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Why govt has banned importation of ‘accident’, ‘used’ vehicles

The government has initiated plans to amend the Customs Law to disallow the importation of vehicles that have been used for a decade or...

NPA pilots first phase of cylinder recirculation model in Kade

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has begun piloting the first phase of the cylinder recirculation model in Kade in the Eastern region.According to the...

Adom FM now on GOtv and DStv

Ghana’s leading and favourite Akan radio station, Adom 106.3 FM, starting today March 3, 2020 is accessible on MultiChoice’s GOtv and DStv audio channels....

Apple will pay up to $500 million for slowing down older iPhones

Apple will pay up to half a billion dollars to settle a class action lawsuit accusing it of slowing down older iPhone models to compel users...

Ghana targets increased timber trade following EU licensing, certification

Ghana is hoping to revive its dwindling timber trade with the European Union through a Voluntary Partnership Agreement programme.Decline in the volume of premium species like...

GUTA reacts to Coronavirus in Nigeria

Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has been alarmed by first recorded case of Covid-19 known as Coronavirus in Nigeria.RELATED STORY:Nigeria confirms first case...

Freight Forwarders bare teeth at govt over UNIPASS take-off

It is now clear that the government is going ahead with the implementation of what its calls the new end to end customs management...

Sinapi Aba to invest GH¢ 30 million in water, sanitation and health related businesses

Savings and Loans Company, Sinapi Aba, has disclosed plans to invest over GH¢ 30 million into small-scale businesses operating in the area of Water,...

Photos: GRA intercepts 550 gallons of oil from Togo to Ghana

The Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) has arrested a Kia Truck with 550 gallons of Family Vegetable Cooking oil on the Nanton -...

Makers of Corona beer report £132 million loss after coronavirus outbreak

The brewer behind Corona beer has warned of the steepest decline in quarterly profit for at least a decade after the coronavirus outbreak cost...

GOIL touts RON 95 fuel as ‘highest grade on the Ghanaian market’

Indigenous oil marketing company, GOIL, has affirmed that its newly introduced SuperXP RON 95 is the highest grade on the Ghanaian market, and provides the highest...

RGD dedicates special office to all business registration processes

The Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) has disclosed plans to establish Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC), specially dedicated to handling all business registration processes....

All companies to declare beneficial owners before incorporation – RGD

The Registrar-General’s Department (RGD), per the new Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992), is to ensure the declaration of companies and business beneficial owners.The...

RGD threatens to dissolve companies for not filing annual returns

The Registrar-General, Mrs Jemima Oware, has threatened to dissolve all companies that have failed to file their annual returns for more than a decade...

MPs inspect completed Kumasi Compost and Recycling Plant

Joint Parliamentary Select Committees on Works and Housing, Water Sanitation, and Environment on Monday paid a familiarisation visit to the completed Kumasi Compost...

NDC secured funds for Planting for Food and Jobs – Party

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has claimed credit for government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme.According to the party, it secured funding from Canada...

ECG planned maintenance to cause ‘dumsor’ in parts of Accra

Power to many parts of Accra will be disrupted from Tuesday, February 25, 2020, as the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) begins a...

Silver Star Auto launches Peugeot and Citroën range of vehicles in Ghana

Silver Star Auto Limited has once again set a new standard for quality in the Ghanaian automotive market by launching two global brands in...

Video: Zoe Outreach Embassy Pastor accosted by angry customers again

Customers of investment companies owned by the founder of the Zoe Outreach Embassy Church have once again assaulted the pastor as he...

Minority to summon Trade Minister over Trade Fair demolition

The Minority in Parliament is planning to summon the Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen, over a demolition exercise that took place...

Demolishing of Raymond Archers’ printing press act of vindictiveness – NDC

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), has bemoaned the demolishing of the offices and factory of Color Planet Limited, one of the largest industrial printing...

Zoomlion showcases urban sanitation solutions at World Urban Forum

Waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana limited has displayed its integrated waste management solutions to world leaders at the tenth session of the...

Jim Iyke, Ini Edo others now Adonko Bitters brand ambassadors

Leading alcoholic herbal drink brand, Adonko Bitters, has unveiled top celebrities and influencers as brand ambassadors.The official signing, which took place...

Africans face most expensive internet charges in the world; new report says

Consumers in African countries are paying some of the highest rates in the world for internet access as a proportion of income, according to...

Rosewood Investigations Report: Deputy Lands Minister clashes with Apaak over ‘exclusion’ claims

Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural resources, Benito Owusu Bio, has refuted claims by Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Clement Apaak on the...

China disinfects, destroys cash to contain coronavirus

China’s Central Bank has implemented a new strategy to contain the coronavirus. The country’s central bank is currently deep cleaning and destroying potentially infected...

Mobile data penetration crosses 100% mark

At the end of December 2019, total mobile data subscriptions stood at about 30.4 million, which is 101 per cent penetration compared to the...

Rosewood committee report is a ‘big cover up’ – Clement Apaak

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Clement Apaak, has said a recent report that cleared some government officials in...

No govt official was involved in illegal rosewood export – Report

Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, has revealed that the investigative committee that looked into allegations of illegal rosewood trade found no evidence...

Ghana’s aviation makes gains as sub-region diverts flights to Kotoka Airport

Ghana has started raking in the benefits of its investments and the robust aviation navigation installations it has deployed over the years as part ...

We can switch off Mahama’s power plants and not have ‘dumsor’ – Energy Ministry

The Ministry of Energy has revealed the country is not surviving on numerous power plants procured by the erstwhile Mahama administration.ALSO READ:NPP’s Afia Akoto...

Planting without soil …a young entrepreneur’s innovation

Innovation is what’s driving today’s world. That’s why businesses are told to innovate or die. One area where innovation is really needed on our...

FDA Ban: Tic raises red flag about use of Nigerian celebs to endorse alcoholic beverages

Rapper Tic, formerly known as Tic Tac, has reacted to Nigerian celebrities who are now endorsing made-in-Ghana alcoholic beverages following the ban on Ghanaian...

Coronavirus: GUTA secures trade deal with UK

Greater Accra Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has secured trading deal with the United Kingdom (UK) High Commission’s Department of Internal Trade.Following the...

uniBank saga: AG makes case against Duffuor, Asiama, others

Attorney-General Gloria Akuffo has presented in court her case against Dr Kwabena Duffuor and eight others over the collapse of uniBank.Read details of document...

Debt accumulation rate slowed to lowest in a decade – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) under President Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration has achieved the lowest debt accumulation rate...

Akufo-Addo’s govt best performer in cedi depreciation management – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, says the Akufo-Addo-led administration is the best performing government in the cedi depreciation management since 1992.  The Vice President...

South African elected first Secretary-General of AfCFTA

South African national, Wamkele Mene, has been voted as the first Secretary-General of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat (AfCFTA).READ THIS:Bawumia’s Town Hall...

Y’asem Nie: Surveyors reveal how fake people are destroying their work [video]

Some surveyors in the country have revealed how persons parading themselves as surveyors are hampering their work.Mr Kofi Obeng-Agyiebi and Mr Franklin Liggie-Kudonoo, chairman of...

AngloGold Ashanti to sell South African assets for about $300m

AngloGold Ashanti said on Wednesday it will sell its remaining South African assets for about $300 million to Harmony Gold.The gold miner said in...