COVID-19: Hotel owners fear govt’s stimulus package may end up in wrong pockets
Some hotel owners have expressed fears that the government’s GH¢ 600 million stimulus package may end up in wrong pockets.Chief Executive Officer of Ange...
GH¢ 600m Stimulus Package: Number of beneficiary businesses revealed [Audio]
About two hundred thousand small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) are expected to benefit from loans from the GH₵600 million government stimulus package.Out of...
Esoko predicts continuous increase in food prices
Agricultural profiling and messaging service organisation, Esoko, is predicting a continuous increase in the prices of food items due to uncertainty on the way...
STC, Metro Mass Transit suffer losses due to COVID-19 protocols
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has put Inter-City STC and Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT) into dire financial situation compelling them to turn to...
Covid-19 blues: 979 hotels closed down in Ghana
Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Akwasi Agyemang, has disclosed about 979 hotels have been closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic.According...
Video: ‘No pay for thousands of hotel workers laid off’
The tens of thousands of employees in the hospitality industry sent home in March will be paid no salaries for April.This is because there's...
Access Bank protects employees; rejects decision to lay off employees despite declining profit margins
Access Bank Plc, in an effort to avoid job losses of staff members, has decided to cut salaries of its employees.The potential loss of...
Big employers are talking about permanent work-from-home positions
Thousands of Americans are waiting to return to normalcy, but for many that may not mean going back to an office.Working from home could...
Facility cleaning services Spaklean donates items and clean ups to Maamobi Polyclinic
The lockdown by government in March as part of checking spread of the virus in the country affected economic activity in the country.Despite its...
Billionaire loses $14 billion for making a wrong tweet
Tesla's founder Elon Musk wiped $14bn off the carmaker's value after tweeting that its share price was too high.The tweet also knocked $3bn off...
Coronavirus: Poultry farmers donate 82 crates of eggs to boost immune system of patients
The Upper West Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers (GNAPFs) has donated 82 crates of eggs worth GH¢1, 500.00 to...
4 signs you’re keeping your money in the wrong place
Keeping your money in the wrong place has some easy tells: Your money won't grow on its own, and you don't have cash on...
Stimulus package will not guarantee job security – ISSER Director
The Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Professor Peter Quartey, says the government’s provision of a stimulus package does...
Coronavirus: KMA to regulate activities of commercial drivers
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has introduced new stickers to regulate operation of commercial vehicles in the city’s central business district.The move is to...
This is not time to live in comfort zones – Dormaa Central MCE to traders
The Municipal Chief Executive Officer (MCE) for Dormaa Central of the Bono Region, has appealed to traders to accept the inconveniences they are going...
Domestic flights to begin operations from May 1
Domestic flights will begin operations from May 1, 2020, Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has announced.The minister made the disclosure while monitoring a...
Uni-Pass clearing system fails to take off
Clearance of goods at the Tema Harbour came to a halt yesterday due to a directive from the Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, asking...
Implementation of the AfCFTA deal postponed due to coronavirus
The implementation of a mammoth African free trade agreement will not begin on July 1 as planned due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Kotoka Int. Airport, 3 others disinfected
Zoomlion Ghana Limited, through its Vector Control Unit, is not relenting in its efforts to support the central government’s battle against the novel coronavirus...
Ban on ‘pragyia’ lifted at Dormaa-Ahenkro
Tricycle (Pragyia) riders at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region on Monday resumed operations following the temporary lifting of a...
RCS Ghana signs contract with Eutelsat for DTH broadcast
Eutelsat Communications, one of the world's leading satellite operators, has secured a multi-year contract with RCS Ghana to provide capacity for the broadcast of...
GUTA appeals for a 3-week grace period to mobilise funds to clear goods
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is appealing to the government to allow them a three-week grace period to mobilise funds to clear...
Coronavirus: Puma Energy lauded for fueling National Ambulance Service
Puma Energy Distribution Ghana Ltd has been lauded by the Health Ministry for its continuous support in the fight against the novel coronavirus.Like other...
We miss our wives – Quarantined fishermen cry out
Some quarantined fishermen in Sekondi, Western Region have lamented about how they miss their wives.ALSO READ:Coronavirus: Ablekuma West records 37 cases; MP cries MoH...
I am worth more than $3 Billion – Kanye West says Forbes’ estimate is lower
Kanye West is now a billionaire, according to Forbes.The rapper is claiming that his net worth is more than $3 billion — which would make him...
World’s top 100 billionaires lost $408 billion in 2 months to COVID-19
In just two months, the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out a combined US$408 billion from the world’s top 100 billionaires, with LVMH chief executive, Bernard...
Chad repays $100m Angola debt with 75,000 cows
Angola has received a herd of more than 1,000 cattle from Chad, a government official said Monday, the latest shipment of an unusual debt...
STC disregards social distancing protocol amid claims it will run at a loss
The management of State Transport Company (STC) has indicated that the company would not be able to observe the social distancing protocol issued by...
National lotteries officially takes over running of *959# shortcode from Keed Ghana
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has finally taken over the running of *959# shortcode for the Original 5/90 Lotto, the flagship product of the...
Covid-19: Multichoice customers rewarded for staying connected
During these unprecedented and tough times, DStv and GOtv are lightening the load with some great news.From Monday 20 April,DStv and GOtv customers...
Zoomlion disinfects AH Hotel
AH Hotel, a 75-bedroom hotel and conference facility at American House, Accra, has benefited from Zoomlion Ghana Limited’s (ZGL’s) fifty per cent (50%) discount...
State of Madina market after lockdown [Photos]
The local foodstuff and vegetable hub of the madina market is slowly bouncing back to life after authorities shut down the place over concerns...
Lifting of restrictions on movement makes economic sense – Oduro-Osae
The Dean of Graduate Studies at the Institute of Local Government
says the lifting of restrictions on movement in the Covid-19 hotspots is
timely...
Global hunger could double due to Covid-19 blow – UN
The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double
this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, the...
Covid-19: Man turns pizza shop into face mask company
A pizza operator, Dimitri Syrkin-Nikolau, has risen up against the spread of coronavirus in a very creative and unconventional way.On Monday, March 16,...
BoG directs banks, SDI’s not to pay dividends to shareholders
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has directed Banks and Specialised Deposit-Taking Institutions (SDIs) in the country not to declare or pay any dividend to...
Oil price crashes, ends negative for the first time in history
United States (U.S.) crude oil futures turned negative on Monday for the first time in history, ending the day at a stunning minus $37.63...
Oil crashes, ends negative for the first time in history
U.S. crude oil futures turned negative on Monday for the first time
in history, ending the day at a stunning minus $37.63 a barrel...
FDA recalls COA FS products from the market
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is recalling all batches of COA FS Food Supplement manufactured by COA Herbal Centre in Cape Coast and...
Banks contribute GHS2M to Ghana COVID-19 private sector fund
As part of efforts to mitigate the financial impact of the corona virus on the government and the people of Ghana, the Ghana Association...