christians above 70 must not fear death – Pastor explains

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, has stated that any Christian who is above 70 years old...

I’ll scrap law banning importation of salvaged vehicles – Mahama

Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has communicated his intention to scrap the ban on the importation of salvaged vehicles if the party...

BIMA wins mobile insurance leadership award

BIMA Ghana, the leading provider of mobile delivered insurance and telemedicine services, has scooped the prestigious Mobile Insurance Leadership Award for the third time running as...

‘NDC’s lie to IMF caused Ghana $36 million’

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has said the (NDC) administration under former President Jerry John Rawlings once lied to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), leading...

Let’s take advantage of opportunities in COVID-19 era – Entrepreneurs urged

The Chief Executive Officer of Party Tree Bakes says the Covid-19 pandemic has presented opportunities for companies and entrepreneurs to expand their businesses.Mrs. Thara...

Include us in bailout package – Menzgold customers to govt

The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold wants its members to be included in the bailout arrangement for collapsed fund management companies.They contend that...

Finance Minister details use of $500 million dollars from Agyapa Royalties listing

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has detailed the use of the $500 million to be generated from the listing of the controversial Agyapa Royalties Limited...

We will get a more literature out on Agyapa deal – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says government is putting in place measures to ensure that the public is adequately educated on the Agyapa Royalties Agreement.This...

Govt to borrow GH¢22.7bn within next 3 months – Finance Ministry

The government will borrow GH¢22.7 billion within the next three months, beginning this month.According to the Bank of Ghana's issuance calendar, GH¢19 billion...

Coordinating Directors tours Zoomlion plant; calls on govt for support

Association of Coordinating Directors (ACD) have entreated government to support the various waste treatment facilities owned by waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL).Organiser...

GRA responds to allegations of smuggled fuel at Customs Division

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has reacted to a publication making rounds on social media that implicates the Customs Division of the Authority.The GRA,...

Hollard Insurance wins big at 2020 Ghana Insurance Awards

Hollard Ghana, a subsidiary of the Hollard Insurance Group, has won multiple awards at the recently held 2020 edition of the Ghana Insurance Awards...

Checkout how much govt gets from Covid-19 testing at KIA

Government has generated a total of $37,050 from Covid-19 testing of travellers coming into Ghana since reopening the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on September...

Agyapa Royalties deal increases risks of Anti-Money Laundering blacklisting by EU – Seth Terkper

Former Finance Minister, Seth Emmanuel Terkper, has warned the government of the elevated risks the registration and establishment of its Special Purpose Vehicle Agyapa...

Govt excluded Agyapa Royalties from 2020 and Mid-Year Budgets Review – Seth Terkper

Finance Minister under the erstwhile John Mahama administration, Seth Terkper, has questioned the reason behind the exclusion of a major policy such as the...

Ghana and Nigeria hold talks on trade, related issues

The Speakers of the Ghana Parliament and the Nigeria House of Representatives, have had talks to find solutions to the challenges brought about as...

Ato Forson draws ‘thin line’ between Agyapa Royalties and Ghana Gold Company

Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, has denied assertions by members of the ruling New Patriotic Party that seem to suggest that Ghana Gold...

Agyapa Royalties grossly undervalued, worth more than $1 billion – Ato Forson

Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam, Cassiel Ato Forson, has said the controversial Agyapa Royalties deal has been grossly undervalued by the government.According to him,...

Minority to write to London Stock Exchange on Agyapa Royalties listing

The Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson has revealed the intention of the Minority Caucus to write to the United Kingdom Financial Conduct...