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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...

China powers ‘One District One Factory’ with $2bn

The NPP government’s ‘One District One Factory’ initiative has received a major boost following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding for a funding...

Veep raps China

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has appealed to the government and people of China to significantly invest in the country.“The six-month-old Akufo-Addo government is...

GPHA closes down unauthorised jetty

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has stopped works on a jetty and storage facility under construction in Tema to receive liquefied petroleum...

Ghana is ready for ‘big things’ – Bawumia tells China Exim Bank

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has challenged the investor community to take advantage of Ghana’s competitive advantages, especially within the West Africa Sub-region, to make...

Audio: Cocoa prices not changed – Hackman Owusu Agyemang

The Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Hackman Owusu-Agyeman has debunked rumors about cocoa pricing for the next season.The National Democratic Congress...

Ghana is ready for big things – Bawumia to China Exim Bank

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged the investor community to take advantage of Ghana’s competitive advantages, especially within the West Africa sub-region,...

US$3bn lost in export proceeds annually – BoG

Ghana loses more than US$3 billion annually from export proceeds, a third of the nation's export value, due to exporters flouting foreign account regulations,...

Reprieve as US spares Kenya Agoa ejection

Kenya no longer faces loss of duty-free access to the United States under Agoa trade benefits in relation to East Africa ban of used...

Hospitality Report for Ghana launched

Jumia Travel, Africa’s leading online hotel booking website has outdoored it’s Hospitality Report for Ghana at an event in Accra. "Being Africa’s leading online travel...

Minority castigates Akufo-Addo gov”t over excuse not to increase cocoa price

The Minority in parliament has described as unacceptable government’s decision not to increase the producer price of cocoa for the 2017 crop season.The Ranking...

Minority lied – Cocobod reacts

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has refuted allegations by the Minority in parliament that it is treating farmers unfairly.“We would like to appeal to...

Rlg CEO Agambire declared wanted

The Group Chairman of Rlg Communications, Roland Agambire, has been declared wanted by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the national tax regulatory agency for...

Telecom Giant MTN to continue delivering revolution to Ghanaians

Telecom giant MTN says their vision for the group is to lead the delivery of a new digital world by delivering a new digital...

Ghana fails in top 10 innovation prize list

A total of ten young African innovators, have been shortlisted by the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) to be awarded at a ceremony next month...

PIAC findings misleading – Ghana Gas

The Ghana National Gas Company has denied reports it has misappropriated some 47 million dollars revenue from gas sales.This is in response to a...

Jubilee Field shutdown cost production by 40%

Last years shutdown of the Jubilee Field reduced the countrys oil and gas production by 40%, a report by the Public Interest Accountability Committee...