Cocoa Carriers calls off indefinite strike
‘Cocoa Carriers’ in Ghana have called off their indefinite strike, following almost a week of fighting for better working conditions.According to the workers, although...
Good news for those who receive salary of ¢365 and below
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that employees who earn GH¢365 and below as monthly salary or GH¢4,380 as annual salary will not...
Cocoa Carriers strike: COCOBOD making alternative plans to avert shipment disruptions
The Ghana Cocoa Board has hinted at plans to ensure that cocoa shipment to other parts of the world is not affected by the...
Implement benchmark value discount policy in national interest – AGI to govt
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has urged the government to remain unwavering in its decision to implement the reversal of the benchmark value...
SIM registration: Group calls for extension of deadline
A group has called on the government to extend the deadline for the ongoing nationwide SIM card re-registration exercise.The group, Save Consumers Ghana (SACOG),...
GPRTU to deliberate on adjustment in transport fares today
The leadership of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) is expected to meet today to deliberate on transport fares in the wake of...
Gbese Mantse launches endowment fund for community
Gbese Mantse of the Ga State, Dr Nii Ayi-Bonte II, has launched an endowment fund to create jobs for the youth in the community.The...
Why reversal of ‘benchmark value’ is good – Kwabena Kokofu
Executive Director of Environmental Protection Agency, Henry Kwabena Kokofu, has refuted claims that the government not supporting the growth of import and export associations...
GUTA reacts to halt on reversal of benchmark value
The President of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations (GUTA), Dr Joseph Obeng, has revealed that “traders are overly excited and very happy” over...
Striking cocoa carriers send SOS message to COCOBOD
Cocoa carriers have vowed to resist any attempt by the management of the Ghana Cocoa Board and the Cocoa Marketing Company to use prisoners...
Concerned Drivers Association announces 40% increase in transport fares
The Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana (C-DAG) has announced a 40% increment in transport fares across the country from Monday, January 17, 2022.In a...
Cedi to end 2022 at ¢7.03 to a dollar
The Ghana cedi is expected to end 2022 at ¢7.03 to the US dollar, the Center for Economics, Finance and Inequality Studies of the...
Bui Power Authority completes construction of floating Solar PV system
The Bui Power Authority has completed the construction of an initial 1MWp of a proposed 5MWp floating Solar PV system on the Bui reservoir.The...
Akufo-Addo appoints Rosemary Beryl Archer as Deputy CEO of Ghana Exim Bank
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Rosemary Beryl Archer as Deputy Chief Executive (CEO) of Ghana Exim Bank.The new Deputy Chief Executive in Charge...
AGI fired over inability to produce enough goods for local economy
The Trader’s Advocacy Group Ghana has chided the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) over the inability to produce enough goods for the local economy.On...
Expect increased smuggling – Traders to govt over ‘benchmark value’ policy reversal
The government continues to face stiff opposition from traders over the reversal of the benchmark value.The latest to join the bandwagon is the Concerned...
Govt suspends Benchmark Values reversal until Jan 6
Government has suspended the benchmark review reversal until Thursday, January 6, 2022.A credible source at the Ghana Revenue Authority revealed to JoyNews, and checks...
MTN Ghana re-opens its service centres to customers
Mobile telecommunications giant, MTN Ghana has today announced the re-opening of its Service Centers across the country.The Ashaiman, Accra Mall, East Legon (Accra) and...
Cocoa carriers begin indefinite strike
Cocoa carriers from the various warehouses of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have begun an indefinite strike to demand better service conditions and an...
COPEC predicts fuel price hike
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has hinted that prices of petrol and diesel could go up by 3.7% and 2.5% respectively in the...
Association executives kick against reversal of benchmark value
Executive Director of Ghana Import and Export Association, Sampson Asaki Awingobin has said government's decision on the reversal of the reduction of values of...
Prices of goods will double if Benchmark values are reversed – GUTA warns
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is warning prices of goods will increase significantly if government reverses the reduction of values of selected...
Fuel prices go up by 2.8%
Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have begun increasing fuel prices slightly at the pump stations.According to energy think tank, Institute for Energy Security, fuel prices...
Benchmark value scrap for 43 items takes effect tomorrow – GRA
Effective Tuesday, 4th January, 2022, the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will begin the implementation of government’s policy directive on the...
MTN announces closure of service centers nationwide
MTN Ghana has announced that its Service Centres across the country will be closed for the Christmas holidays from December 29 to January 3,...
MTN Ghana gifts hampers to babies born on Christmas
MTN Ghana, through its foundation, on Sunday December 26 distributed hampers to mothers who have given birth during the Christmas period.The gesture from Ghana’s...
MTN Ghana Bright Conversations: Albert and Comfort Ocran share life nuggets
Rev Albert Ocran and his wife Comfort Ocran took the fourth edition of MTN Ghana’s Bright Conversations to another level by sharing nuggets of...
E-levy: Mobile Money Agents suspends strike action
The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana has suspended its intended strike action scheduled for Thursday, December 23.In a press statement signed by...
Bel-Aqua marks 10 years of manufacturing excellence as it pledges social sustainability
Bottled mineral water brand, Bel Aqua Mineral Water, has pledged 10 years of environmental, social, and economic sustainability as the company's guiding values for...
GITFiC evaluates AFCFTA
The Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFiC), an institution championing the evolution of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), has been carefully...
MoMo agents bare teeth at govt over E-levy
JoyNews/AdomNews · MoMo Agents Send Strong Message To Govt Over E - LevyThe Mobile Money Agent Association of Ghana has vowed to resist the...
CILT announces new president-elect
Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT have announced Chief Teete Owusu-Nortey’s appointment as President-elect of the professional body.Chief Teete will...
Zenith Bank lights up head office ahead of Christmas
The Zenith Bank head office at Ridge in Accra is the center of attraction ahead of the Christmas festivities.The bank has transformed its edifice...
Facebook pays fines to Russia over banned content
Facebook has paid 17 million roubles ($229,643) in fines owed in Russia for failing to delete content Moscow deems illegal, the Interfax news agency reported...
Chamber of Patriotic Entrepreneurs holds youth summit
The Chamber of Patriotic Entrepreneurs has organised a maiden youth entrepreneurship summit at GIMPA. The theme for the summit was 'Entrepreneurship; Raising Business Leaders...
Mobile Money Agents to embark on massive e-levy demo
The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana (MMAG) is set to embark on a march in protest against the proposed 1.75% electronic transaction levy (E-Levy)...
BoG forwards suspected financial crime cases to EOCO for investigations
The Bank of Ghana has forwarded a number of suspected cases of financial crime to the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) for investigations.They...
Price of sachet, bottled water increased by 25%
The National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers has confirmed an increase in the price of the products by 25%, citing high cost...
Fuel price to go down between 3% and 5% – IES
The Institute for Energy Security is projecting a 3% to 5% reduction in the price of fuel per litre at the pumps, despite the...
Price war as OMCs cut fuel prices
Consumers of petroleum products could be the biggest beneficiaries of fuel price reduction as leading Oil Marketing Firms (OMCs) slug it out by cutting...