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MTN urges govt to scrap stabilization levy from 2018 budget

MTN is urging the government not to extend the "nuisance" National Fiscal Stabilization Levy (NFSL) in the 2018 Budget Statement which will be read...

Airtel, Tigo begin integration, introduce transitional logo

Airtel and Tigo, leading providers of mobile telecommunication services in Ghana, have announced the launch of a joint brand that will advance their commitment...

Gov’t urged to be transparent in tracking oil-funded projects

The government has been urged to be open and transparent with its decision to track projects funded with petroleum revenues across the country. Dr Steve...

Vodafone amend writ against GRA following GHC2.1bn transfer revelation

In a dramatic turn of events, even before the court begins hearing the substantive case Vodafone Ghana filed against the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)...

Broadband Chamber initiate steps to help revamp policy

The Broadband Communications Chamber (BBC) today launched the upcoming maiden Broadband Ghana Forum, as a first step towards helping to revamp the outdated National...

All road leads to Black Friday on Jumia.com

Have you ever felt special, three weeks before Christmas? Probably you have; but if you haven’t? then watch out for this year’s biggest event-...

Hot Audio: Assin Dompem youth beg for Kente Factory

Youth of Assin Dompem in the Assin Central constituency of the Central region are appealing to government to consider establishing a Kente weaving factory...

Piccadilly biscuits to create 200 jobs

Piccadilly Biscuits has embarked on an investment programme that will see its entire operation revamped and modernised. The company, under the leadership of Mr Nicolas...

Electricity tariffs to go down

President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that electricity tariffs will soon be reviewed downwards, details of which will be announced in the 2018 budget presentation on...

BoG committed to stabilizing prices – BoG Governor

Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison has indicated that the Bank is committed to ensuring price stability to create the...

Vodafone quits Cameroon after losing licence over poor service

Cameroon telecommunications giant Vodafone Cameroon has ended its operations in the country on Friday after the withdrawal of its license. The service provider which started...

Ghana to hit two- million metric tonnes of cocoa production by 2019

Ghana 's cocoa production is expected to hit two million (2m)  metric tonnes by 2019, Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...

Ghana sells $221.4m worth of domestic dollar bonds

Ghana scooped all $221.4 million tendered for a three-year domestic dollar bond at a 6.25 percent yield on Thursday, boosting the government’s plans to...

Emelia Arthur to storm Accra with Made in Ghana mobile exhibition

The made in Ghana campaign ambassador; Emelia Arthur, will from Monday, November 13 through to Friday, November 17, 2017, storm some business centers in...

Inflation falls to 11.6% in October

Ghana’s annual consumer price inflation fell to 11.6% in October from 12.2% the previous month on the back of lower transport and health costs,...

Government to roll out paperless tax exemption system

Government is to roll out a paperless tax exemption system from January next year to block the revenue leakages that recur with the current...

Renault Ghana's giant vision, tech-rich showroom to enhance consumer power

Exclusive distributor of Renault vehicles in Ghana, Premium Motors has solidified its position in the market by commissioning a technology-rich showroom and two new...

Premium Motors to introduce Renault KWID for low-income earners

Automobile giant, Premium Motors is expected to introduce a new vehicle module called the Renault KWID to the Ghanaian market next year. The vehicle has...

GIFEC, YEA to train and employ 500 youth in ICT

The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) and the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) have joined forces to train and employ 500 unemployed youth...

China made 10% of tourists visiting Africa in 2016

The massive influx of Chinese tourists to Africa has in the recent years made a buzz, and it is for all possible reasons. After...

Ghana ready for investments in healthcare – Bawumia

The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has assured the investor community of excellent opportunities in the healthcare sector of Ghana. Ghana, he said, is open for business, and...

Ghana, Kenya to boost trade ties

Leading members of the private sector in Ghana and Kenya have acknowledged that both countries, considered to be regional economic gateways, have the capacity,...

COCOBOD built Bole guest house for Mahama’s comfort – CEO

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has accused former President John Mahama of influencing the construction of an...

Fall armyworm: GHȻ10m spent on insecticides

Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Sagre Bambangi, has told Parliament that government has so far expended about GH₵10 million on insecticides to...

NCA must act to stop cyber fraud – NCR

The Network of Communications Reporters (NCR) has called on the National Communications Authority (NCA) to direct telecom companies in the country to fully comply...

Clearing agents responsible for high vehicle confiscation rate at ports

The head of auction unit of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has urged importers to blame clearing agents for the delay in the clearing...

Court dismisses injunction application by ECG workers to halt concession

An Accra High Court has dismissed an injunction application filed by some aggrieved workers of the Electricity of Ghana (ECG) seeking to put on...

Accra City Hotel is ‘Best in HR Management’

Accra City Hotel has won the Best Hotel HR Management in Hospitality at the 2017 Human Resource (HR) Focus Awards in Accra.The locally managed...

Accra City Hotel is the Best in HR Management

Accra City Hotel has won the Best Hotel HR Management in Hospitality at the 2017 Human Resource (HR) Focus Awards in Accra.The locally managed...

Gov’t to abolish 25% corporate tax on private Unis

The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that government is working hard towards the abolishment of the 25% corporate tax on...

NCA Honours Lucy Quist, Ebenezer Asante

Vice President for Southern and East Africa and Ghana (SEAGHA) Region of MTN, Ebenezer Asante, and outgoing Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Ghana, Lucy...

No cash for free fertilisers – Dep. Agric Minister nominee

Government does not have the funds to distribute free fertiliser to over five million farmers nationwide, the Deputy Food and Agriculture nominee Kennedy Nyarko...

Opening of borders won’t undermine economy – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given an assurance that the Open-Border Policy, adopted by the government since June 2017, will not undermine the...

Ghana Card to be primary ID for all services

Come November 20, 2017, the National Identification Authority (NIA) will start issuing instant smart National ID cards under a very strict multi-level verification process.The...

22 million mobile money accounts is attraction for fraudsters

Mobile money regulator, Bank of Ghana (BoG) has identified the overwhelming growth in mobile money wallets/accounts, over the last two years, as the main...

All clear for new national airline – Akufo-Addo

Government has given ‘policy approval’ for the establishment of a new national airline to drive the country’s bid to be the air transport hub...

Good corporate governance key to addressing growing NPLs – BoG

The Central Bank has said untrained staff in the banking sector and the high cost of borrowing are major causes of rising loan default.Non-performing...

Ghana loses millions through LESDEP

It was touted as the biggest youth-centered social intervention program in Ghana which was aimed at providing jobs for the Ghanaian youth through the...

Parliament questions “back door” 4G authorization for Busy Ghana

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Communications is questioning how Busy Ghana got a 4G authorization through the "back door" when other players paid millions...

Delta Capital opens in Tema

Delta Capital has officially launched its Tema branch in line the corporate vision of bringing its services to the doorstep of clients, and to...