ICUMS undergoes successful simulation at Tema Port
Ghana Link Network Services Limited, in collaboration with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, has successfully conducted a...
Fishermen urged to practice social distancing at sea
The Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) has said practicing social distancing at sea is impossible.The composition of its work, it said, cannot permit...
MTN grows revenue by 11% amid coronavirus pandemic
Telecommunication giant, Mobile Telephone Network (MTN), has recorded positive service revenue by 11 per cent in the first quarter of 2020.The increase in the...
Govt meets with employers today over COVID-19 safety guidelines at workplace
Reports indicate that the government will today, May 14, 2020, be meeting with employers across the country to discuss effective adherence to safety and...
Single window: ICUMS is Ghana’s best bet – Ghana Link
Ghana Link Network Services, the company spearheading the deployment of theIntegrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS), says the new electronic customsmanagement system is Ghana’s best...
Inflation rate for April hits 10.6%
The national year-on-year inflation rate for April 2020 hits 10.6%, which is 2.8 percentage points higher than last month, the Ghana Statistical Service has...
Twitter says staff can work from home forever
Twitter has told staff that they can work from home "forever" if they wish as the company looks towards the future after the coronavirus...
Covid-19: Drinking bars, hotels can now operate – Ghana Tourism Authority
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) has outlined guidelines to curb the possible spread of the coronavirus disease as the hospitality industry reopens.According to...
COVID-19 unemployment grant launched for citizens
South Africa’s government on Monday made available to citizens access to state grant for those rendered jobless due to the coronavirus.The government’s COVID-19 relief programme for...
Otimah Investment Ltd donates to Ghana Society for the Socially Disadvantaged
Management of Otimah Investments Limited have donated food items and cleaning materials worth GH¢10,000.00 to the Ghana Society for the Socially Disadvantaged.The donation made...
Coronavirus: Unions call for mass testing in Tema companies
The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) and the Tema District Council of Labour (TDCL) have called for mass Covid-19 testing in industries and companies...
Vice President launches Integrated ICT System for MASLOC
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia today launched the Integrated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) System which automates all the operations of the Microfinance and Small...
Ghana CEO Summit postponed
Chief Executives Network Ghana has announced the postponement of the 5th Ghana Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Summit which was scheduled to take place in...
Hollard Life Assurance announces free COVID-19 insurance cover for customers
Life Insurance Company, Hollard Life Assurance, has announced a free COVID-19 insurance cover for its customers.The complimentary insurance cover, which comes at no additional...
Scam Alert: AngloGold Ashanti cautions against recruitment scams during Covid-19 period
The Management of AngloGold Ashanti Ghana Limited has cautioned the general public against the activities of scammers in the Covid-19 era.A statement by the...
26 market women arrested in Bolga [audio]
At least 26 market women in Bolgatanga in the Upper East region have been arrested by police for embarking on a demonstration.The women were...
First National Bank launches ASPIRE to fight against Covid-19 pandemic
First National Bank Ghana has launched ASPIRE (Accelerated Support for Pandemic Intervention and Relief Effort) to assist government and its stakeholders in mitigating the...
COCOBOD boss decries destruction of cocoa farms by illegal miners
In a rather unseemly turn of events, while on a tour within the week to inspect the progress of the ongoing Mass Pruning exercise,...
AirtelTigo partners Opera to offer free data to Ghanaians
Telecommunications operator, AirtelTigo via a press release, has announced its partnership with popular mobile web browser, Opera Mini.The partnership, according Ethel Anamoo, Chief Business...
Ghanaian lands appointment on Oversight Board of Facebook and Instagram
Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei, a human rights lawyer and Programme Manager at the Open Society Initiative for West Africa from Ghana, has been appointed as...
Adongo applauds IMF for ‘exposing’ govt’s massaged figures
Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper East region, Isaac Adongo, has praised the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for affirming government’s...
Ghana, 3 other African countries blacklisted by EU over money-laundering
The European Union (UN) has added 12 countries to its money-laundering blacklist, putting their financial transactions under greater scrutiny.They include Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and...
BIMA Ghana announces GH¢500,000 support, free telemedicine for customers
BIMA Ghana, the leading provider of mobile delivered insurance and telemedicine services in Ghana, announced today that a GH¢500,000.00 reserve was made available for...
Cedi falls by 1.18% to dollar, trades at GHS 5.93
The Ghana cedi has returned to the depreciation trajectory despite a strong performance in the first three-and-a-half months of this year.As of 6 May...
‘800,000 job losses recorded in hospitality sector’
About eight hundred thousand workers in the hospitality, leisure and tourism sectors are said to have lost their jobs.According to the Ghana Tourism Federation...
COVID-19: Hotel owners fear govt’s stimulus package may end up in wrong pockets
Some hotel owners have expressed fears that the government’s GH¢ 600 million stimulus package may end up in wrong pockets.Chief Executive Officer of Ange...
GH¢ 600m Stimulus Package: Number of beneficiary businesses revealed [Audio]
About two hundred thousand small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) are expected to benefit from loans from the GH₵600 million government stimulus package.Out of...
Esoko predicts continuous increase in food prices
Agricultural profiling and messaging service organisation, Esoko, is predicting a continuous increase in the prices of food items due to uncertainty on the way...
STC, Metro Mass Transit suffer losses due to COVID-19 protocols
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has put Inter-City STC and Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT) into dire financial situation compelling them to turn to...
Covid-19 blues: 979 hotels closed down in Ghana
Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Akwasi Agyemang, has disclosed about 979 hotels have been closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic.According...
Video: ‘No pay for thousands of hotel workers laid off’
The tens of thousands of employees in the hospitality industry sent home in March will be paid no salaries for April.This is because there's...
Access Bank protects employees; rejects decision to lay off employees despite declining profit margins
Access Bank Plc, in an effort to avoid job losses of staff members, has decided to cut salaries of its employees.The potential loss of...
Big employers are talking about permanent work-from-home positions
Thousands of Americans are waiting to return to normalcy, but for many that may not mean going back to an office.Working from home could...
Facility cleaning services Spaklean donates items and clean ups to Maamobi Polyclinic
The lockdown by government in March as part of checking spread of the virus in the country affected economic activity in the country.Despite its...
Billionaire loses $14 billion for making a wrong tweet
Tesla's founder Elon Musk wiped $14bn off the carmaker's value after tweeting that its share price was too high.The tweet also knocked $3bn off...
Coronavirus: Poultry farmers donate 82 crates of eggs to boost immune system of patients
The Upper West Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers (GNAPFs) has donated 82 crates of eggs worth GH¢1, 500.00 to...
4 signs you’re keeping your money in the wrong place
Keeping your money in the wrong place has some easy tells: Your money won't grow on its own, and you don't have cash on...
Stimulus package will not guarantee job security – ISSER Director
The Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Professor Peter Quartey, says the government’s provision of a stimulus package does...
Coronavirus: KMA to regulate activities of commercial drivers
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has introduced new stickers to regulate operation of commercial vehicles in the city’s central business district.The move is to...
This is not time to live in comfort zones – Dormaa Central MCE to traders
The Municipal Chief Executive Officer (MCE) for Dormaa Central of the Bono Region, has appealed to traders to accept the inconveniences they are going...