MTN urges govt to scrap stabilization levy from 2018 budget
MTN is urging the government not to extend the "nuisance" National Fiscal Stabilization Levy (NFSL) in the 2018 Budget Statement which will be read...
Airtel, Tigo begin integration, introduce transitional logo
Airtel and Tigo, leading providers of mobile telecommunication services in Ghana, have announced the launch of a joint brand that will advance their commitment...
Gov’t urged to be transparent in tracking oil-funded projects
The government has been urged to be open and transparent with its decision to track projects funded with petroleum revenues across the country.
Dr Steve...
Vodafone amend writ against GRA following GHC2.1bn transfer revelation
In a dramatic turn of events, even before the court begins hearing the substantive case Vodafone Ghana filed against the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA)...
Broadband Chamber initiate steps to help revamp policy
The Broadband Communications Chamber (BBC) today launched the upcoming maiden Broadband Ghana Forum, as a first step towards helping to revamp the outdated National...
All road leads to Black Friday on Jumia.com
Have you ever felt special, three weeks before Christmas? Probably you have; but if you haven’t? then watch out for this year’s biggest event-...
Hot Audio: Assin Dompem youth beg for Kente Factory
Youth of Assin Dompem in the Assin Central constituency of the Central region are appealing to government to consider establishing a Kente weaving factory...
Piccadilly biscuits to create 200 jobs
Piccadilly Biscuits has embarked on an investment programme that will see its entire operation revamped and modernised.
The company, under the leadership of Mr Nicolas...
Electricity tariffs to go down
President Nana Akufo-Addo has revealed that electricity tariffs will soon be reviewed downwards, details of which will be announced in the 2018 budget presentation on...
BoG committed to stabilizing prices – BoG Governor
Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Addison has indicated that the Bank is committed to ensuring price stability to create the...
Vodafone quits Cameroon after losing licence over poor service
Cameroon telecommunications giant Vodafone Cameroon has ended its operations in the country on Friday after the withdrawal of its license.
The service provider which started...
Rural, Community banks seek extension of minimum capital deadline
The Managing Director of the Association of Rural Banks (ARB-APEX Bank), Kojo Mattah wants the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to extend the deadline for...
Ghana to hit two- million metric tonnes of cocoa production by 2019
Ghana 's cocoa production is expected to hit two million (2m)Â metric tonnes by 2019, Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of...
Ghana sells $221.4m worth of domestic dollar bonds
Ghana scooped all $221.4 million tendered for a three-year domestic dollar bond at a 6.25 percent yield on Thursday, boosting the government’s plans to...
Emelia Arthur to storm Accra with Made in Ghana mobile exhibition
The made in Ghana campaign ambassador; Emelia Arthur, will from Monday, November 13 through to Friday, November 17, 2017, storm some business centers in...
Inflation falls to 11.6% in October
Ghana’s annual consumer price inflation fell to 11.6% in October from 12.2% the previous month on the back of lower transport and health costs,...
BoG to get tough on rural banks as paid-up capital requirement deadline draws near
The Bank of Ghana in 2015 raised the minimum paid-up capital requirement of all rural and community banks in Ghana from GH¢300,000 to GH¢1million.
All...
Government to roll out paperless tax exemption system
Government is to roll out a paperless tax exemption system from January next year to block the revenue leakages that recur with the current...
Renault Ghana's giant vision, tech-rich showroom to enhance consumer power
Exclusive distributor of Renault vehicles in Ghana, Premium Motors has solidified its position in the market by commissioning a technology-rich showroom and two new...
Premium Motors to introduce Renault KWID for low-income earners
Automobile giant, Premium Motors is expected to introduce a new vehicle module called the Renault KWID to the Ghanaian market next year.
The vehicle has...
GIFEC, YEA to train and employ 500 youth in ICT
The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) and the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) have joined forces to train and employ 500 unemployed youth...
China made 10% of tourists visiting Africa in 2016
The massive influx of Chinese tourists to Africa has in the recent years made a buzz, and it is for all possible reasons. After...
Ghana ready for investments in healthcare – Bawumia
The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has assured the investor community of excellent opportunities in the healthcare sector of Ghana.
Ghana, he said, is open for business, and...
Ghana, Kenya to boost trade ties
Leading members of the private sector in Ghana and Kenya have acknowledged that both countries, considered to be regional economic gateways, have the capacity,...
COCOBOD built Bole guest house for Mahama’s comfort – CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has accused former President John Mahama of influencing the construction of an...
Fall armyworm: GHȻ10m spent on insecticides
Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Sagre Bambangi, has told Parliament that government has so far expended about GH₵10 million on insecticides to...
NCA must act to stop cyber fraud – NCR
The Network of Communications Reporters (NCR) has called on the National Communications Authority (NCA) to direct telecom companies in the country to fully comply...
Clearing agents responsible for high vehicle confiscation rate at ports
The head of auction unit of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has urged importers to blame clearing agents for the delay in the clearing...
Court dismisses injunction application by ECG workers to halt concession
An Accra High Court has dismissed an injunction application filed by some aggrieved workers of the Electricity of Ghana (ECG) seeking to put on...
Accra City Hotel is ‘Best in HR Management’
Accra City Hotel has won the Best Hotel HR Management in Hospitality at the 2017 Human Resource (HR) Focus Awards in Accra.The locally managed...
Accra City Hotel is the Best in HR Management
Accra City Hotel has won the Best Hotel HR Management in Hospitality at the 2017 Human Resource (HR) Focus Awards in Accra.The locally managed...
Gov’t to abolish 25% corporate tax on private Unis
The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that government is working hard towards the abolishment of the 25% corporate tax on...
NCA Honours Lucy Quist, Ebenezer Asante
Vice President for Southern and East Africa and Ghana (SEAGHA) Region of MTN, Ebenezer Asante, and outgoing Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Ghana, Lucy...
Rural Banks Face Collapse Under Heavy Taxes
The Board Chairman of Asante Akyem Rural Bank, Mr. Francis Opuni Sekyere has hinted that rural banks face possible collapse because of high jump in...
Ecobank storms Osu with digital banking drive
In line with the overall digital Ghana agenda, staff and officials of Ecobank Ghana went on a vigorous digital finance campaign at Osu to...
No cash for free fertilisers – Dep. Agric Minister nominee
Government does not have the funds to distribute free fertiliser to over five million farmers nationwide, the Deputy Food and Agriculture nominee Kennedy Nyarko...
Opening of borders won’t undermine economy – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given an assurance that the Open-Border Policy, adopted by the government since June 2017, will not undermine the...
Ghana Card to be primary ID for all services
Come November 20, 2017, the National Identification Authority (NIA) will start issuing instant smart National ID cards under a very strict multi-level verification process.The...
22 million mobile money accounts is attraction for fraudsters
Mobile money regulator, Bank of Ghana (BoG) has identified the overwhelming growth in mobile money wallets/accounts, over the last two years, as the main...
All clear for new national airline – Akufo-Addo
Government has given ‘policy approval’ for the establishment of a new national airline to drive the country’s bid to be the air transport hub...