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Customs caution importers

The Tema Sector Commander of the Customs Custom Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Felix Kojo-Martey, has cautioned importers against unauthorised agents at...

Businesses increase prices as 3% VAT flat rate takes off

Consumers should be prepared to pay more on goods and services effective today as the 3 percent VAT flat rate is implemented. Businesses are expected...

13-year-old girl snatches West Hills Mall's Chevrolet Cruze

A 13-year-old female student of Holy Cross JHS at Tetegu in Accra West, emerged the shocking winner of the ultimate prize of a Chevrolet...

Ghana’s Multi TV builds a 3 million household market share with its “shrink to grow” channels strategy

Mass audience Free-To-Air satellite broadcasting platforms are relatively new to Africa. In partnership with SES, Multimedia Broadcasting has pioneered their development in Ghana. Russell...

6,000 jobs in oil palm coming

The Government of Ghana and Unilever on Thursday announced plans to transform the Twifo Oil Palm Plantation (TOPP) into a state-of-the-art sustainable plantation in...

Ghana ranks high in Investor Confidence Report

The US-Africa Business Centre has released its maiden Investor Confidence Indicator for Africa (ICIFA) in Washington, ranking Ghana among the best countries in Africa...

Hot audio: Queen mother suspends market women

Six market women has been suspended for flouting a law about the sale of plantain at Ahafo Hwidiem in the Brong Ahafo region. According to...

I’m clean and open for investigations – Awuah Darko

The immediate past Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST), Kwame Awuah Darko is ready for any probe into his work. According...

Gotv launches ‘Gye wo 99’ promotion

MultiChoice Ghana, operators of Gotv has launched a new promotion, ‘Gye wo 99’ which will commence on July 1, 2017. General Manager of the company,...

Six eye-catching hotels in Ghana to consider for your wedding reception

With love comes marriage and with marriage comes a ceremony. Ceremonies in the past were limited to close friends and family with a few...

Government to extend IMF programme

Government has finally communicated to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) its decision to extend the Fund’s programme. Sources say the program would be extended to...

Court throws out IFC, OPEC Fund motion

The Commercial Division of an Accra High Court has dismissed an application by International Finance Corporation (IFC) and OPEC to stay proceedings in the...

Vice President advocates positive discrimination for PWDs

Government is undertaking positive discrimination in favour of women, youth and persons with disabilities (PWDs), as part of measures to enhance their sources of...

Ghanaians are friendly but not efficient

‘’One thing everybody wants and needs in this world is FRIENDLINESS’’ - William E. Holler. Before you start getting heated up if you are a...

I haven’t bribed BOST CEO – Senyo Hosi

The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber for Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Senyo Hosi has vehemently denied bribery allegations leveled against him. According to him,...

Countdown to Republic Holiday edition of Selewa Market begins

With a few days to go, Melon Concepts, organisers of Selewa Market are putting the finishing touches to the next Afrocentric market scheduled for...

Gov’t, Unilever announce vision to transform palm oil plantation

Government and Unilever today announced a Joint Vision to transform the Twifo Oil Palm Plantation (TOPP) into a state-of-the-art sustainable palm oil plantation. Vice President,...

GIPC records $3bn worth of projects in Q1

The Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC) has, in the first quarter (Q1) of this year alone, registered more than US$3billion worth of projects. The Centers'...

Ex-factory prices drop to 3.7%

The year-on-year producer inflation for all industry was 3.7 percent in May 2017, while the monthly change rate recorded -0.4 percent. Anthony Amuzu, Deputy Government...

Airtel Money partners Zeepay to offer instant International money remittance

Airtel Money, Ghana’s most innovative and convenient mobile financial services platform and a sub brand of Airtel Ghana, has partnered with Zeepay to offer...

BOST contaminated Oil being sold at filing stations

The Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), Duncan Amoah has claimed that quantities of the off spec oil from the Bulk...

Govt asks IMF to extend aid deal

Government has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to push back the end date of its $918 million aid programme from April 2018 to...

USAID examines impact on trade-related fees and charges in Ghana

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) study on the impact of trade-related fees and charges in Ghana shows a lack of transparency...

Delivering Premium banking to SMEs,one market at a time

Premium Bank has brought premium banking to the people of Makola with the opening of its new branch, alongside the introduction of some of...

Arrest those behind sale of contaminated fuel in market- Energy Expert tells minority

The Minority in Parliament has been tasked to immediately probe and arrest those behind the sale of the alleged contaminated fuel in the market. According...

Energy Ministry set up Committee to investigate BOST contaminated oil saga

The Ministry is Energy has set up an eight member committee to investigate the over 5 million litres of contaminated oil sold to Zupoil. This...

Ghana to increase US$33m exports to Poland

In line with the country’s growth agenda, The Ghana Chamber of Commerce has signed a cooperation agreement with the Polish Chamber of Commerce expected...

Contaminated fuel not released unto the market – NPA Boss

The National Petroleum Authority, (NPA), has said that the 5 million litres of contaminated fuel imported under suspicious circumstances from the Bulk Oil Storage...

Contaminated fuel saga a distraction from former MD’s rot – BOST

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) says the controversy over the sale of contaminated fuel is serving no purpose other than to distract...

China bans fruits and vegetables from Ghana

Vegetables and fruits from Ghana have been banned from the Chinese market for failing to meet international production standards. The ban which took effect from...

Companies in ‘suspicious’ contaminated fuel sale unlicensed – NPA

The National Petroleum Authority, (NPA), has confirmed that the two companies alleged to have purchased the over 5 million litres of contaminated fuel under...

BOST explains why it sold contaminated fuel

The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) has challenged anyone with information on the illegal sale of contaminated or off-spec product at the...

Tourism & Hospitality playing a key role in the growth of African economies

Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Djibouti are the African countries among the 10 fastest growing economies globally in 2017. This is according to a data-shot by...

Minority threatens to throw out $15bln China deal

The Minority in Parliament says it will oppose the deal in which government of Ghana is seeking to access a whopping $15 billion facility...

Guard against harmful tax incentives – TUC

The Ghana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has advised government to check the abuse in the tax incentive system, which has denied the country the...

NPP blasts NDC over cocoa lies

The majority in parliament – New Patriotic Party (NPP) – has asked cocoa farmers in particular and Ghanaians in general to disregard  the lies...

COCOBOD suspends works on cocoa roads

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has directed the Ghana Highway Authority to suspend works on roads in cocoa growing areas. The Board in a statement...

We’re co-operating with GRA over tax issues – Agambire’s firm

ACI Construction Company Limited, a subsidiary of Agams Holdings, says it is cooperating with the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) towards a speedy resolution of...

Majority hits back at Minority over subsidy of fertilizer

The NPP Majority in Parliament, led by its Spokesperson on Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs, Kwame Asafo Adjei, has denied any wrong doing by...

China ready to support Ghana’s economic transformation – Chinese VP

The Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, H.E Li Yuanchao, has announced his country’s preparedness to partner Ghana to undertake a massive...