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Cedi to end 2022 at ¢7.03 to a dollar

The Ghana cedi is expected to end 2022 at ¢7.03 to the US dollar, the Center for Economics, Finance and Inequality Studies of the...

Bui Power Authority completes construction of floating Solar PV system

The Bui Power Authority has completed the construction of an initial 1MWp of a proposed 5MWp floating Solar PV system on the Bui reservoir. The...

Akufo-Addo appoints Rosemary Beryl Archer as Deputy CEO of Ghana Exim Bank

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Rosemary Beryl Archer as Deputy Chief Executive (CEO) of Ghana Exim Bank. The new Deputy Chief Executive in Charge...

AGI fired over inability to produce enough goods for local economy

The Trader’s Advocacy Group Ghana has chided the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) over the inability to produce enough goods for the local economy. On...

Expect increased smuggling – Traders to govt over ‘benchmark value’ policy reversal

The government continues to face stiff opposition from traders over the reversal of the benchmark value. The latest to join the bandwagon is the Concerned...

Govt suspends Benchmark Values reversal until Jan 6

Government has suspended the benchmark review reversal until Thursday, January 6, 2022. A credible source at the Ghana Revenue Authority revealed to JoyNews, and checks...

MTN Ghana re-opens its service centres to customers

Mobile telecommunications giant, MTN Ghana has today announced the re-opening of its Service Centers across the country. The Ashaiman, Accra Mall, East Legon (Accra) and...

Cocoa carriers begin indefinite strike

Cocoa carriers from the various warehouses of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have begun an indefinite strike to demand better service conditions and an...

COPEC predicts fuel price hike

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has hinted that prices of petrol and diesel could go up by 3.7% and 2.5% respectively in the...

Association executives kick against reversal of benchmark value

Executive Director of Ghana Import and Export Association, Sampson Asaki Awingobin has said government's decision on the reversal of the reduction of values of...

Prices of goods will double if Benchmark values are reversed – GUTA warns

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is warning prices of goods will increase significantly if government reverses the reduction of values of selected...

Fuel prices go up by 2.8%

Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have begun increasing fuel prices slightly at the pump stations. According to energy think tank, Institute for Energy Security, fuel prices...

Benchmark value scrap for 43 items takes effect tomorrow – GRA

Effective Tuesday, 4th January, 2022, the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will begin the implementation of government’s policy directive on the...

MTN announces closure of service centers nationwide

MTN Ghana has announced that its Service Centres across the country will be closed for the Christmas holidays from December 29 to January 3,...

MTN Ghana gifts hampers to babies born on Christmas

MTN Ghana, through its foundation, on Sunday December 26 distributed hampers to mothers who have given birth during the Christmas period. The gesture from Ghana’s...

MTN Ghana Bright Conversations: Albert and Comfort Ocran share life nuggets

Rev Albert Ocran and his wife Comfort Ocran took the fourth edition of MTN Ghana’s Bright Conversations to another level by sharing nuggets of...

E-levy: Mobile Money Agents suspends strike action

The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana has suspended its intended strike action scheduled for Thursday, December 23. In a press statement signed by...

Bel-Aqua marks 10 years of manufacturing excellence as it pledges social sustainability

Bottled mineral water brand, Bel Aqua Mineral Water, has pledged 10 years of environmental, social, and economic sustainability as the company's guiding values for...

GITFiC evaluates AFCFTA

The Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFiC), an institution championing the evolution of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), has been carefully...

MoMo agents bare teeth at govt over E-levy

JoyNews/AdomNews · MoMo Agents Send Strong Message To Govt Over E - Levy The Mobile Money Agent Association of Ghana has vowed to resist the...

CILT announces new president-elect

Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT have announced Chief Teete Owusu-Nortey’s appointment as President-elect of the professional body. Chief Teete will...

Zenith Bank lights up head office ahead of Christmas

The Zenith Bank head office at Ridge in Accra is the center of attraction ahead of the Christmas festivities. The bank has transformed its edifice...

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...

Chamber of Patriotic Entrepreneurs holds youth summit

The Chamber of Patriotic Entrepreneurs has organised a maiden youth entrepreneurship summit at GIMPA. The theme for the summit was 'Entrepreneurship; Raising Business Leaders...

Mobile Money Agents to embark on massive e-levy demo

The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAG) is set to embark on a march in protest against the proposed 1.75% electronic transaction levy (E-Levy)...

BoG forwards suspected financial crime cases to EOCO for investigations

The Bank of Ghana has forwarded a number of suspected cases of financial crime to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for investigations. They...

Price of sachet, bottled water increased by 25%

The National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers has confirmed an increase in the price of the products by 25%, citing high cost...

Fuel price to go down between 3% and 5% – IES

The Institute for Energy Security is projecting a 3% to 5% reduction in the price of fuel per litre at the pumps, despite the...

Price war as OMCs cut fuel prices

Consumers of petroleum products could be the biggest beneficiaries of fuel price reduction as leading Oil Marketing Firms (OMCs) slug it out by cutting...

Full Text: Bagbin speaks on Quorum, Deputy Speaker and 2022 Budget

Formal Statement by the Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, on the rejection or rescission of the 2022 Budget Statement and...

Ghana spends $1bn on rice importation

Ghana spent an estimated ₵6.874 billion on the importation of rice from 2017 to 2020. In addition, the country also imported the following food...

SIC Insurance Plc announces payment of GH¢3m as dividend to its shareholders

SIC Insurance Plc, Ghana’s largest General insurer, has announced a dividend of 0.0153 per ordinary share, representing GH¢3million for the financial period ended December...

KGL Foundation wins Best Company in CSR

The KGL Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility initiative set up on behalf of the KGL Group, has been adjudged the best company in Excellence...

Top MTN MoMo agent for South East wins Hyundai Creta

Christmas came early for Isaac Bediako for emerging the best MTN MoMo agent for the South-Eastern part of Ghana. The Chief Executive Officer of IK...

Caveman CEO launches ‘The Inside Job’ to aid entrepreneurship

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the globally endorsed watch brand, Caveman Watches, Anthony Dzamefe, has launched his first book, 'The Inside Job' to...

KGL acquires first Otumfuo commemorative gold coins for ₵1m in support of Asanteman development

KGL Group has acquired the first-ever 24- carat Commemorative Gold Coins for GH₵1 million in support of the establishment of a cultural resource centre...

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...

NLA releases over GHS5 million for payment of outstanding lotto wins

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has disbursed over GHS5 million to all Partner Banks for payment of unpaid lotto wins, a statement from the...

BoG Governor speaks on Otumfuo’s commemorative gold coin

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, has explained that the outdoored gold coin in honour of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II...

Senyo Hosi proposes measures to stabilise fuel prices

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Hosi, has proposed some measures to be put in place to halt the...