MTN in talks to buy Telkom
Telecom giant, MTN, is in talks to buy South Africa’s incumbent operator, Telkom.As South Africa’s second- and third-largest mobile operators, if approved the deal...
Banking sector clean-up: Nduom, Duffuor et al were not treated fairly – Adongo
JoyNews/AdomNews · Nduom, Duffuor et al were not treated fairly - AdongoMember of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo, has said Ghanaian banks have...
Fuel prices may drop from August 1 – COPEC
Prices of petroleum products may go down between 3% and 6% from August 1, 2022.According to the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), the expected...
Gas prices soar as Russia cuts German supply
Gas prices have soared after Russia further cut gas supplies to Germany and other central European countries after threatening to earlier this week.European gas...
Facebook sales fall for the first time
The owner of Facebook and Instagram was hit by a fall in advertising sales in the three months to July which caused the first...
We haven’t printed ¢22.04bn to support govt’s budget – BoG
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has dismissed claims by the Minority in Parliament that it has printed ¢22.04 billion to finance government’s budget.In a...
EU allows get-out clause in Russian gas cut deal
European Union members have agreed to cut gas use in case Russia halts supplies but some countries will have exemptions to avoid rationing.EU members,...
UK set for slowest growth of all richest countries
The UK is set for the slowest growth of the G7 richest economies next year, the International Monetary Fund has warned.It is predicting UK...
Walmart issues profit warning as prices rise
US retail giant Walmart has warned over its profits for the second time since May, as the soaring cost of food and fuel hits...
NABCo trainees send SOS message to govt as programme ends in 2 months
JoyNews/AdomNews · NABCo trainees send SOS message to govt as programme ends in 2 monthsSome trainees of the Nation Builder’s Corps (NaBCo) have appealed...
Registrar General’s Department to delete about 500k firms from Companies Register
The newly launched Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) is set to delete close to 500,000 companies from its database.This is for not...
Amazon raises Prime subscription price
Amazon is to raise the price of its Prime service for UK customers.From September, monthly subscriptions will go up £1 to £8.99 and annual...
IMF bailout a short-term measure – Ofori-Atta
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has said that the government’s decision to seek an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout is a short-term measure of the...
BoG has printed ¢22b without parliamentary approval – Ato Forson alleges
Former Deputy Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has accused the government of encouraging the Bank of Ghana to print an amount of GH¢22 billion without...
You are digging your grave to jail – Adongo tells Ofori-Atta
Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central Constituency, Isaac Adongo, has hit at Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta following the presentation of the 2022 mid-year...
2022 Mid-Year Budget Review: Ofori-Atta admits hardships
The Finance Minister has admitted that the economic outlook of the country “has darkened significantly”, a development that is making life unbearable for citizens.Mr...
Free SHS under review or not: Ofori-Atta sets records straight
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said the Free Senior High School (SHS) and TVET education are not under review.Presenting the 2022 Mid-Year Budget...
We’re staying within 2022 appropriation; we are not seeking additional funds – Ofori-Atta
Government says it will use the windfall from the upstream petroleum sector to make up for its revenue shortfall in the 2022 budget. The Finance...
Full text: Ken Ofori-Atta’s 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review speech
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has presented the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review to Parliament for approval.Below is the full statement delivered on July 25,...
Minority MPs chant ‘away’ as Ofori-Atta presents 2022 mid-year budget
The Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Minority side have chanted calls for the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to resign.The call by the...
Musk denies affair with Google co-founder’s wife
Tesla boss Elon Musk has denied having an affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of Google co-founder, Sergey Brin.Mr Musk's comments came after the...
Finance Minister to present 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, will present the 2022 Mid-Year Budget Review in Parliament later today, July 25.Mr Ofori-Atta was scheduled to deliver the...
Why Tekno Miles is one of the best ambassadors for Sportsbet.io
Sportsbet.io snagged a big win when they landed a sponsorship deal with one of the most popular icons in the African music industry in...
Cedi loses 19.2% value to dollar in almost 7 months of 2022 – BoG
The cedi lost 19.2% in value to the US dollar in almost seven months of 2022.According to the Summary of Economic and Financial Data...
Mobile Money transactions fall in May but increase in June despite E-levy implementation
Mobile Money transactions dipped by 18.58% to ¢71.4 billion in May 2022, the month of implementation of the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy).However, in the...
Buy fuel from only certified retailers – NPA
The Head of Consumer Services at the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Eunice Budu Nyarko, has appealed to the public to purchase fuel only from...
Twitter spent $33m in three months on Musk deal
Twitter spent $33m (£27m) on Elon Musk's proposed deal to buy the firm between April and June 2022.It also said its number of monthly...
I’m not sure people sleep on empty stomach in Ghana – Agric Minister [Listen]
JoyNews/AdomNews · I'm not sure people sleep with hunger in Ghana - Agric MinisterMinister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has rubbished...
Snapchat owner hit as advertising slump hit sales
Shares in the owner of social media platform Snapchat have plummeted after it missed revenue expectations and warned it faces "incredibly challenging" conditions.The firm...
You are handling eggs wrongly – Ghana Standards Authority tells Ghanaians
The conventional ways of handling eggs, including the sale of broken eggs for consumption, have been identified as posing public health risk.According to the...
GOIL cautions public against fraudulent fuel subsidy promotion
Leading Oil Marketing Company, GOIL, is cautioning the public against a fraudulent fuel subsidy promotion scheme with a link being circulated on social media...
Ken Ofori-Atta must resign over IMF u-turn – Kwabena Agyapong
A former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyapong, has called for the resignation of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.His call is...
Over ₵5billion bribes paid in both private and public sectors in 2021- GSS
Over ₵5 billion of bribes were paid in both the private and the public sector, this is according to the Ghana Statistical Service's (GSS)...
Elon Musk sells most of it’s bitcoin holdings
Tesla, which made waves last year when it revealed a major investment in Bitcoin, has now sold off most of its holdings of the...
Elon Musk to stand trial in october over Twitter’s lawsuit
A US judge has ordered that Twitter's lawsuit against Elon Musk go to trial in October, a blow to the world's richest man who...
Netflix loses millions of subscribers
After enjoying a long reign as the king of streaming, Netflix faces a tough fight to keep its crown.It lost almost 1m subscribers between...
Ghana ranked 2nd among countries with highest debt default risk in 2022 by Bloomberg
A Bloomberg study has ranked Ghana 2nd among countries with the highest debt default risk in 2022.The country closely follows El Salvador (ranked number...
Uber to pay $2.2m to disabled riders over wait fees
Uber has agreed to pay more than $2m (£1.68m) to settle claims brought by the US government that its wait time fees discriminated against...
NPA, Ministry of Energy tour SIGMA Ghana
Officials of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) and the Ministry of Energy have toured the facilities of SIGMA, Ghana, a multinational company with 24...
Tourists stranded in China over coronavirus surge
More than 2,000 tourists have been stranded in a Chinese coastal city after a surge in coronavirus cases.Officials in Beihai locked down urban areas...