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Communications Ministry issues directive for 9% tax increment

The Communications Ministry has issued directives for the implementation of the 9% communication tax increment.According to the Ministry, the increment is from the existing...

Vokacom gets global recognition at ITU World Awards in Budapest, Hungary

Vokacom, a wholly-owned Ghanaian Information Technology (IT) company, has won this year’s World Global SME Award for Best Business Model.At the 2019 edition...

Ghanaian businesses don’t understand Customer Service – ICSP

Head of the Institute of Customer Service Professionals (ICSP), Yvonne Ohui Maccarthy, has said most Ghanaian businesses do not understand the underpinning issues of...

BoG to improve cedi stability with $125 million injection

The Bank of Ghana has planned to inject $125 million into the Ghanaian economy in the last quarter of the year to shore up...

AngloGold Ashanti donate 2 vehicles to help police combat crime

Anglogold Ashanti has delivered two Toyota Hilux vehicles to the Police Divisional Command to boost their security operations in the mining town of Obuasi.The vehicles,...

Nigerian gov’t demands $62 billion dollars from big oil companies for past profits

Nigeria is seeking to recover as much as $62 billion from international oil companies, using a 2018 Supreme Court ruling that enables the state to increase...

Ecobank earmarks 3 years to fight non-communicable diseases

Ecobank Ghana has earmarked the next three years to raise awareness about and to fight Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the country.In line with...

Y’asem Nie: Coconut sellers appeal for tax waiver [Video]

https://youtu.be/f2ZKQa2TdHoSome coconut sellers in Accra have called on the government to take a further look at the levies charged on their products.READ: Fabewoso: Achiase...

Gov’t releases ¢88m for 2nd-yr Free SHS students

Government has released ¢88,056,438 for disbursement to all public senior high schools (SHSs) for the implementation of the free SHS programme for the 2019/2020...

Ato Essien, 3 others charged over Capital Bank collapse

Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien and three others; Tetteh Nettey, Fitzgerald Odonkor and Kate Quartey Papafio, have been charged over the...

GEPA to build capacity of small cocoa processors to increase export base

Deputy Chief Executive of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Albert Kassim Diwura, has said the Authority is set to provide capacity building for...

Voltic introduces new eco-friendly twist bottle water

Leading mineral water producers, Voltic Ghana Limited has introduced a new eco-friendly bottle called the Voltic Twist in order to make significant contributions to environmental sustainability.The new...

ECG/PDS blocks credit supply to pre-paid customers at Dansoman

Some residents of Dansoman in the Greater Accra region have been denied access to electricity credit to power their meters for electricity supply to their homes.Customers...

Audio: Plastic materials cannot be banned completely – Prof Frimpong-Boateng

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, says plastics cannot be banned completely in the country.Speaking on Asempa FM's Ekosi...

iPhone user sues Apple for turning him gay

A Russian iPhone user recently filed a one million ruble lawsuit against Apple, accusing the American corporation of indirectly turning him gay.In a court...

Persons adulterating fuel caused Kpone tanker explosions – COPEC

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) is blaming Wednesday night’s fire explosions at a Kpone tanker yard on illegal activities being ...

Menzgold customers push for meeting to discuss new payment plan

Customers of Menzgold Ghana Limited are calling on management of the company to convene a meeting for a schedule to be agreed by both...

Kantanka to produce electric cars by December – CEO

Indigenous car maker Kantanka says it is poised to manufacture electric cars before the end of this year. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Kwadwo...

World Vision Ghana invests $20 million annually to support the vulnerable

World Vision Ghana has said every year it spends about $20 million in the country to help improve the standards of living of the...

Fabewoso: ‘Govt’s take-over of Akwatia Diamond Mine justified’ [Video]

A key advocate for the takeover of the Akwatia Diamond Mine from Jospong Group of Companies has said the government did not err in...

Audio: Cocoa farmers unhappy about 8.42 per cent increase in cocoa price

Some cocoa farmers in the country have expressed disappointment in the government following increment of the price of cocoa from GH¢7,600.00 to GH¢8,240.00...

Government increases cocoa price by 8.42 per cent

The government has increased the price of cocoa from GH¢7,600.00 to GH¢8,240.00 a tonne and GH¢475.00 to GH¢515.00 a bag, Dr. Gyiele Nurah, a Minister of...

18-year-old Thomas Arthur wins car in Cindy Rice promo

An 18-year-old senior high school graduate, Thomas Arthur, is the owner of brand new Hyundai i10, after he was declared the winner of the...

Dangote plans big growth in African cement capacity

Aliko Dangote, the richest person in Africa, is looking to expand cement capacity on the continent by 29% to 62 million tons, entrenching his...

Electricity tariff up by 5.94%, water 2.22%

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced an upward adjustment of electricity and water tariffs.Electricity is up by 5.94%, while water is up...

All bank customers to be issued with gh-link cards before end of 2019

All bank customers are expected to be issued with gh-link cards before the end of this year, the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems...

Give us GH¢500 per bag – Some Cocoa farmers tell COCOBOD

Ahead of the much-awaited announcement of the new producer price of cocoa for the upcoming crop season, farmers from across the country have been...

Minority pushes for fair, realistic farmgate price for cocoa farmers

The 2019/20 cocoa season begins in October (next month) and farmers are anxiously waiting on the Nana Addo gov't for the determination of the producer price...

1-D-1-F: Govt commissions Charcoal Briquettes factory at Bamang

The government has commissioned a Charcoal Briquettes Factory at Bamang in the Ashanti Region as part of the one-district-one-factory policy.The factory was established by...

Asempa FM’s ‘Eko Sii Sen’ is CIMG Radio Programme of the Year

Asempa FM’s late afternoon political programme â€˜Eko Sii Sen’ has been adjudged Chartered Institue of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) Radio Programme of the Year 2018.The award to...

Listen: Not all villages in the North will get a dam – Hawa Koomson

Government seems to be backtracking on its promise to provide a dam to every village in the five Northern regions.RELATED STORY: 1V1D: 300 dams...

Baba Jamal support’s govt takeover of Akwatia diamond mine

Former Member of Parliament for Akwatia, Baba Jamal has commended government for its decision to take over the Great Consolidated Diamonds, formerly Ghana Consolidated Diamond...

Unicredit’s case: Court throws out BoG’s ‘lack of jurisdiction writ’

An Accra High Court Thursday dismissed Bank of Ghana’s (BoG’s) application seeking to strike out a case filed by UniCredit challenging the revocation of...

Fabewoso: Tumu Council revenue collector pockets Assembly funds [audio]

The Auditor-General has indicted the Tumu Urban Council in the Upper West region for failing to recover GH¢30,336.00 from its revenue collector.Jiah Borsu Jiatus...

We followed due process – Govt responds to JOSPONG

Government insists it followed due process in the takeover of the Great Consolidated Diamonds Ghana Limited."We have solid grounds and we followed due process...

13 institutions to face court for non-payment of employee pensions

The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has begun a process to prosecute 13 companies for failing to honour any of the mandatory schemes for...

JOSPONG reacts to govt’s illegal takeover of GCDGL

The management of JOSPONG Group of Companies has described government’s recent takeover of the Great Consolidated Diamonds Ghana Limited (GCDGL) over contract breaches as...

Audio: Textiles Workers Union exposes Education Minister

The Ghana Textiles Workers Union has dismissed claims by the Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh that there is a contract advertisement for local companies...

StanChart engages clients on its wealth products

Standard Chartered runs an advisory-led Wealth Management business that provides tailored wealth solutions to clients based on their individual objectives and product suitability.The Bank...

Telcos to begin charging 9% Communication Service Tax Oct. 1

Telecom firms are to begin charging its customers the revised Communication Service Tax (CST) from October 1, 2019, the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications has...