The challenges facing the energy sector resulted in obnoxious
take-or-pay contracts signed by the previous government, which obligated the
country to pay for capacity it does...
Ghana Cocoa Board will raise $1.3 billion in syndicated loans for its
operations in the 2019/2020 season, the Minister of Finance Mr Ken Ofori-Atta
announced in...
Government has scrapped the Luxury Vehicle Levy (Act 969) which was introduced by Parliament and assented to in July, 2018.
The decision, according to the...
The government has resumed work on cocoa roads, Ken Ofori-Atta, the Finance Minister has announced.
The resumption includes upgrading, routine and periodic maintenance activities of...
Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta on Monday, July 29, 2019 presented the 2019 Mid-year Budget Review in Parliament.
The infographics below details the government's efforts...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is proposing a three percent increase in Communication Service Tax, thus from six percent to nine percent.
This, he explained, is...
Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful is in support of any measure which will increase government revenue.
Citing her Ministry as an example, she said...
Former Deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson is predicting tax increases ahead of the Mid-year budget review.
His prediction, according to him, is based...
Pro-government newspaper, The Daily Statesman, has hinted that the Finance Minister will announce an increase in petroleum and mobile tax today.
Ken Ofori-Atta, will address...
DON’T RUSH TO PRAISE ALL OF AFRICA’S “POPULAR” BUT FISCALLY UNSUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS
Introduction
- Context is 2019 Mid-Year Review and the need to be realistic...
For several scores of Menzgold clients, there is no interest in the State’s criminal prosecution of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) accused of defrauding...
Yango, a ride-hailing service,after successfully launching in Ghana in June 2019, has introduced the Comfort tariff.
The comfort tariff is an additional tariff in...
The Ghana Union of Traders' Associations (GUTA) has
cautioned the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) to stop shielding foreigners
involved in retail businesses in Ghana.
According to the...
The
Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is planning a mammoth
demonstration against government in three months, if it fails to enforce
laws governing...
Ghana is expected to
hit 95 per cent of mobile telephone connectivity by next year, 2020, Mr Vincent
Sowah Odotei, Deputy Minister of Communications announced on...
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited and Prudential Life Insurance Ghana have launched savings and educational plans designed to help parents and guardians fund the...
The Head of Communication for the Jospong Group, Madam Sophia Lissah has advised Public Relations practitioners to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset in...
Zeepay,
a leading African financial technology company, is seeking to reach
more than 150 million mobile money wallets in 20 African countries as it
...
Some tricycle (Pragya) dealers and riders are appealing to the government for legalisation and regulation to help boost rural businesses in Ghana.
According to them,...
Standard Chartered Bank in its continued efforts to meet the rising demands of the country’s digitally-savvy population has scored a first among its peers...
Participants at a day's stakeholder’s engagement on
the 'Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM)' being implemented by the National
Petroleum Authority (NPA) have lauded the introduction of the...
Guaranty Trust Bank and Ria Money Transfer have teamed up with Zeepay, a local financial technology company to launch a mobile money transfer service...
The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) has
bagged three awards at the just ended Ghana Information Technology &
Telecom Awards (GITTA).
The CEO of GIFEC Abraham Kofi Asante...
Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire have lifted the suspension of cocoa sales for the 2020/2021 season, effective July 16.
The decision was contained in a joint...
How
many volunteer teachers in rural communities have taken the initiative
to help the schools they have offered their service to for short
periods?...
Alliance Motors, the authorised distributor of Jaguar and Land Rover
vehicles in Ghana, has launched its latest model, the 2019/20 Range
Rover Evoque in...
National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama has described as wickedness, the decision by the government to stop the supply of free fertilisers...
Mr Alhassan Tampuli, Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority has said that significant progress have been made towards the pilot implementation of...
The GSMA, which represents the
interests of mobile operators worldwide, has entered into a partnership with
the Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) and Vodafone
Ghana...
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has assured that retail outlets of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) which were exposed by the Ghana Standards Authority...
The Coalition of Aggrieved Customers of Menzgold, a gold dealership firm, has urged the government to release the Chief Executive Officer, Nana Appiah Mensah...
About 82.7 percent of 81 Liquefied Petroleum Gas
(LPG) stations in the central region have been labelled as high-risk by the
National Petroleum Authority (NPA), according...
