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Piccadilly launches Cracker biscuits; targets Middle East markets

Piccadilly has launched a new Cracker that has already made its mark in the marketplace. Piccadilly is giving these Crackers away with every bag of...

Accra Mall pays GHC2.3m VAT to GRA

The management of Accra Mall Limited has confirmed the payment of GHC2.3 million, being an outstanding 2014/2015 VAT liability, to the Ghana Revenue Authority...

Premix fuel diversion saga- COPEC dares President Akufo-Addo

The Executive Director of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers of Ghana (COPEC) has dared President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo to punish culprits involved in...

Bitcoin crosses $10,000 milestone

The value of one bitcoin has gone past $10,000 (£7,493). The virtual currency reached the benchmark for the first time, just days after it passed...

'Ghana to be financial hub'

Vice President of the Republic Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is optimistic that government’s determination to make Ghana the centre for financial services in West Africa...

Management of Biegya Bitters gives GHC 5,000 to KABA

The management of Biegya bitters, one of the new brands of alcohol in the country donated an amount of GHC 5,000 towards the organization...

IPHONE ‘DONKOMI’ ON JUMIA

Are you thinking of Xmas already? Then Black Friday came right on time for you.  Jumia says buy iphone 6, 32GB for GHS 780...

Oil companies won’t pay tax as they recoup $11.9bn

Oil exploration and production (E&P) companies will not pay the government any corporate income taxes (CIT) in 2018 after getting approval to recoup the...

First Lady sells "stable and peaceful" Ghana to Chinese investors

First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has assured Chinese investors at a conference to promote trade relations between Ghana and China in Hunan in the...

ADB shares soar 77% on the back of positive financial performance

Shares of Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has witnessed 77% increment since the bank was listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). The share price increased...

Gov’t to transfer GH¢3.1bn into tier two pension funds

Government has agreed to transfer GH¢3.1 billion to the custodian accounts of the pension schemes of the labour unions, called the Forum, by December...

Jumia's Black Friday to give more discounts to excite shoppers

Ghana’s online shopping giant, Jumia Ghana, during the weekend launched one of its exciting online promotions at its office at Dzorwulu in Accra. Dubbed, ‘Black...

‘The broad agenda for 2018 is to create jobs’

Accra, Nov. 25, GNA - Mr Kwaku Kwarteng, the Deputy Minister of Finance, says the broad agenda for 2018 and the medium term is...

Moody’s sounds alarm on $4.5bn bond repayment

Credit ratings agency Moody’s has warned that Ghana faces a severe risk of financing stress as a number of sovereign bonds issued by government...

Agyarko bans ‘dirty’ fuel sale at BOST

Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has indicated that henceforth no individual is allowed to lift contaminated oil from the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST)...

Student entrepreneurs at KNUST to benefit from GHȻ100,000 gov’t support

Student entrepreneurs at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are to receive GHÈ» 100,000 support to boost their businesses. The National Entrepreneurship...

Ghana to export 100 megawatts of power to Burkina Faso

Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has announced that Ghana will supply 100 megawatts of power to neighbouring Burkina on a daily basis. Mr Agyarko, who...

2018 budget statement translated into seven local languages

Head of Public Relations at the Ministry of Finance, Madam Cecilia Isabella Akwetey, says the 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government has been translated...

Terkper mocks Akufo-Addo, Bawumia, Ofori-Atta

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has questioned why the Akufo-Addo economic management team, is borrowing excessively, although it had in opposition vowed never to...

Rigworld boss made me believe in Ghana – Nana Nketia

The Omanhene of Essikado Traditional Area, Nana Kobina Nketia V says the Chief Executive Officer of Rigworld Group of Companies, Nana Kofi Abban has...

Ghana loses 318,514 tons of maize to post-harvest losses – Study

Ghana loses about 318,514 tonnes of maize annually to post-harvest losses according to a 2016 study by Dr Bruno Tran, an expert in post-harvest...

Each district to get Ghc2m for 1 district, 1 factory

The government will allocate at least GhC2 million to each district, municipal or metropolitan assembly for the implementation of the one district, one factory...

Ghana’s debt stock now GHC 138 billion – Oppong Nkrumah

Ghana’s debt stock now stands at GHC 138 billion, deputy information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed. The Minority had accused the Finance Minister of...

Accra City is Best Hotel in CSR

Accra City Hotel has been adjudged the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Hospitality Company of the Year in Ghana. The Hotel received the award at...

4000 jobs to be created through digital address system – Ken Ofori-Atta

About 4,000 national service personnel will be recruited to work on addressing homes for the national digital addressing system implemented under the NPP government...

Budget Highlights for 2018 financial year

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is currently before Parliament presenting the budget  for the 2018 financial year. The theme for the budget is “Putting Ghana...

Full document: 2018 budget presented by Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has presented to Parliament the budget for 2018. This is the second budget statement and economic policy since the...

 Gov’t will continue to invest in projects – Finance Minister

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, says government will continue to invest heavily in its flagship policies such as Planting for Food and...

Govt to use $1.3bn to purchase cocoa

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed some $1.3bn has been raised to purchase 850,000 tonnes of cocoa beans. He said while other cocoa-producing countries...

Highlights of 2018 budget in pictures

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has presented government's second budget to the House of Parliament Wednesday. The budget among other things focuses on growing key sectors...

2018 Budget will boost Private Sector businesses – Ofori Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has said the NPP government seeks to create a conducive environment for the private sector in favour of the...

Govt targets 8.0% inflation in 2018

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said government is targeting an end-of-year inflation rate of 8.0 percent, lower than the 11.2 percent targeted for...

We have rescued our public purse from naked abuse – Ofori-Atta

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has hit hard at the erstwhile Mahama administration for subjecting the public purse to what he described as...

Over 2000 graduate recruited under Planting for Food and Jobs

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed the flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme has reduced graduate unemployment in the country. According to him, 2,...

We have achieved what seemed impossible in 8 years – Ofori Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has said government has been able to accelerate Ghana’s economic growth just 10 months in power. According to him, through...

Document: 2017 budget highlights

Finance Minister in March this year presented to Parliament the 2017 budget, his first budget statement and economic policy. The budget gave details of government’s...

ECOBANK is AGI Best Bank of the Year

Ecobank Ghana has been adjudged the Best Bank in the financial service sector (Banking) at the 6th Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) awards. This would...

Ofori-Atta presents 2018 budget today

Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the 2018 Budget and Economic Policy Statement to Parliament today, Wednesday, 15 November. Ahead of the...

Kumasi street traders resist relocation

Some traders on the streets of the Ashanti regional capital Kumasi have vehemently resisted attempts to relocate them to satellite markets around the metropolis...

Telecoms Chamber push for scrapping of stabilization levy from 2018 budget

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has added its voice to the call on government to scrap the National Fiscal Stabilization Levy from the 2018...