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Hollard Ghana partners Melcom to beef up insurance penetration

Hollard Ghana, in its quest to deepen insurance penetration in the country has partnered retail giant, Melcom Ghana to provide for the latter's customers...

Otumfuo, Multimedia CEO Kwasi Twum, others honoured

Bombisco Multimedia has honoured the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Multimedia Group, Kwasi Twum, for their...

MTN seeks judicial review of SMP declaration

Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) Ghana, as a 'last resort', has dragged the National Communications Authority (NCA) to the law court over the latter's continued...

Sammy Gyamfi, Spio-Garbrah, Adongo clash with security at Tema Port

It was a chaotic situation at the long room and revenue unit of the Tema port following the visit of some National Democratic Congress...

Govt details safety measures to stop COVID-19 infections at workplaces

Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kojo Kyerematen, has outlined some safety measures organisations must follow to curb the spread of coronavirus in workplaces.This comes...

MTN bridges digital divide, connect 100m to the Internet

Access to the internet has the power to change lives and bridge inequalities and MTN Group reached a significant milestone by recording 100 million...

Coronavirus has affected development of housing sector – Atta-Akyea

The advent of COVID-19 has adversely impacted the housing sector in the fight to reduce the national housing deficit, Samuel Atta-Akyea, Minister of Works...

GEDA engages Zoomlion to disinfect Opera Square

The Ghana Electrical Dealers Association (GEDA) on Wednesday engaged Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) to disinfect its business space at Opera Square, Accra, also known...

PAC bares teeth at BoG Governor

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is summoning the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr Ernest Kwamina Yedu Addison, to appear before it...

About 18,000 Ghanaians have died over banking cleanup – Study

Policy think tank ASEPA has claimed about 18,000 Ghanaians have died as a result of the banking sector cleanup.According to ASEPA boss Mensah Thompson,...

NAM 1 in fresh trouble!

The State on Tuesday filed new charges against the Chief Executive Officer of Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, is also known as NAM 1 at...

Kennedy Agyapong threatens banks [Video]

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has advised banks in Ghana to refrain from opening offshore accounts because it affects the rate of...

Former BOST CEO, George Okley Mensah has died

Former Managing Director for Bulk Oil Storage and Transport (BOST) Company Limited, George Okley Mensah has died.According to reports, he passed on after a...

Dangote group makes $2.3 billion in revenue for 2019

The Dangote Group, according to its President, Aliko Dangote, has recorded some ₦891.7 billion ($2,312,167,399.60) as revenue for its 2019 financial year.The business mogul...

Duffuor, others now face 71 charges

The Attorney-General’s Office has amended its case against a shareholder of uniBank, Dr Kwabena Duffuor and eight others, bringing the charges up from 68...

8 amazing reasons why shopping online is imperative in these times

In this coronavirus pandemic period, it is imperative for everyone to take safety serious.Below are eight reasons why shopping online is the right way...

ICUMS generates GH₵490m in 17 days, state not losing revenue – GRA

The newly deployed Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) has generated some GH₵490 million in its first 17 days of operation.This compares favourably with the...

Challenges with ICUMS resolved – GRA Commissioner-General

Acting Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rev. Ammishaddai Owusu-Asamoah, has intimated that challenges encountered in the deployment of the Integrated Customs Management...

Finance Minister to present mid-year budget review in July

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to present the mid-year budget review and supplementary estimates in July.According to the Majority Leader, Osei Kyei...

Meet the face behind ‘waakye in jars’

It has emerged that Ghanaian hiplife rapper, Reggie Rockstone, is the face behind the 'waakye in jars' causing a stir on social media.This comes...

Hotels reopen with strict Covid-19 protocols

Hotels across the country are reopening with new safety protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic.Already, the pandemic has wreaked havoc to the already struggling hospitality...

Give special support to pensioners – Pensions Authority to govt

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), Hayford Atta Krufi, is urging the government to pay special attention to...

Ghana Railway Company gets govt support

Government has injected capital into the Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) to enable the company become self-reliant and effective in its operations.Due to this...

Seth Terkper calls for differentiation between 2020 budget and Covid-19 fiscal gaps

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has urged parliament to be vigilant and ensure a differentiation is made between the fiscal gap created by the...

Immigration officers intercept govt-subsidised farm inputs at Saboba

Immigration officers at Saboba in the Northern Region have intercepted a track full of government-subsidised farm inputs being smuggled to Togo Tuesday dawn.JoyNews sources...

Biakoye residents lament over heavily polluted Volta Lake [Watch]

Some residents of Tapa Abotuase in the Oti region are wallowing in sorrow over the quantity of filth that has taken over the district...

Arrest NAM 1 now – Aggrieved Menzgold customers demand

A lavish artiste signing ceremony held in Accra over the weekend has sparked fresh calls for the CEO of defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold,...

Angry Menzgold customers bounce back; want NAM1 arrested [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Angry Menzgold customers bounce back; want NAM1 arrestedAggrieved customers of Menzgold are pushing the government to arrest Menzgold Chief Executive Officer, Nana...

Parliament passes CIMG bill

Ghana’s Parliament has passed the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) Bill, 2019, after the third reading in the house of Parliament.The bill...

Seth Terkper writes: Parliament’s review must separate 2020 budget and Covid-19 Gaps

IntroductionThe final article in the “BOG MPC AND DEFICIT FINANCING” series calls onParliament to re-examine the revised 2020 Budget and COVID-19 fiscal gaps that...

NAM 1 is back and this is why he is trending

Nana Appiah Mensah, Chief Executive Officer of defunct gold dealership firm Menzgold, is back in business.His return, however, has got a lot of...

Ghana Link in continuous process of resolving UNIPASS challenges – PR Manager

Managers of the new Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS), Ghana Link Network Services Limited, has appealed to freight forwarders and clearing agents to be...

NLA, GRA set to launch VAT raffle

Two Government Revenue Mobilization Institutions, the National Lottery Authority (NLA) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) are set to launch the Value Added Tax...

Isaac Adongo writes: UNIPASS/ICUMS is a messed manual system; stop the huge revenue theft

The Government of Ghana led by H.E Nana Addo-Dankwa Akufo Addo has deliberately deployed a weak so-called Integrated Customs Management System (ICUM) through Unipass...

NLA and GRA set to launch VAT Raffle

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) and Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the two strategic Revenue Mobilisation Institutions for Ghana's Government, will officially launch VAT Raffle...

Customs Officials at Elubo deny challenges with ICUMS

Customs officials at the Elubo land border – one out Ghana’s six land borders - have denied claims of challenges faced by...

How to become a billionaire – 7 characteristics of the rich & wealthy

In 1916, John D. Rockefeller, the father of the petroleum industry, became the world’s first billionaire.Nearly a century later in 2015, there were...

Quickly fix chaotic, snail-paced UNIPASS – Pharmaceutical Industry to gov’t

The Chamber of Pharmacy, Ghana and the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Ghana, have expressed qualms about the difficulties associated with import clearance at Ghana's...

ICUMS deployment: The new normal?

Dear Media practitioners,We have met here today to address some pertinent issues that have been raised and which have affected the roll out...

ICUMS records 1,452 transactions at land borders

Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS) has registered 1,452 transactions at the land frontiers since it was deployed.Out of this, 408 were direct imports into...