Account for GH¢ 1.5 billion revenue collected by PDS – NDC to govt
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has challenged the Akufo-Addo government to immediately render account for monies collected by the Power Distribution Services (PDS)...
Loyalty Insurance set to reward customers using digital platform
Loyalty Insurance Company Limited, a non-life insurance company wholly owned by Frimps Oil Company Limited has introduced a digital payment and reward system for...
New research highlights cost-effective strategies to strengthen Ghana’s economy
New research on measures to spur growth across all sectors of the Ghanaian economy was presented by economists in Accra on Saturday, August 8,...
Telcos deny under-declared taxes allegation by Communications Minister
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications; the umbrella organization for telecommunications industry in the country, have expressed worry over the continuous recurrence of claims by...
‘KelniGVG’s common platform has saved Ghana GHS 1.5 billion in undeclared taxes by telcos’
The government has made savings of GHc1.5 billion in under-declared taxes in the telecommunications since the implementation of the Common Platform (CP) in the...
Smuggled Planting for Food and Jobs fertilisers intercepted
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority have intercepted 84 bags (25Kg) of smuggled NPK fertilizer meant...
The economy we inherited could never have survived Covid-19 – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo has said the economy his government inherited from the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) could not have sustained expenditures incurred during...
I have paid all depositors of defunct banks – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Akufo-Addo says the government has paid all depositors of collapsed banks.According to the president, no single depositor has been left out...
Gold price rises above $2,000 for first time
Gold has topped $2,000 (£1,527) an ounce for the first time as traders look for havens amid the pandemic.Investors have moved cash into the...
Hollard Ghana’s Patience Akyianu honoured
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Hollard Ghana, Patience Akyianu, has been named the 'Outstanding Group CEO of the Year, 2019.'This was at the...
45% revenue loss media reportage misleading – GRA
Statutory revenue mobilisation body, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has described as 'misleading' media reportage of the GRA failing to meet its revenue target...
AkooBooks Audio Platform to feature ‘Time With David’ this August
AkooBooks Audio is proud to bring archives of material from award-winning journalist and renowned interviewer, David Ampofo’s Time With David, to listeners.Time With...
ICUMS not responsible for variance in revenue target
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has denied reports by the media that the not-so-long-ago Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), deployed at the country's points...
All the photos you need to see from unveiling of first VW-assembled vehicles in Ghana
President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has unveiled the first VW vehicles assembled by the newly-established VW Assembly Plant in Ghana.The plant, which assembles...
How free SHS policy saved Akosombo Textiles Limited
Factory Manager of the Akosombo Textile Limited (ATL), Ing. Kenneth Asare, says the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy saved the indigenous printing company...
We have put all doubting ‘Thomases’ to bed – Akufo-Addo at VW car unveiling
President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday, August 3, 2020, unveiled the first Volkswagen (VW) car assembled in Ghana, stating doubting Thomases have been put to...
Shoprite to exit Nigeria after 15 years
South Africa’s grocery retailer, ShopRite, is leaving Nigeria, 15 years after it opened a shop in the West African country.Shoprite opened its first store...
Public agencies directed to purchase textiles, garments locally
President Akufo-Addo has directed all public agencies to buy all their textiles and garments locally.This directive he said, forms part of measures government is...
Covid-19 pandemic reduces patronage of dog meat in Builsa North District
The coronavirus pandemic is not only affecting multinational and national businesses worldwide but also the patronage of dog meat.The meat is a delicacy at...
No salvaged car importation into Ghana from November 1
The law banning the importation of salvaged vehicles into Ghana comes. into effect on November 1, 2020.Shipping agents, Importers and freight forwarders were therefore...
Police nab 2 TV station managers for promoting swindlers
The Cyber Crime Unit of the Ghana Police Service has arrested the general managers of Accra-based free-to-air (FTA) television stations, AB TV and Amen...
ECG explains how lifeline consumers will enjoy free electricity up to January 2021
The Electricity of Ghana (ECG), following President Nana Akufo-Addo’s announcement to absorb 100% electricity bills for lifeline residential customers (customers who consume between 0-50kVVh)...
GCB Bank announces huge profit at 26th Annual General Meeting
GCB Bank recorded significant growth in profit before tax of ¢573.67 million from ¢450.17 million in 2018.This is a growth in profit by 27.4...
Checkout prices for State Housing Company’s affordable houses
Ghana's State Housing Company (SHC), says it has made great strides in providing affordable housing for all Ghanaians across the country. The housing units according...
KGL Technology receives NLA license to operate online lottery products
The license was presented to the company at the Authority’s Board Room by the Board Chairman and Director-General, Togbe Francis Nyonyo and Kofi Osei-Ameyaw...
Komenda Sugar Factory will work again – Naana Opoku-Agyemang
The running mate of the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has asked her kinsmen people of Komenda to appreciate the confidence reposed...
France gives ECOWAS $58 million loan
A €50 million ($58,613,000) loan agreement has been signed between the French Development Agency (AFD) and the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID).The...
Amazon, Google, Facebook and Apple CEOs to be grilled by US Congress
For over a year, top lawmakers in Congress have been investigating Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google.The investigation’s purpose? To determine whether the companies have abused their...
Bawumia lists Mahama’s ‘sins’ [Read]
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has reminded former President John Mahama that the 2020 Presidential elections is a choice between his eight-year record as...
109 markets in the Upper West region disinfected
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited has conducted the second phase of the nationwide disinfection exercise...
Transport fares reduced by 10%
Transportation fares have been reduced by 10 percent, Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has confirmed.The new fares will be effective Saturday, August 1, 2020.Chairman...
Covid-19: Volta Region markets, lorry parks, others disinfected
About 78 markets together with lorry parks, public toilets and other public places have been disinfected and fumigated in the Volta Region.The exercise followed...
Why we have borrowed more than any govt – NPP man explains
Communications Director for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa, has explained why the ruling government has borrowed more than any other government...
I’m unable to sleep for more than 4 hours – Ken Ofori-Atta reveals
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta says he is unable to sleep for more than four hours a day due to the nature of his job....
Ex-Staff writes: Was the collapse of the banking sector pre-meditated murder based on a self-fulfilling prophecy?
I have been thinking of why some banks, savings and loans companies and finance houses were shut down in 'Rambo style' and the only...
COPEC calls for reduction in transport fares as restrictions are eased
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) is calling for a reduction in transportation fares as commercial vehicles return to taking passengers at full seating...
Restrictions on transport sector lifted
 The restrictions in the transport sector have been lifted to allow for full capacity in domestic airplanes, taxis, 'trotros' and buses, President Nana Akufo-Addo...
This is the time to borrow – Economist defends govt’s borrowing
Dr Owusu Sarkodie, an economist at the Institute of Fiscal Studies, has defended borrowings made by the government to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic...
Timelines for NLA payment of winning tickets/prize reviewed due to COVID-19 and lotto fraudsters
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) is bringing to the attention of the staking public, media, lotto discounters, Lotto Marketing Companies (LMCs) and other stakeholders...
Govt announces reduction in 9% CST charges
Government has announced a reduction in the Communication Service Tax (CST) from nine per cent to five per cent.The move is to reduce the...