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MTN announces closure of service centers nationwide

MTN Ghana has announced that its Service Centres across the country will be closed for the Christmas holidays from December 29 to January 3,...

MTN Ghana gifts hampers to babies born on Christmas

MTN Ghana, through its foundation, on Sunday December 26 distributed hampers to mothers who have given birth during the Christmas period.The gesture from Ghana’s...

MTN Ghana Bright Conversations: Albert and Comfort Ocran share life nuggets

Rev Albert Ocran and his wife Comfort Ocran took the fourth edition of MTN Ghana’s Bright Conversations to another level by sharing nuggets of...

E-levy: Mobile Money Agents suspends strike action

The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana has suspended its intended strike action scheduled for Thursday, December 23.In a press statement signed by...

Bel-Aqua marks 10 years of manufacturing excellence as it pledges social sustainability

Bottled mineral water brand, Bel Aqua Mineral Water, has pledged 10 years of environmental, social, and economic sustainability as the company's guiding values for...

GITFiC evaluates AFCFTA

The Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFiC), an institution championing the evolution of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), has been carefully...

MoMo agents bare teeth at govt over E-levy

JoyNews/AdomNews · MoMo Agents Send Strong Message To Govt Over E - LevyThe Mobile Money Agent Association of Ghana has vowed to resist the...

CILT announces new president-elect

Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT have announced Chief Teete Owusu-Nortey’s appointment as President-elect of the professional body.Chief Teete will...

Zenith Bank lights up head office ahead of Christmas

The Zenith Bank head office at Ridge in Accra is the center of attraction ahead of the Christmas festivities.The bank has transformed its edifice...

Facebook pays fines to Russia over banned content

Facebook has paid 17 million roubles ($229,643) in fines owed in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal, the Interfax news agency reported...

Chamber of Patriotic Entrepreneurs holds youth summit

The Chamber of Patriotic Entrepreneurs has organised a maiden youth entrepreneurship summit at GIMPA. The theme for the summit was 'Entrepreneurship; Raising Business Leaders...

Mobile Money Agents to embark on massive e-levy demo

The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAG) is set to embark on a march in protest against the proposed 1.75% electronic transaction levy (E-Levy)...

BoG forwards suspected financial crime cases to EOCO for investigations

The Bank of Ghana has forwarded a number of suspected cases of financial crime to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for investigations.They...

Price of sachet, bottled water increased by 25%

The National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers has confirmed an increase in the price of the products by 25%, citing high cost...

Fuel price to go down between 3% and 5% – IES

The Institute for Energy Security is projecting a 3% to 5% reduction in the price of fuel per litre at the pumps, despite the...

Price war as OMCs cut fuel prices

Consumers of petroleum products could be the biggest beneficiaries of fuel price reduction as leading Oil Marketing Firms (OMCs) slug it out by cutting...

Full Text: Bagbin speaks on Quorum, Deputy Speaker and 2022 Budget

Formal Statement by the Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, on the rejection or rescission of the 2022 Budget Statement and...

Ghana spends $1bn on rice importation

Ghana spent an estimated ₵6.874 billion on the importation of rice from 2017 to 2020. In addition, the country also imported the following food...

SIC Insurance Plc announces payment of GH¢3m as dividend to its shareholders

SIC Insurance Plc, Ghana’s largest General insurer, has announced a dividend of 0.0153 per ordinary share, representing GH¢3million for the financial period ended December...

KGL Foundation wins Best Company in CSR

The KGL Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility initiative set up on behalf of the KGL Group, has been adjudged the best company in Excellence...

Top MTN MoMo agent for South East wins Hyundai Creta

Christmas came early for Isaac Bediako for emerging the best MTN MoMo agent for the South-Eastern part of Ghana.The Chief Executive Officer of IK...

Caveman CEO launches ‘The Inside Job’ to aid entrepreneurship

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the globally endorsed watch brand, Caveman Watches, Anthony Dzamefe, has launched his first book, 'The Inside Job' to...

KGL acquires first Otumfuo commemorative gold coins for ₵1m in support of Asanteman development

KGL Group has acquired the first-ever 24- carat Commemorative Gold Coins for GH₵1 million in support of the establishment of a cultural resource centre...

ICED receives $US1.56m grant for new research

The International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED) has received a US$1.56 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund its...

NLA releases over GHS5 million for payment of outstanding lotto wins

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has disbursed over GHS5 million to all Partner Banks for payment of unpaid lotto wins, a statement from the...

BoG Governor speaks on Otumfuo’s commemorative gold coin

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, has explained that the outdoored gold coin in honour of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II...

Senyo Hosi proposes measures to stabilise fuel prices

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Hosi, has proposed some measures to be put in place to halt the...

Thanksgiving can change situations — Bishop James Saah

Presiding Bishop of Action Chapel International (ACI), Bishop James K. Saah, has charged Christians to make thanksgiving a ritual.He explained that, thanksgiving is like...

Commercial drivers strike: Chief of Staff called me to know what GOIL could do to help – CEO

Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GOIL Company Limited (GOIL), Kwame Osei Prempeh, has disclosed that he had a discussion with...

Govt should support indigenous businesses regardless of their political ties – Prof. Bokpin

An economist, Professor Godfred Bokpin, has called on the government to be intentional in supporting the growth of indigenous businesses irrespective of their political...

ECG recovers GH¢1.4m from power theft in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has raked in over GH¢1.4 million from illegal connection and power...

Prudential bank is ‘Oil and Gas service provider of the year’

Prudential Bank Limited’s credentials as the bank that facilitates the growth and development of local business was reinforced when the bank was honoured as...

Why YouStart will focus on Ghanaian youth – GEA CEO explains

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA), Mrs Kosi Yankey-Ayeh, has stated that the government’s YouStart programme will target the youth to...

E-levy not compulsory; if you don’t want to pay, don’t do MoMo – Carlos Ahenkorah [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · E - Levy Not Compulsory; Keep Your Money On Your Phone If You Can’t Pay – Carlos AhenkorahTema West Member of Parliament...

GOIL withdraws from Association of OMCs

The Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has with immediate effect withdrawn its membership from the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs).GOIL’s decision followed accusations by the AOMCs...

GOIL reacts to govt’s interference claims in latest fuel price review

GOIL Company Limited has denied claims of being directed by government to reduce fuel prices.According to them, the allegations by the Association of...

MTN Ghana presents 8 vehicles to regional distributors

Mobile Telecommunication giant, MTN Ghana, has presented eight vehicles to its regional distributors across the country to boost their operations.This is part of the...

TOR to commence full-scale operations in June 2022

The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is expected to resume full-scale operations from June next year.This is what Joy Business has picked up from the...

ECG shuts down Tema Oil Refinery over ¢27m debt

A task force from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cut electricity supply to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) for its failure to...

B5 Plus Limited gets top awards for its investment and CSR initiatives

A steel manufacturing company, B5 Plus Limited, has received top awards in the country for its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and investment in...