Gov’t suspends mandatory ‘tow tax’
The government has suspended implementation of the controversial Road Safety Fee until further notice in response to public concerns.Deputy Roads and Highways Minister, Titus...
Jaguar Land Rover to create 5,000 jobs
Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is to hire 5,000 staff to enhance its expertise in autonomous and electric technology.
The firm said it would hire 1,000...
GNPC appoints board secretary
Ms Matilda Ohene has been appointed as Secretary to the Eighth Board of Directors of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC).Ms Ohene’s appointment took...
TEN gas wastes away whilst $952m required for fuel this year
Gas from the Tweneboah, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) field is being flared due to pipeline infrastructure delays that characterised the evacuation of gas from...
Ghana’s first locally bred rice on pilot in Volta Region
The Crop Research Institute (CRI) of the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is test-planting Ghana's first locally bred rice varieties at Dzamlome...
CRI releases first rice varieties bred in Ghana
The Crop Research Institute (CRI) has released three locally bred rice varieties, the first in Ghana, to farmers at the Kadjebi in the Volta...
Crude oil production declined in 2016
Crude Oil production recorded a decline of 13 per cent in 2016 despite the fact that Ghana’s second major oil production field, the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme...
Farmers can now register trees on their farms
A Tree Tenure Policy would soon roll-out to provide farmers the legal right to claim ownership of commercial trees planted on their farms and...
Importers threaten to increase prices of goods
Importers have threatened to increase prices of goods if government implements a proposed 0.02 percent import tax.Samson Awingobit Asaki, Executive Secretary of the Importers...
Crude Oil production declined in 2016
Crude Oil production recorded a decline of 13 per cent in 2016 despite the fact that Ghana’s second major oil production field, the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme...
Government owes NITA GHC8 million
The National Information Technology Agency (NITA) says Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) currently owe it GH?8 million for internet services provided.NITA, therefore, has embarked...
Spare parts dealers jubilate over scrapping of import duties
Spare parts dealers at Abossey Okai and Suame Magazine have expressed joy at parliament’s passage of the Customs Amendment Bill that effectively scraps import...
Ghana wins rights to host 2012 FIG Working Week
Ghana’s capital, Accra will host the 2021 edition of the Working Week of the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) after beating the city of...
Inflation rate falls to 12.6 percent in May
The annual inflation rate fell to 12.6 percent in May from the 13.0 percent recorded in April, due to general decline in prices for...
Importers threaten to increase prices
Importers have warned that they will increase the prices of goods in the coming months should government fail to halt the proposed 0.02 percent...
Boakye Agyarko assures industry of cheap power
The Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has assured the business community that government is working hard to implement reforms in the power sector in...
Inflation to increase to 13.3% in May 2017
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is expected to announce the consumer price inflation for the month of May 2017 in the coming days.The year-on year...
Nigeria bank divide widens as small lenders face cash crunch
The divide between the haves and the have-nots among Nigerian banks is widening.The country’s biggest lender is so flush with cash it plans to...
COCOBOD’s GHC10bn debt worsens over weak cocoa prices
Ghana has lost GH¢1 billion to falling cocoa prices in the last four months of the year, worsening the plight of the Ghana Cocoa...
Inflation to increase to 13.3% in May 2017
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is expected to announce the consumer price inflation for the month of May 2017 in the coming days.The year-on year...
Cocoa farmers schooled on ‘Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease’
Suhum Municipal Best Farmer for two successive years, has called on traditional authorities to assist in educating cocoa farmers on the need to replant...
Government courts accountants
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, has said it is time for the nation at 60 years to start doing things in...
Japan Motors collaborate with Stanbic Bank to make vehicle purchase easy
Ghana’s automobile Industry has been boosted with the...
Ghana Cocoa Board debt reaches $2.2bn as prices slump
Ghana’s cocoa regulator said it is 10 billion cedis ($2.2 billion) in debt after the nation missed its production target in the previous season...
Energy Bank boss urges women CEOs to mentor females
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Energy Bank Ghana, Christiana Olaoye, has urged women executives to mentor and inspire young females to...
President Akufo-Addo announces new tax
President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has announced a new import tax aimed at supporting the activities of the African Union (AU)."Indeed, Cabinet just approved...
DVLA hints of higher fees for new drivers’ license
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has revealed new driver's licence expected to come into force from July 18 will cost more to...
Ghana Cocoa Board Debt Reaches $2.2 Billion as Prices Slump
Ghana’s cocoa regulator said it is 10 billion cedis ($2.2 billion) in debt after the nation missed its production target in the previous season...
PHOTOS: Kantanka vehicle manufacturers visit Dr Mahamudu Bawumia
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kantanka Automobile Limited, Kwadwo Safo Jnr, has appealed to Government to provide policy guidelines for the manufacturing or...
Adonko Boss donates to late Maxwell Mahama’s wife
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Angel Group of Companies, Dr Kwaku Oteng has donated an amount of GHC 10,000 to the wife and family...
40% of cocoa trees to be cut; no bonuses for farmers
Ghana’s desire to increase cocoa production has suffered a major setback as it has been revealed that 40% of all cocoa trees in Ghana...
The impact of ecotourism on Ghana’s growing economy
Ecotourism? Is this just new word or a great invention in tourism? Generally is is  defined as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserves...
Let’s consume cocoa products – Otumfuor
Otumfuor Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene has declared his willingness to serve as a Royal Ambassador to promote local consumption of cocoa products.The Ashanti...
I want to build the most business-friendly economy in Africa – Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the priority of his government is to build the most business-friendly and people-friendly economy...
VIDEO: Franklin Templeton not a person – Finance minister corrects NDC MPs
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has corrected National Democratic Congress (NDC)Â Parliamentarians who are under the impression that global investment firm Franklin Templeton, is a person.The...
Cashew earns $196m for Ghana in 2016
Cashew has over the years become the leading non-traditional export earner in Ghana’s agriculture sub-sector, contributing $196.7 million in 2016, according to the Ghana Export...
Franklin Templeton not a person – Finance minister corrects NDC MPs
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has corrected National Democratic Congress (NDC)Â Parliamentarians who are under the impression that global investment firm Franklin Templeton, is a person.The...
Ghana partners India to boost tomato production
Ghana and India are collaborating under a Pilot Research Project on Tomato Production, which would ensure that there is an abundance production and supply of...
Fall in profits could dent ETI share performance
First Quarter 2017 financial performance of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated was not impressive owing to the fact that there was a dip in...
Cocoa Farmers Call For A Pension Scheme
The Afosu Area Cocoa Farmers Association in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region has appealed to government to institute a pension scheme...