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National ID, Digital Property Address will reduce loan interest rates – Dr Bawumia

Ghanaians can look forward to a reduction in the amounts they pay as interest on loans when the various measures aimed at formalising the...

Management of Biegya Bitters gives GHC 5,000 to KABA

The management of Biegya bitters, one of the new brands of alcohol in the country donated an amount of GHC 5,000 towards the organization...

IPHONE ‘DONKOMI’ ON JUMIA

Are you thinking of Xmas already? Then Black Friday came right on time for you.  Jumia says buy iphone 6, 32GB for GHS 780...

Oil companies won’t pay tax as they recoup $11.9bn

Oil exploration and production (E&P) companies will not pay the government any corporate income taxes (CIT) in 2018 after getting approval to recoup the...

First Lady sells "stable and peaceful" Ghana to Chinese investors

First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has assured Chinese investors at a conference to promote trade relations between Ghana and China in Hunan in the...

ADB shares soar 77% on the back of positive financial performance

Shares of Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has witnessed 77% increment since the bank was listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE). The share price increased...

Gov’t to transfer GH¢3.1bn into tier two pension funds

Government has agreed to transfer GH¢3.1 billion to the custodian accounts of the pension schemes of the labour unions, called the Forum, by December...

Jumia's Black Friday to give more discounts to excite shoppers

Ghana’s online shopping giant, Jumia Ghana, during the weekend launched one of its exciting online promotions at its office at Dzorwulu in Accra. Dubbed, ‘Black...

‘The broad agenda for 2018 is to create jobs’

Accra, Nov. 25, GNA - Mr Kwaku Kwarteng, the Deputy Minister of Finance, says the broad agenda for 2018 and the medium term is...

Moody’s sounds alarm on $4.5bn bond repayment

Credit ratings agency Moody’s has warned that Ghana faces a severe risk of financing stress as a number of sovereign bonds issued by government...

Agyarko bans ‘dirty’ fuel sale at BOST

Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has indicated that henceforth no individual is allowed to lift contaminated oil from the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST)...

Student entrepreneurs at KNUST to benefit from GHȻ100,000 gov’t support

Student entrepreneurs at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are to receive GHÈ» 100,000 support to boost their businesses. The National Entrepreneurship...

Ghana to export 100 megawatts of power to Burkina Faso

Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has announced that Ghana will supply 100 megawatts of power to neighbouring Burkina on a daily basis. Mr Agyarko, who...

2018 budget statement translated into seven local languages

Head of Public Relations at the Ministry of Finance, Madam Cecilia Isabella Akwetey, says the 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government has been translated...

ADB pledges GHȻ200m to One-District-One-Factory project

The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) Limited has pledged GHȻ200 million to support the One-District-One-Factory (1D1F) initiative by the government, which seeks to industrialise the...

Terkper mocks Akufo-Addo, Bawumia, Ofori-Atta

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has questioned why the Akufo-Addo economic management team, is borrowing excessively, although it had in opposition vowed never to...

Rigworld boss made me believe in Ghana – Nana Nketia

The Omanhene of Essikado Traditional Area, Nana Kobina Nketia V says the Chief Executive Officer of Rigworld Group of Companies, Nana Kofi Abban has...

Ghana loses 318,514 tons of maize to post-harvest losses – Study

Ghana loses about 318,514 tonnes of maize annually to post-harvest losses according to a 2016 study by Dr Bruno Tran, an expert in post-harvest...

Each district to get Ghc2m for 1 district, 1 factory

The government will allocate at least GhC2 million to each district, municipal or metropolitan assembly for the implementation of the one district, one factory...

Ghana’s debt stock now GHC 138 billion – Oppong Nkrumah

Ghana’s debt stock now stands at GHC 138 billion, deputy information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed. The Minority had accused the Finance Minister of...

Accra City is Best Hotel in CSR

Accra City Hotel has been adjudged the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Hospitality Company of the Year in Ghana. The Hotel received the award at...

FULL TEXT: 2018 budget statement

“Rt. Hon. Speaker, Honourable Members of Parliament, on the authority of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, I beg to move...

4000 jobs to be created through digital address system – Ken Ofori-Atta

About 4,000 national service personnel will be recruited to work on addressing homes for the national digital addressing system implemented under the NPP government...

UT, Capital Bank collapse: Confidence in banking sector still strong – Ofori Atta

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has stated that confidence in the banking sector has not waned despite the recent take over of the...

Budget Highlights for 2018 financial year

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is currently before Parliament presenting the budget  for the 2018 financial year. The theme for the budget is “Putting Ghana...

Full document: 2018 budget presented by Finance Minister

Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta has presented to Parliament the budget for 2018. This is the second budget statement and economic policy since the...

 Gov’t will continue to invest in projects – Finance Minister

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, says government will continue to invest heavily in its flagship policies such as Planting for Food and...

Govt to use $1.3bn to purchase cocoa

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed some $1.3bn has been raised to purchase 850,000 tonnes of cocoa beans. He said while other cocoa-producing countries...

Over 200, 000 farmers registered for Planting for Food and Jobs program – Ken

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has said that 201,000 farmers have been registered for the Planting for Food and Jobs program. He said that Planting...

Highlights of 2018 budget in pictures

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has presented government's second budget to the House of Parliament Wednesday. The budget among other things focuses on growing key sectors...

2018 Budget will boost Private Sector businesses – Ofori Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has said the NPP government seeks to create a conducive environment for the private sector in favour of the...

Govt targets 8.0% inflation in 2018

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said government is targeting an end-of-year inflation rate of 8.0 percent, lower than the 11.2 percent targeted for...

We have rescued our public purse from naked abuse – Ofori-Atta

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta has hit hard at the erstwhile Mahama administration for subjecting the public purse to what he described as...

Over 2000 graduate recruited under Planting for Food and Jobs

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed the flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme has reduced graduate unemployment in the country. According to him, 2,...

We have achieved what seemed impossible in 8 years – Ofori Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has said government has been able to accelerate Ghana’s economic growth just 10 months in power. According to him, through...

Document: 2017 budget highlights

Finance Minister in March this year presented to Parliament the 2017 budget, his first budget statement and economic policy. The budget gave details of government’s...

ECOBANK is AGI Best Bank of the Year

Ecobank Ghana has been adjudged the Best Bank in the financial service sector (Banking) at the 6th Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) awards. This would...

Ofori-Atta presents 2018 budget today

Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the 2018 Budget and Economic Policy Statement to Parliament today, Wednesday, 15 November. Ahead of the...

Kumasi street traders resist relocation

Some traders on the streets of the Ashanti regional capital Kumasi have vehemently resisted attempts to relocate them to satellite markets around the metropolis...

Telecoms Chamber push for scrapping of stabilization levy from 2018 budget

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has added its voice to the call on government to scrap the National Fiscal Stabilization Levy from the 2018...