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Jobs coming as GIADEC kick-starts $6bn aluminium projects for Integrated Aluminium Industry

Ghana’s economy yesterday received a big boost when the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) signed a strategic deal with RockSure International Limited, a...

Akufo-Addo opens first presidential business summit [Photos]

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, opened the first-ever Presidential Business summit in Accra. The president, at the event, charged the private sector...

Govt lacks commitment in prosecuting NAM 1 – Aggrieved Menzgold Customers

Customers of defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold, have, in a latest move, vowed to use all available avenues to retrieve their locked-up investments from...

Massive turnout at first mini-clinic of 2021 JoyNews Ecobank Habitat Fair [Photos]

The first mini-clinic of the 2021 JoyNews/ Ecobank Habitat Fair has been held at the Achimota Retail Centre. The second mini-clinic will be held...

Akufo-Addo commissions ¢6.07m Hohoe Technology Solution Centre

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Friday commissioned the Hohoe Technology Solution Centre, one of five new facilities being established by the Rural Enterprise Programme of...

Oswal Investment Limited wins Best Innovative Construction Company of the year award

OSWAL Investment Group Ltd, the first Ghanaian company constructing a flyover at Adjirigano, near East Legon, in Accra, has been adjudged the ‘Best Innovative...

McDan acquires private jet [Video]

The aviation wing of the McDan Group of Companies, McDan Aviation has acquired a private jet for its operations at Terminal 1 (T1) of...

China to provide Afghanistan with $31 million worth of food and Covid vaccines

China will provide almost $31 million worth of food, winter weather supplies, vaccines, and medicine to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, China's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Hua Chunyin, spokesperson...

1D1F: Akufo-Addo commissions ¢10m yam and cassava processing factory at Krachi East

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, commissioned CH Global Limited, a cassava and yam processing factory operating under government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative, located at...

Growing your own marijuana is legalised in Italy

Italy is set to allow the small-scale cultivation of cannabis plants at home after a reform was approved by the Lower House's justice committee on...

‘Okada’ riders make passionate appeal to govt

Commercial Motor Riders Association, locally known as Okada, has appealed to the government to, as a matter of urgency, provide them with identification tags. According...

ZEN Petroleum opens three new service stations

ZEN Petroleum has announced the opening of three new service stations, bringing its total number of service stations to 35. Located at Korle-Gonno, Accra, Sekondi...

SOEs not performing is a thing of the past – Asamoah Boateng

Director General of the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), Stephen Asamoah Boateng, says there has been a significant turn around of State owned...

Rice Millers Association calls for reversal of benchmark value reduction policy

Rice Millers Association of Ghana (RMAG) is calling for a reversal of the benchmark value reduction policy. This policy, they explained, enables Customs to...

Zoomlion wins big at National Business Honours Awards

Zoomlion Ghana Limited has been adjudged again as the Waste Management Company of the Year at the maiden edition of the National Business Honours...

Ghana achieves historic over 1.1m metric tonnes of cocoa beans

Ghana recorded more than 1.1 million metric tonnes of cocoa beans production in the 2020/21 crop season. This is about 45% increase over the 2019/2020...

1D1F: Akufo-Addo commissions $2.1m rubber processing plant

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Friday, September 3, 2021 commissioned the Narubiz Rubber Factory, a company operating under government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative, at Wassa Dompim, in...

GIADEC’s new Governing Board inaugurated

Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, on Thursday, September 2, 2021, inaugurated the new Governing Board of GIADEC. The Minister charged the...

Ghana is in crisis – Kwabena Duffuor

Former Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Kwabena Duffuor, says the country is in crisis. According to the owner of defunct uniBank, the...

MTN Ghana boosts Girls In ICT Initiative with GH¢10m

Telecommunications giant, MTN Ghana, has supported the government's effort to raise awareness on empowering and encouraging girls to consider studies and careers in ICTs. It...

103-year-old cocoa farmer first to enrol on the Cocoa Farmer Pension Scheme

A 103-year-old cocoa farmer, Opanyin Kwabena Nkrumah, is one of the first people to enrol on the Cocoa Farmer Pension Scheme, which is presently...

Agric Minister gives reasons for maize shortage

Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, says maize production in the country dipped in 2020 to a drought spell. Drought spells are periods...

Fire guts portions of Agbogbloshie Yam Market

Fire on Thursday night gutted scores of wooden structures at the Konkomba Yam Market at Agbogbloshie, in the Greater Accra Region. The fire, which reportedly...

JoyNews launches Habitat Fair 2021 [Video+Photos]

The JoyNews Habitat Fair 2021 has been launched at Ecobank Ghana’s head office in Accra. The event, headlined by Ecobank Ghana PLC, was under the...

Agenda 111: Institute of Architects takes govt on

The Ghana Institute of Architects says government did not follow laid down procedures to award a design contract recently. The company was awarded the contract...

Check out cedi’s position on African currencies ‘league table’

Out of 15 top currencies on the African continent tracked by Joy Business, the Ghana cedi is presently placed 7th in terms of league...

Cedi under Akufo-Addo has recorded the lowest depreciation since 1992 – Bawumia

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has touted the government’s achievement in managing the cedi against foreign currencies. According to him, despite the ravaging effects of...

Bank fraud cases hit ¢1bn in 2020 – BoG

The total value of reported fraud cases in the banking industry witnessed substantial increase last year to hit ¢1.0 billion, data from the Bank...

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...

Cocoa farmers’ pension scheme starts in days

The pilot registration for the enrolment of about 1.5 million cocoa farmers unto the national pension scheme is set to start next week Monday,...

$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...

Removal of 50% benchmark value will be suicidal – GUTA

The President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Dr Joseph Obeng, has reiterated that any intention by the government to scrap the...

Mobile money fraudsters in trouble

Mobile Money fraudsters will now have their numbers and device blocked across all networks. This is a collective decision taken by the network operators to...

WTO boss welcomes bias ruling over ‘grandmother’ jibe

The head of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has welcomed a ruling by the Swiss media regulator that found a newspaper headline...

CETSED engages stakeholders in transport industry on shipping lines charges

The Centre for Transport Security Dialogue (CETSED) has held the inaugural edition of the CETSED live. The forum brought together stakeholders in the trade, shipping...

Jumia partners Solar Taxi to provide eco-friendly, affordable deliveries

Africa’s leading e-Commerce platform, Jumia has partnered with modern eco-friendly mobility facilities company Solartaxi to provide affordable and eco-friendly delivery of online orders to...

Tension at Ghana Bauxite Company as strategic investor pulls out

Tension and anxiety are brewing at the Ghana Bauxite Company (GBC) Limited at Awaso in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District in the Western North Region following...

Let’s join hands to protect the maritime domain – Transport Minister

The Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has called for a stronger collaborative efforts to deal with the high emerging risk associated with the...

Ghana Airports Company rolls out six-month roadmap to settle staff arrears

The Management of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has outlined a six-month roadmap aimed at addressing all statutory and welfare deductions of staff...

Glo sponsors live broadcast of 2021/22 EPL season

Telecommunications service provider, Globacom, which has been at the forefront of football support, has again renewed its sponsorship of live broadcast of the 2021/22...