Star Assurance, AssureAdvisors to launch repackaged insurance products
Star Assurance, one of Ghana’s leading general insurance providers has together with their Corporate Agency, AssureAdvisors Limited, launched two re-packaged personal insurance products into...
Ghana ranked 2nd among countries with highest debt default risk in 2022 by Bloomberg
A Bloomberg study has ranked Ghana 2nd among countries with the highest debt default risk in 2022.The country closely follows El Salvador (ranked number...
Akufo-Addo launches $10 million Tourism Grant for SMEs
President Nana Akufo-Addo on Wednesday launched a $10 million Tourism Grant to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to transform the tourism sector and stimulate...
Star Assurance sensitises employers on Workers’ Compensation Insurance
One of Ghana’s leading insurance brands, Star Assurance Company Limited, has urged employers to protect their staff who may be injured or become ill...
Nigeria: Zipline begins drone deliveries to health facilities in Kaduna State
Zipline, the global leader in instant logistics, today completed the first drone deliveries in Nigeria’s Kaduna State.These initial flights mark the final stage of...
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...
Ghana’s public debt hits ¢391bn as of quarter 1, 2022
Ghana’s public debt stock remarkably shot up by ¢40.1 billion to ¢391.9 billion as of the end of March, 2022, the Summary of Economic...
Chief to build film studio to revolutionize film industry in Ghana
Serial entrepreneur and development chief of Akroma in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District of the Central region, Nana Kweku Dakrabo I is set to build a...
Burkina Faso can’t determine prices of tomatoes for us – Samini backs Dumelo
Dancehall musician, Samini has backed actor, John Dumelo who has charged government to invest in tomato production.He argued that, until government takes a decision,...
Banda Islamic school student wins Bono region Girls in ICT competition
A student from the Banda Islamic school in the Banda District of the Bono Region emerged as the best in the Girls in ICT...
E-Levy: Supreme Court dismisses application for interlocutory injunction
An interlocutory injunction application being sought by the Minority in parliament on the operationalisation of e-levy pending the determination of a substantive case before...
$50bn wiped off Netflix’s value as subscribers quit
Shares in Netflix have slumped by 35% after it revealed a sharp drop in subscribers and warned millions more are set to quit the...
Ghanaian youth should pay mind to real estate business – CEO of Aidens Homes
Chief Executive Officer of Aidens Homes and Apartment, Frank Agyapong, has urged Ghanaian youth to patronise real estate dream as the business leads to...
Not only blogs & YouTube, e-commerce space should be taxed entirely – Mark Okraku-Mantey [Video]
Deputy Tourism and Creative Arts Minister, Mark Okraku-Mantey, has voiced out the need for government to tax Ghanaians operating businesses in the e-commerce space.According...
Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $41 billion
Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter for about $41 billion in cash, saying the social media company he has often criticized needs to go...
No real estate company is authorised to charge in dollars; it weakens the Cedi – BoG
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says no real estate company in the country has been authorised to price or transact business in foreign currencies.Head...
Ghana is a nation ready for business – Akufo-Addo
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says Ghana has moved away from the earlier uncertainties that clouded her path towards progress...
Russia’s richest 22 billionaires have lost $39 billion in one day after the invasion of Ukraine
Russia's 22 richest individuals saw their net worths plunge by a collective $39 billion in less than 24 hours after their country invaded Ukraine, according...
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...
Ghana assumes complete ownership of Ameri Power Plant
Ghana has taken full ownership of the 250-megawatt (MW) power production plant from the African and Middle East Resources Investment Group, otherwise known as...
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...
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...
There won’t be any sky train in Ghana, it’s not possible now – Minister for Railway Development
The Minister for Railway Development, John Peter Amewu, has said the government would not be able to construct any sky train in the country.According...
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...
Investing in crude palm oil, local rice can create more jobs in Ghana – Managing Director of Wilmar Africa
The Managing Director of Wilmar Africa Limited, Mr Kwame A. B. Wiafe, has asked the government to pay much attention to the production of...
U.S. Republicans move to decriminalise marijuana; regulate it like alcohol to support businesses
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Monday that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and eliminate legal hazards facing...
Elon Musk set to become world’s first trillionaire
Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, with an estimated $241bn fortune, could become the first trillionaire, an investment bank has predicted.Analysts at Morgan...
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...
What are NFTs and why are some worth millions?
A digital-only artwork has sold at Christie's auction house for an eye-watering $69m (£50m) - but the winning bidder will not receive a sculpture,...
Allianz Life Ghana wins Best Growing Company of the Year
Allianz Life Insurance Ghana has been adjudged the Best Growing Company of the Year, after only three years of operating in Ghana at the...
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...
SSNIT reacts to Auditor-General’s report
Management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has reacted to a portion of Auditor-General's report on the Public Accounts of Ghana.It...
Rihanna is officially a billionaire, world’s wealthiest female musician
Rihanna is now officially a billionaire and the wealthiest female musician in the world, according to Forbes.The pop star is worth $1.7 billion (£1.2 billion),...
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...
Ghana Gas to venture into production of fertilisers and other agrochemicals
Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) is set to venture into the production of fertilisers and other agrochemicals as it expands its operations.This was disclosed...
KAB-FAM MD wins big at 11th Ghana Entrepreneur and Corporate Executive Awards
Charles Antwi Boahen, the Managing Director (MD) and founder of Ghanaian electronic retail giant, Kab-Fam Ghana Ltd has received yet another award for his...