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Tampon makers pledge to tackle US shortages

Major tampon manufacturers in the United States have pledged to make more of the sanitary products to address shortages in the country.One firm told...

Musk to hold first meeting with Twitter workers

Elon Musk will speak to Twitter employees on Thursday for the first time since launching his $44bn (£36.2bn) bid for the company in April.The...

Stock markets slide over global economy concern

Asian stock markets have fallen sharply as soaring prices in America triggered fears the Federal Reserve will take tougher action to rein in inflation.At...

BoG optimistic of lower inflation rate in coming months

Regardless of the hike in inflation rate in recent months, the Bank of Ghana is optimistic prices of goods and services will come down...

Ghana gets $1bn pledge from banks to spur finances

International banks, according to Bloomberg, have pledged to lend Ghana $1 billion for budget purposes and to boost central bank reserves as the country...

Chancellor accused of wasting billions

Rishi Sunak has been accused of failing to act to save billions of taxpayers' money that has been used to pay interest on government...

Energy and food drives US inflation to 40-year high

Prices in the US rose faster than expected last month, as rising energy and food costs pushed inflation to the highest rate since 1981.The...

Hubtel Launches in Koforidua 

Hubtel, the leading quick commerce, messaging, and payment service provider has announced its operations in Koforidua, the Eastern Region of Ghana.  Hubtel is extending the...

I’m not father Christmas, says Ofosu-Ampofo as he shuts down poultry farm [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why Ofosu Ampofo is closing down his poultry farmThe National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has said he...

Price of bread records highest inflation rate in May 2022 – GSS

Data from the Ghana Statistical Service(GSS) show that the price of bread recorded the highest rate of inflation of 41.3% year-on-year in the inflation...

Climate change: New Zealand to tax cow and sheep burps

New Zealand has unveiled a plan to tax sheep and cattle burps in a bid to tackle one of the country's biggest sources of...

World Bank supports Ghana with $145 million to improve urban services

The World Bank has approved additional financing of $145 million International Development Association (IDA) credit for the Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme.The financing will...

Gold Katcher will help miners to extract more gold – Manufacturer

The sole importer of Gold Katcher equipment which aids miners in the extractive industry has indicated that the machine will help in digging more...

Newmont sells gold to BoG to boost country’s reserves

Newmont Ghana has announced that it has successfully sold 3,500 ounces of gold to the Bank of Ghana (BoG) under the central bank’s Domestic...

Four-day work week trial starts in UK with 70 companies

Thousands of UK workers are starting a four-day work week from Monday with no cut to their pay in the largest trial of its kind.The pilot,...

KFC Australia forced to swap lettuce for cabbage

Fast food giant KFC has been forced to put cabbage in its burgers and wraps in Australia as the country is struggling with a...

Top Gun maker sued over copyright breach

The family of the Israeli writer whose article inspired the 1986 Tom Cruise movie Top Gun is suing film studio Paramount Pictures for copyright...

Musk threatens to walk away from Twitter deal

Elon Musk has threatened to walk away from his $44bn takeover of Twitter, accusing the social media company of "thwarting" his requests to learn...

Total announces 67 pesewas per share dividend for shareholders

Total Petroleum PLC has announced the payment of a final dividend of 67 pesewas per share to shareholders for the financial year ended December...

Mercedes recalls almost 1m cars over faulty brakes

German carmaker Mercedes-Benz is recalling almost 1m older vehicles from around the world because of potential problems with their braking system.Over the weekend, the...

Barbara Incoom awarded Marketing Director of the Year at National FMCG Summit

Barbara Incoom, Marketing Director of Delta Paper Mill, producers of Flora Tissues, has been awarded as the Marketing Director of the Year at the...

Ghana Arbitration Centre to hear Nduom, Bank of Ghana case

The Court of Appeal has, by a unanimous decision, upheld the Bank of Ghana’s application that the challenge by Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom and...

NLA to host African Lottery Association Seminar in December

Ghana’s National Lottery Authority (NLA) has, for the first time since its establishment, won the bid to host the Seminar on Responsible Gaming by...

Ukraine lifts interest rate in Europe

Ukraine's central bank has more than doubled its interest rate to 25% to the highest level for any European country.The move is intended to...

UMB collaborates with GAAS on 2022 Public Forum; Supports thought-leadership on AfCTA

Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), a leading indigenous Ghanaian bank, today announced its collaboration with the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (G.A.A.S) Public Forum...

GRA’s failure to collect taxes cost Ghana ¢9.1 billion—IMANI

A new report by Policy Think Tank, IMANI Center for Policy and Education, has showed that the Ghana Revenue Authority’s (GRA’s) failure to collect...

Petrol to be sold at GH₵12 per litre

The price of petrol is expected to go up to GH₵12 per litre effective Wednesday, June 1, the Institute of Energy and Security (IES)...

Govt poised to transform new regions with ICT – Ursula Owusu

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, says the incumbent government is poised to use ICT to transform the newly created regions.Speaking...

KGL Group Chairman Alex Dadey awarded ‘Group CEO of the Year’

Alex Dadey, Executive Chairman of KGL Group has been awarded Group CEO of the year 2021 – Conglomerate Business.The award came at the 6th...

Ghana will soon be a giant in ICT – Ama Pomaah

Ghana is progressing steadily in becoming a technological force around the globe as it has received several proposals from development partners to undertake ICT...

Multimedia Group COO Ken Ansah adjudged CEO of the Year at Ghana CEO Summit

Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the Multimedia Group, Ken Ansah, has been honoured with the Chief Executive Officer of the Year award at this...

Full text: MTN Ghana CEO’s speech at 4th AGM

Dear Shareholders,It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 4th Annual General Meeting as a publicly listed company, to share with you the...

Implementation of e-levy has been ‘very smooth’ so far – GRA

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says the implementation of the Electronic Transactions Levy (e-levy) has been very smooth.This is according to Mrs Florence Asante,...

Ghana signs $69.88 million renewable energy agreement to enhance electricity access

Ghana has signed a $69.88 million renewable energy agreement to enhance electricity access in the next four years.Under the agreement, about 6,890 households, 6,001...

E-Levy fallout: Mobile money agents cashing in on deposit transactions

Contrary to fears that the implementation of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) would collapse the business of mobile money agents, there seem to be...

Ireland: ‘We don’t want UK-EU trade war’- Irish PM

A UK-EU trade war would be "shocking" and "unnecessary", the Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin has said.He called on the UK government to "get...

NPA fines 7 petroleum service providers

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has fined seven service providers for illicit third-party trading of petroleum products.The move which pegs the total fine...

Ghana’s NLA fosters close ties with members of African Lotteries Association

Ghana’s National Lottery Authority (NLA) is fostering close ties with members of the African Lotteries Association (ALA) in order to improve its operations in...

Oparlor.com announces presence in Ghana with exciting news

Online store owners have an opportunity to take advantage of a new online marketplace platform that has announced its presence in Ghana.The platform, Oparlor.com,...

AfDB launches $1.5bn food emergency plan for Africa

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a $1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production plan to help Africa produce food to avert a looming...