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Feature: NLA under Sammi Awuku, 24 months on

Seven months into the second tenure of the sitting President, H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo had made some new appointments and reshuffled a few...

Adiza Ibrahim crowned Woman of the Year at 6th Ghana Outstanding Women Awards 2023

Adiza Ibrahim, the Head of Marketing & Media Relations at Electroland Ghana Limited and the Founder of the Zango Women Livelihood & Empowerment Programme,...

Unemployment to increase to 4% in 2023 – Fitch Solutions

Unemployment as a percentage of the labour force is expected to tick slightly to 4.0% in 2023 from 3.9% in 2022, Fitch Solutions has...

Government announces new cocoa price for 2023/2024

The government has announced a new cocoa price at the opening of the 2023/2024 cocoa season.A bag of cocoa has moved from GH¢800.00 per...

The unwavering vision that birthed QI Group of Companies 25 years ago

In the annals of entrepreneurship, there are stories that inspire, stories of resilience, and stories of unfettered determination.The birth of the QI Group of...

Ghana’s doors open for investors – Bawumia

The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has assured his Colombian counterpart that the country’s doors are open to investors and entrepreneurs from Colombia who want...

DDEP: Govt settles Pension Funds bondholders

The government has announced the successful settlement and conclusion of its alternative offer to Pension Funds bondholders regarding Ghana-denominated notes and bonds.The Ministry of...

First review of Ghana’s IMF programme starts September 25 – Ofori-Atta  

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) Staff Mission will commence Ghana’s first review of the ongoing $3 billion loan-support programme from September 25, 2023, the...

Non-issuance of VAT invoice is a criminal act – GRA 

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) compliance and enforcement unit, says the non-issuance of Valued Added Tax (VAT) invoice is a criminal offence and can...

Total value of secured loans up 15.5% to ¢5.9bn in half-year 2023 – BoG

The total value of secured loans granted and registered by banks and Specialized Deposit-Taking Institutions in the second quarter of 2023 was estimated at...

IMF mission to visit Ghana from September 25

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team will be in Ghana from September 25 through the first week of October to assess the implementation...

IMF bailout: Ofori-Atta gives update on 2nd tranche

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says Ghana is on track to receive the second tranche of the IMF bailout cash in December to support the...

Ghana stands ready to unlock second disbursement – Economist on IMF bailout

An Economist, Dr. Patrick Assuming is optimistic Ghana will be able to receive the second tranche of $600 million from the International Monetary Fund...

Cedi expected to trade steadily this week; sells at ¢11.50 to a dollar

The Ghana cedi is expected to trade steadily this week as the Bank of Ghana intervenes in the market to cool off the pressure...

MTN Ghana’s durable competitive advantage to enrich long-term investors

Long-term investors (shareholders) of MTN Ghana are expected to significantly benefit from the durable competitive advantage of the telecommunication company.The company’s competitive advantage creates...

¢6.703bn Energy Sector Levies collected in 2022 – 2022 ESLA report

Actual Energy Sector Levies collected from January 2022 to December 2022 totalled ¢6.703 billion, the 2022 Annual Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA) Report has...

Pig farmers announce increment in prices of pork

Pig farmers in Ghana have increased prices effective September 1, 2023.The cost of one kilogram of pork meat, previously priced at GH¢26, has now...

MoMo promotion to reward 100 customers weekly

MobileMoney Limited (MML) has launched a promo to reward customers for their loyalty and to promote digital payments via MoMo.For the next two months...

Garment and Textiles companies receive funds from YEA

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has disbursed funds for the newly launched “Youth in Garment and Textile Module”.The disbursement which was done yesterday, August...

GAWU reacts to phase II of PFJ

The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has criticized government’s second phase of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme.According to the General Secretary...

Gov’t achieves 95% participation rate in second round of DDEP

Government has achieved a 95% participation rate across its three latest debt exchange programmes.The Finance Ministry revealed that in the first program, which focused...

GRA closes shops, arrests managers within Awoshie-Ablekuma enclave [Video]

https://youtu.be/NDU0bwYvXGgThe Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has arrested managers of some hardware and general merchandise shops in the Awoshie-Anyaa and Ablekuma enclave over non-compliance with...

Good news for YEA ‘Youth in Garment and Textile Module’ applicants

The management of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) wishes to announce to all companies and beneficiary applicants that beginning Wednesday, 30 August 2023, it...

Fuel prices to remain unchanged for next two weeks – IES

Fuel prices will remain unchanged in the first two weeks of September 2023.According to a projection by the Institute for Energy Security, this is...

Admission World Consult wins big at Ghana Business Standard Awards

The 2023 edition of the Ghana Business Standard Awards was held last Friday at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra.The awards ceremony was on...

MTN Ghana Foundation supports 140 businesses

MTN Ghana Foundation has shortlisted a total of 140 micro and small enterprises to benefit from MTN Ghana Foundation’s Enterprise Support Programme for the...

Oil prices to stabilise around $84 per barrel in 2023 – Fitch Solutions

Oil prices are expected to stabilise at around $84 per barrel for the rest of the year.According to Global Economist, Emerging Markets at Fitch...

Some Ghanaians praise SSNIT for introducing self-employed pensions

A section of the public who are doing their personal businesses say, the Self-Employed social security initiative introduced by Social Security and National Insurance...

GRA takes tax enforcement drive to night market economy

The Preventive and Enforcement Unit of the Ghana Revenue Authority and the Ghana Police Service will be taking the tax enforcement drive to the...

IPPs confirm receipt of payment from ECG

The Independent Power Generators Ghana has confirmed receipt of payment from the Electricity Company of Ghana as part of the commitment made on June...

Scrap E-levy if it’s not generating enough revenue – Duffour

Former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has suggested that the Akufo-Addo government should scrap the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) if it is not generating...

$2bn debt: ECG settles June, July payments to IPPs

Citi News has gathered that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has settled debts to all Independent Power Producers (IPPs) for the months of...

IES Ghana sends important message to PURC over tariffs increment

The Executive Director of the Institute of Energy Security (IES), Nana Amoasi VII, has said the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) cannot pick...

Govt to establish a neutral shared infrastructure company to deliver nationwide 4G, 5G services

Minister for Communication and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has indicated that government has approved the establishment of a neutral shared infrastructure company to deliver nationwide...

Cedi to exhibit mixed performance against dollar this week

The Ghana cedi will continue to exhibit mixed performance this week against the major foreign currencies as renewed corporate demand surges.This is coming after...

5-year performance of GCB equity on the Ghana Stock Exchange

Investing in shares or stock or equity should be done with a long term view, this is because historically, the stock market outperforms all...

Full text: BoG Governor’s special press conference on 2022 loss and new Head Office

Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen of the Media. Welcome to this special press briefing, which has been necessitated by recent developments following the publication of...

Menzgold makes u-turn on GH¢650 verification card sale

Menzgold Ghana has announced the cancellation of a paid customer validation process in its efforts to facilitate the processing of payments for its aggrieved...

We are coming for you – GRA cautions businesses that are VAT non-compliant

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has reiterated its commitment to clamp down on businesses that use dubious means to evade taxes.According to the Authority,...

BoG denies procurement breaches in construction of new headquarters

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has denied breaching the procurement laws in the construction of its new headquarters located at Ridge in the Greater...