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Elon Musk mocks Jeff Bezos as he extends lead as world’s richest man with $222 billion

Elon Musk has come through on his promise to send Jeff Bezos a silver medal now that the Tesla CEO has surpassed the Amazon founder to become...

Planned City Extension Project announces Rent-To-Own Housing package for govt workers

To help reduce the huge housing deficit in the country, Planned City Extension Project under the auspices of Cities and Habitats has announced lucrative...

Akufo-Addo approves removal of PSR levies for 2 months

President Nana Akufo-Addo has approved the removal of the Price Stabilisation and Recovery (PSR) Levies on petrol, diesel, and LPG for a period of...

Rot at GRA: Staff aid businesses bidding for contracts to circumvent processes

JoyNews investigations have uncovered how some staff of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) aid businesses bidding for contracts to circumvent laid down procedures in...

Energy Ministry to suspend fuel levies

The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has said the ministry is working with the Ministry of Finance to suspend some levies that contribute...

Menzgold finally sets date for payment of customers

Menzgold has announced it will begin paying all of its customers their money from December 20, 2021. The payment, according to management, will run...

Dormant accounts with NIB to be transferred to BoG

The National Investment Bank (NIB) has issued a notice of its intention to transfer a list of dormant customer accounts to the Bank of...

Ghana Exim Bank is behind the success of 1D1F initiative – Razak Opoku

Razak Kojo Opoku, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has said financing is considered as the main oxygen and lifeblood of any...

ECG speaks on ‘rumoured’ planned load-shedding

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has assured consumers it will not embark on any load-shedding as speculated in the media. The power distributor...

Beyi W’ano: Don’t victimise innocent people – Transport Union to TOR management [Listen]

The Chairman of the General Transport Petroleum workers union of Ghana has urged the management of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to ensure that they...

1D1F: Akufo-Addo commissions garment manufacturing factory at Koforidua

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, commissioned ‘MaaGrace Company Limited’, a garment manufacturing company operating under the government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative. The company specializes in the production...

You’ll be jailed for 5 years for issuing dud cheques – BoG warns

The Bank of Ghana ( BoG) has advised Ghanaians against the issuance of dud cheques, reminding them that the act still punishable. The BoG says...

Twitter product announcements in September just in case you missed it

Twitter keeps getting better and better! September was another month for some major product announcements made to enhance the microblogging and social networking service....

14 TOR workers interdicted over product losses

The Interim Management Committee of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has sanctioned some staff over product losses recorded. Some staff members in the sectors of...

NIA justifies use of Ghana Card for SIM card re-registration

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has defended the rationale behind the use of only the Ghana Card for the ongoing SIM card re-registration. The Authority...

Traders unhappy about allocation of shops at Afia Kobi market

Traders at the Afia Kobi Market, also known as ‘Abinkyi’ market in Kumasi, are in a standoff with managers of the market over the...

One District, One Factory initiative revitalises Darko Farms

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Saturday, October 2, 2021, visited the premises of Darko Farms, the oldest private and largest poultry farm in Ghana, whose...

Otumfuo endorses GIADEC’s strategic partner for Project 2, Rocksure International

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has endorsed Rocksure International as the strategic partner of the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), selected to...

CalBank receives two prestigious awards

CalBank Plc has picked two prestigious awards at the just-ended International Business Magazine Awards held in September 2021. The bank was recognised for Best...

Fuel prices to go up marginally

The price of diesel is expected to go up marginally from the beginning of October 2021, the Institute for Energy Security projection indicates. However, the...

Tullow executives pay working visit to Ghana

The Senior Leadership Team (SLT) of Tullow Oil Plc, led by the Chief Executive Officer, Rahul Dhir, has paid a working visit to Ghana. The...

BoG to gradually phase out ¢1 and ¢2 notes

The ¢1 and ¢2 notes will be phased out of circulation soon, as the Bank of Ghana (BoG) gradually plans to remove them from...

Cedi depreciates 1.7% to dollar in almost 9-months of 2021 – BoG

The Ghana cedi has depreciated by 1.7% to the US dollar in the first nine months which will end next Thursday September 30th, 2021,...

Accra train shuttle bounces back October

The Accra commercial railway system is set to bounce back to life by the end of next month, the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL)...

China declares all crypto-currency transactions illegal

China's central bank has announced that all transactions of crypto-currencies are illegal, effectively banning digital tokens such as Bitcoin. "Virtual currency-related business activities are illegal...

Lithuania urges people to throw away Chinese phones

Consumers should throw away their Chinese phones and avoid buying new ones, Lithuania’s Defence Ministry has warned. A report by its National Cyber Security Centre...

What are NFTs and why are some worth millions?

A digital-only artwork has sold at Christie's auction house for an eye-watering $69m (£50m) - but the winning bidder will not receive a sculpture,...

Registrar General’s Department to remove 220 firms from Companies Register

The Registrar Generals Department has finalised the move to strike out about 220 institutions from the list of Company Register, beginning October 1, 2021. This...

This deplorable road leads to a GRA office at North Industrial Area Accra [Photos]

The road leading to the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in Accra has got social media users wondering if it motivates citizens enough to go...

AYo Ghana enhances customer experience

AYo Intermediaries Ghana Limited, a leading microinsurance company, has increased its maximum premium from GH¢ 4 to GH¢ 6 to give more to its...

Treepz goes live to offer convenient mobility services

Ride-hailing firm, Treepz, has officially launched in the country in the bid to provide more convenience to commercial vehicle users (trotro) as well as...

Mobile Money contributed ¢250 million to govt’s tax revenue in 2020

Tax collection from Mobile Money operations amounted to ¢250 million last year, according to a report by the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications. At the same...

We will soon reach the Promised Land – Deputy Agric Minister tells farmers [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · We will soon reach the Promised Land – Deputy Agric Minister tells farmers Deputy Agric Minister, Yaw Frimpong, has urged farmers to remain...

Nigerian Traders call on Akufo-Addo to address threats against members by GUTA

The Nigeria Union of Traders Association, Ghana (NUTAG) has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to address what it described as bizarre statements by the...

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...