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GRA impounds 100 uncustomed vehicles

Emmanuel Kofi Nti, the acting commissioner – General of the Ghana Revenue Authority exchanging pleasantries with Kwasi Gyimah Asante, commissioner in charge of Domestic...

Airtel Ghana MD, Lucy Quist hints of quiting ahead of merger with Tigo

The Managing Director of Airtel Ghana, Lucy Quist has dropped a hint of quiting the fourth largest telco in Ghana as the company gears...

Land acquisition issues killing real estate sector

The Managing Director of Square Mule Homes, Akomea Agyei has called on the government to critically address Ghana’s land acquisition and documentation system to...

Hasten stimulus package – AGI tells gov’t

President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), James Asare Adjei, has asked the government to hasten the implementation of the ‘Stimulus Package’ it...

Tigo rises, Airtel falls as merger gets approval

The latest telecom subscriptions figures published by the National Communications Authority (NCA) just before it announced the approval of the Airtel-Tigo merger shows that...

MASLOC is nearly a scam; close it down – IMANI Ghana

President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe has called on government to shutdown the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC).He argued that...

We need centralized automatic fuel stations to curb explosions – Alex Mould

A former Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority in the John Mahama administration is advocating the introduction of centralized automatic fuel stations...

How Ghanaians do business

In Africa and more specifically Ghana, many people have wallets or purses that are just like onions. Anytime they open them, tears form in...

We’ll deal with fertilizer smugglers – Nana Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo is threatening to crack the whip on any person or group of persons found to be engaged in smuggling government’s subsidized...

Vodacom investigated for ‘abuse of dominance’

In a move that caught the market off guard, the Competition Commission said on Wednesday it was investigating Vodacom for abuse of dominance after...

JUMIA SUPERHEROES DEALS

Do you have a supehero that you loved and always wanted to meet? Well Jumia is adding a new twist what we thought superheroes...

Telecoms Chamber appoints Kenneth Ashigbey as new CEO

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications announces the appointment of Kenneth Ashigbey as Chief Executive Officer. He assumes duty on November 1st 2017.Kenneth joins the...

GIFEC commence Smart Communities project this month

Beginning this month, the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) is starting a project that promises to turn some deprived areas into smart...

PUWU suit: Over $400m for ECG facelift could be lost

The coalition of stakeholders on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession arrangement has warned Ghana runs the risk of missing out on the...

Banking sector to go under foreign care

The new minimum capital requirement announced by the Central Bank of Ghana (BoG)could lead to the demise of 10 local banks and put the...

Digital address system to start in two weeks – Bawumia

A "very excited" Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced, the much-talked-about digital addressing system will be launched in two weeks.The digital addressing system will...

Investors neglect GAX despite improved performances

Despite the continuous decline in interest rates on fixed income securities, investors looking to cash in on stocks have and continue to neglect the...

GCB Sacks Over 700 UT/Capital Bank Staff

Over 700 former workers of the now defunct UT and Capital banks are set to lose their jobs as the takeover bank GCB has...

Kotoka Int. Airport to offer free WiFi soon

The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has initiated the process to provide a suit of complimentary and subscribed WiFi access at all terminals of...

NCA gives approval for Airtel-Tigo merger

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has given approval for the merger between Bharti Ghana Limited (Airtel) and Millicom Ghana Limited (Tigo) to proceed subject...

Tigo-Airtel merger finally gets NCA approval

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has finally given approval for the merger between Bharti Ghana Limited (Airtel) and Millicom Ghana Limited (Tigo) to proceed...

Privatization of ECG will improve the Energy Sector

Deputy Minister for Energy, William Owuraku Aidoo has said the privatization of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will improve the Energy Sector of...

Cash is still king – UN report

Despite the massive improvements recorded in digital payments among individuals, businesses and the government, cash still remains the predominant mode of payment in terms...

SAA gets bail-out to repay CitiBank debt

National Treasury has approved a fresh transfer of funds to South African Airways (SAA), it said on Friday.The bail-out averts a default, as CitiBank...

NPA to revoke licences of fuel smugglers

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has said petroleum service providers that sell products meant for export on the local market risk losing their licences,...

Minister charge Broadband Chamber to help revamp broadband policy

The Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has asked the Broadband Communications Chamber (BBCC) to initiate public discussion on how to revamp the country’s...

Expresso Ghana to lose license after 2019 expiry date

Adom News sources within the telecom industry has hinted that the license of Kasapa Telecom Limited, operators of Expresso telecom brand in Ghana will...

CTO boss lauds team Ghana at ITU World on Ghana Day

Secretary-General of the Common Telecommunications Union (CTO), Shola Taylor said he is highly impressed with the collaboration between the public and private sector organization...

Reduction in electricity tariff will take effect in 2018 – Boakye Agyarko

Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has assured Ghanaians they will witness a reduction in their electricity tariffs in 2018.He told journalists at a news conference...

Unannounced Fuel increment: No cause for alarm – Dept Energy Minister

Deputy Minister of Energy, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam has said that government has little control over the rising prices of fuel in the country.According...

MobileContent pitch CARE 247 at ITU Telecom World

Ghana’s leading mobile value added service (VAS) provider, MobileContent.com is generating investor interest with their CARE 247 digital health service solution at the ongoing...

DKM customers to receive GHC352 million

The ongoing liquidation process of DKM Microfinance has established that 87,000 customers of the defunct company are entitled to receive GH¢352 million.This was after...

Rigworld sets up $8.5m training centre

Rigworld International Services, a Ghanaian-owned offshore oil and gas services company, has blazed the trail again by establishing an $8.5 million ultramodern, internationally accredited...

NCA Type Approval Policy generates interest at ITU Telecom World

The Type Approval Program of the National Communication Authority (NCA) is generating some interest among foreign entities attending this year’s ITU Telecom World Conference...

Boost For One District One Factory In Volta Region

The Central Tongu District of the Volta Region has secured 40,000 acres of litigation free land for government’s ‘one district one factory’ policy and...

Ghanaians must be properly educated on GMOs – Minister urges Biosafety Authority

Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has urged the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) Board to educate the public on biotechnology and biosafety...

Climate change depleting Ghana’s fish stock – Study

A study by the University of Cape Coast’s Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences has revealed Ghana’s fish stock will continue to see a...

3.9 billion lack access to ICT, ITU wants change

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2017 conference opened today with an urgent call on governments as well as local and global ICT...

$50m dairy, beef factory to be established in Sekyere East District

The Sekyere East District Assembly, in the Ashanti Region, has secured a partnership agreement with N-D Eco Limited, a private entity, to set up...

3.9 billion lack access to ICT, must be connected – ITU

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2017 conference opened today with an urgent call on governments as well as local and global ICT...