Importers abandon business over high taxes
A significant number of importers in Ghana are abandoning their operations over the increasing number of taxes charged at the country’s ports coupled with...
Hot audio: Fall armyworms have been defeated – Agric Minister
The Agriculture Minister says government has eliminated the fall armyworm which ravaged over 112,000 hectares of farms across the country.
Dr. Akoto Owusu Afriyie explained...
Gov’t advised to channel grants and loans to credit unions
Government has been advised to channel its resources, grants and loans through the credit union to achieve their objectives especially in terms of loans...
Local banks beg gov’t over single treasury
Indigenous banks in the country have indicated that even though they accept government’s moves to consolidate its accounts via the Treasury Single Account (TSA),...
Banking sector well capitalized – BoG
Even before it releases its July 2017 Banking Sector Report, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) says the banking sector remains sound, well capitalised and...
Hunger looms in Ghana
Ghana is most likely to suffer food shortage this year, due to the devastation caused by fall armyworms, leaving 18,219.07 hectares of maize farms...
Ghana’s trade surplus hits 1.4 billion dollars – BoG
New figures from the Bank of Ghana have shown that Ghana’s total balance of trade recorded a surplus of 1.429 billion dollars as at...
Google maps: Can you find a better travel assistant than this?
Destination: On route to Lingbinsi in North Gonja District of the Northern Region of Ghana.
What for? Well, I will let you know in a...
GWCL’s e-billing system to cover all telcos by August
Beginning next month, customers of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) can pay their water bills on all telecommunication network, as the company continues its...
Gov’t urged to channel support through credit unions
The government has been advised to channel its resources, grants and loans to Ghanaian businesses through credit unions to achieve their objectives.
Volta Region Chairman...
Lack of education on ‘planting for food and jobs’ disturbing – Farmers
Some farmers in the country are demanding further consultations in determining the required procedures to participate in the planting for food and jobs initiative.
The...
Nina Baksmaty: Building Koshie O
Its 2011 and Nina Baksmaty is sprawled across her bed in her New York apartment. Nine weeks pregnant, in the middle of a business...
Cabinet approves Fiscal Responsibility Law to cap fiscal deficit to 3-5% of GDP
Days after the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, hinted of Government’s desire to place a cap on Ghana’s fiscal deficit as a percentage of...
BoG reduces policy rate by 150 basis points
The Bank of Ghana has reduced its policy rate to 21 percent.
The figure represents a 150 basis points reduction from the 22.5 percent. This...
Bank of Ghana reduces policy rate to 21 per cent
The Monetary Policy Committee has reduced the policy rate by 150 basis points to 21 per cent from 22.5 per cent, citing lower risk...
MTN deletes 3.4 million inactive lines from network
MTN Group has redefined who an active subscriber is and that has led to MTN Ghana deleting a whopping 3.4 million inactive lines from...
Oil producers debate how to cap rising Libyan, Nigerian output
Russia called on OPEC to limit oil output rises from its members Libya and Nigeria in the near future, as it hosted a meeting...
Banks’ interests on car loans drop to 31.1 % in June
The latest Annual Percentage Rates (APR) and Average Interest (AI) report by the Bank of Ghana shows that Unibank offers the highest rate on...
Five fun ways corporate workers can escape stress
There are those who work when they want and how they wish. They have no regular schedules and are not limited to certain timelines...
Oil prices remain steady at $49.68 per barrel
Oil prices held steady on Thursday, hanging on to gains made the previous session when falling U.S. crude inventories lifted the market, as analysts...
Cocoa farmers’ children assured of scholarship
Cocoa farmers have been assured to exercise restraint as they might no longer struggle to secure scholarships for their children in Senior High Schools...
Around Accra in 12 hours
Accra, the capital city of Ghana is the first and last place every tourist or business traveler will experience on entry and exit respectively....
Africa's major central banks embarking on policy easing
Africa's major central banks are entering an easing cycle as they try to stimulate growth after months of drought, austerity drives and confidence issues...
GRA, EOCO partner to combat financial crimes
The government has expressed its strong commitment to combating illicit financial flows arising from money laundering, bribery, corruption, tax evasion and other financial crimes.
The...
Agric Ministry dispatches chemicals to combat Army worm in Upper West
Government, through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture(MOFA) has released over one thousand litres of chemicals to help fight fall armyworms in the Upper...
Jumia Travel launches a new feature to scale Facebook Messenger as a CS channel
Facebook Messenger is now fully integrated in Jumia Travel’s system as a powerful channel for Customer Service. The integration of customer service for Messenger...
80 companies approved to receive stimulus packages
Eighty distressed companies have been approved by government to benefit from stimulus packages aimed at reviving and positioning them on sustainable growth path.
President Nana...
Basic salaries increased by 11% effective 2018
The Public Services Joint Standing Negotiating Committee has increased the current basic salaries on the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSP) by 11% across board...
Economy showing good signs- Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that the “macroeconomic indices are beginning to show a turn for the better”.Addressing journalists at the Flagstaff House on...
I will marshal all arsenals to fight galamsey – Akufo-Addo
President Akufo-Addo has reiterated his resolve to fight illegal mining popularly known as galamsey in the country.
According to him, not even his quest to...
Gov’t to commit 1% GDP to innovation
Government has announced that it’s committing 1 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to research and development in science, technology and innovation.
Prof...
Youth and Women Empowerment; top priority of NPP Gov't – Dr. Bawumia
The Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated that creating job opportunities for Ghanaian youth and women is a top priority...
ECG wins two awards at the GITTA 2017
The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited has won two awards at the 2017 Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards (GITTA).
The 7th Ghana Information Technology...
Aggrieved traders at Kotokuraba market protest unfair stalls distribution
Some Assembly members and traders at the Kotokuraba Market in Cape Coast in the Central region are protesting what they describe as the unfair...
Gov’t moves to cap fiscal deficit at 5% of GDP with Fiscal Responsibility Law
Government will soon submit to Parliament, an amendment to the Public Financial Management Act, to set Ghana’s fiscal deficit at a maximum 5% of...
Pre-paid meters to be installed for at least 95% of all ECG Customers
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) would soon be compelled to install prepaid meters across the country to reduce the system and revenue losses...
ECG to install prepaid metres nationwide to curtail losses
The Electricity Company of Ghana ECG will soon be compelled to install prepaid meters across the country to reduce inefficiencies in the system and...
NPA must clamp down on contaminated fuel dealers – MP
Mr Ernest Henry Norgbey, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman has called on the security agencies especially the Police to clamp down on contaminated...
Establish fertilizer factories – COCOBOD tells investors
Board Chairman of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Hackman Owusu-Agyemang, has beckoned investors to identify fertilizer needs of specific cocoa districts to establish factories to...
Shipping lines deny ripping shippers off
The Ship-owners and Agents Association of Ghana (SOAAG) has come out strongly against allegations that its members are milking importers and exporters with high...