Finance

Bawumia to speak on Ghana’s economy on April 7

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will on April 7, 2022, speak on the Ghanaian economy, his spokesperson, Dr Gideon Boako, announced on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.Following...

Let’s vote NPP out if they fail to account for the E-levy – Mr Logic

Controversial radio and TV personality, Mr Logic, says Ghanaians should vote out the New Patriotic Party (NPP) if they fail to account for the...

All you need to know about E-levy

The Ministry of Finance has released a list of questions that are likely to be asked by members of the general public in respect...

Kwame A Plus speaks on E-levy

Musician and political activist, Kwame A Plus, has taken to his social media to address his followers after Parliament approved the controversial Electronic Transactions...

Fair-minded citizens who spoke up during Mahama’s regime must speak now – Franklin Cudjoe

The founding President and Chief Executive Officer of the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, Mr. Franklin Cudjoe, has urged Ghanaians who criticised the...

Apiate explosion: Maxam fined $6 million

Maxam Ghana Limited, the company at the centre of the explosion that occurred at Apiate in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region, has...

We’ve provided $430 million to Ghana to fight Covid-19 – World Bank

World Bank Country Director, Pierre Frank Laporte, has revealed that the World Bank has provided the government of Ghana $430 million to fight the...

Apiate explosion: This is how much govt is losing weekly over Maxam shutdown

Most mining companies that receive supply of explosives from Maxam may have to cut production if moves to get Maxam to resume production is...

Ghanaians are not against E-Levy – Ken Ofori-Atta

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, says Ghanaians are not against the Electronic Transaction Levy aka E-Levy, following his interactions with citizens in some constituencies...

Ghana’s debt moves deeper into distress as investors lose patience

As the era of cheap money draws to an end, bondholders are no longer prepared to cut Ghana any slack.Ghana’s dollar bonds have...

Fact check: An ex-CIA agent did not confess to infecting Bob Marley with fatal cancer

The claim is several years old, but a 2019 post to the Instagram page Submit Conspiracy Theories recently gained renewed attention.The page is a place for followers...

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...

Thugs set newly-built police station ablaze [Photos]

Unidentified thugs have set fire into a newly constructed police station at Tenbibian in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.The station,...

World’s most expensive city to live in revealed

Tel Aviv has been named as the most expensive city in the world to live in, as soaring inflation and supply-chain problems push up...

2022 Budget: We will reinstate road tolls if… Says Asiedu Nketia

General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress , Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has raised concerns over the 'poor' decision by the New Patriotic Party...

E-Levy: Anyone who transacts over Ghc100 a day is not poor – Ursula Owusu

The Minister for Communications and Digitalisation, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, says anyone who transacts more than 100 Ghana Cedis on Mobile money a day cannot...

We’re eagles, let us fly – Finance Minister charges Ghanaians

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has charged Ghanaians to “eschew the language of poverty of aspiration” and embrace greatness.Citing Tony De Mello in the...

Restructured Agyapa Royalties Agreement to be submitted to Parliament

The government has disclosed its intention to submit a restructured Agyapa Royalties Agreement to Parliament for approval.Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, made this known when...

Elon Musk mocks Jeff Bezos as he extends lead as world’s richest man with $222 billion

Elon Musk has come through on his promise to send Jeff Bezos a silver medal now that the Tesla CEO has surpassed the Amazon founder to become...

Dormant accounts with NIB to be transferred to BoG

The National Investment Bank (NIB) has issued a notice of its intention to transfer a list of dormant customer accounts to the Bank of...

China declares all crypto-currency transactions illegal

China's central bank has announced that all transactions of crypto-currencies are illegal, effectively banning digital tokens such as Bitcoin."Virtual currency-related business activities are illegal...

Agenda 111: Institute of Architects takes govt on

The Ghana Institute of Architects says government did not follow laid down procedures to award a design contract recently.The company was awarded the contract...

Media must help to convince 33,000 professionals to pay taxes – Oppong Nkrumah

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, is courting the support of the Ghanaian media to convince some 33,000 professionals to meet their tax...

$1bn IMF support arrives

Ghana will today receive $1 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as free unconditional money to be spent to support the economic recovery...

Oil producing nations agree deal to control prices

Oil producing nations have agreed to increase their output, with the aim of reducing prices and easing pressure on the world economy.The Opec cartel...

Time for new presidential jet — Defence Minister

The Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, has said the time is ripe for the nation to acquire a new and befitting presidential jet.This is...

1,098-carat stone believed to be third largest diamond found in Botswana [Photos]

One of the world's largest diamonds has been unearthed in Botswana, the country's government has announced.The 1,098-carat stone, believed to be the third largest "gem-quality"...

Bitcoin falls further as China cracks down on crypto currencies

The price of Bitcoin has fallen below $40,000 (£28,210) for the first time in three months, after China imposed fresh curbs on crypto-currencies.Beijing on...

Apple hacked: Hackers steal plans for upcoming products

Apple is facing a ransomware demand after a group of cybercriminals stole confidential plans for the company’s upcoming products from a supplier.The “Sodin” group,...

Most Ghanaians don’t know how their taxes are used – Afrobarometer

An Afrobarometer report has revealed that many Ghanaians do not understand what their taxes are used for.The 2021 survey conducted by the research network...

Kwaku Bonsam sets records straight on ‘spiritual money-doubling’

Spiritualist Kwaku Bonsam has cautioned Ghanaians to be cautious of people advertising money-doubling schemes on television and social media.He explained that there is no...

Bank of Ghana exploring possible launch of its own digital currency

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is exploring the launch of a Central Bank Digital Currency. This is according to the Second Deputy Governor of...

Apple to finally let repairers in Ghana, other countries sign up to repair & spare parts programme

Apple’s Independent Repair Provider programme will soon be available in more than 200 countries, nearly every country where Apple products are sold.Launched originally...

Dr Gideon Boako: Ghana’s novel zero-coupon bond

Ghana is the first Sub-Saharan African country to issue a foreign currency-denominated zero-coupon bullet tranche to its bond financing mix, enabling it to create...

Top U.S. singer asks judge to end father’s control over her finances and personal life

Britney Spears has officially asked a judge to permanently end her father’s control over her finances and personal life.The singer, 39, has been subject...

Kanye West now worth $6.6 billion; makes him richest black person in US

Kanye West is now worth a staggering $6.6 billion, as revealed in a new Bloomberg report and confirmed by a representative to Billboard.According to...

How to own a piece of Rwanda as a Ghanaian

Rwanda says it is giving Ghanaians a foot-in-the-door advantage to become business owners in the country and to take advantage of an integrated border...

2021 Budget: Arts, Entertainment, and Hospitality get tax break

Government has granted tax breaks to companies within the arts, entertainment and hospitality sector.Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and interim Finance Minister, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, said this...

Budget 2021: Era of abandoning viable projects over – Mensah-Bonsu

Acting Finance Minister, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has christened the 2021 budget as that of “Completion, Consolidation, and Continuation”.According to him, the era of abandoned projects...

China at rest as ‘missing’ Jack Ma resurfaces

After going off the public scene since October last year, China's ex-richest man and founder of Alibaba, Jack Ma has resurfaced.Jack Ma resurfaced for...