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Full Text: Bagbin speaks on Quorum, Deputy Speaker and 2022 Budget

Formal Statement by the Rt. Hon. Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Speaker of Parliament, on the rejection or rescission of the 2022 Budget Statement and...

Ghana spends $1bn on rice importation

Ghana spent an estimated ₵6.874 billion on the importation of rice from 2017 to 2020. In addition, the country also imported the following food...

SIC Insurance Plc announces payment of GH¢3m as dividend to its shareholders

SIC Insurance Plc, Ghana’s largest General insurer, has announced a dividend of 0.0153 per ordinary share, representing GH¢3million for the financial period ended December...

KGL Foundation wins Best Company in CSR

The KGL Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility initiative set up on behalf of the KGL Group, has been adjudged the best company in Excellence...

Top MTN MoMo agent for South East wins Hyundai Creta

Christmas came early for Isaac Bediako for emerging the best MTN MoMo agent for the South-Eastern part of Ghana.The Chief Executive Officer of IK...

Caveman CEO launches ‘The Inside Job’ to aid entrepreneurship

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the globally endorsed watch brand, Caveman Watches, Anthony Dzamefe, has launched his first book, 'The Inside Job' to...

KGL acquires first Otumfuo commemorative gold coins for ₵1m in support of Asanteman development

KGL Group has acquired the first-ever 24- carat Commemorative Gold Coins for GH₵1 million in support of the establishment of a cultural resource centre...

ICED receives $US1.56m grant for new research

The International Centre for Evaluation and Development (ICED) has received a US$1.56 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund its...

NLA releases over GHS5 million for payment of outstanding lotto wins

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has disbursed over GHS5 million to all Partner Banks for payment of unpaid lotto wins, a statement from the...

BoG Governor speaks on Otumfuo’s commemorative gold coin

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, has explained that the outdoored gold coin in honour of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II...

Senyo Hosi proposes measures to stabilise fuel prices

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Hosi, has proposed some measures to be put in place to halt the...

Thanksgiving can change situations — Bishop James Saah

Presiding Bishop of Action Chapel International (ACI), Bishop James K. Saah, has charged Christians to make thanksgiving a ritual.He explained that, thanksgiving is like...

Commercial drivers strike: Chief of Staff called me to know what GOIL could do to help – CEO

Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GOIL Company Limited (GOIL), Kwame Osei Prempeh, has disclosed that he had a discussion with...

Govt should support indigenous businesses regardless of their political ties – Prof. Bokpin

An economist, Professor Godfred Bokpin, has called on the government to be intentional in supporting the growth of indigenous businesses irrespective of their political...

ECG recovers GH¢1.4m from power theft in Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has raked in over GH¢1.4 million from illegal connection and power...

Prudential bank is ‘Oil and Gas service provider of the year’

Prudential Bank Limited’s credentials as the bank that facilitates the growth and development of local business was reinforced when the bank was honoured as...

Why YouStart will focus on Ghanaian youth – GEA CEO explains

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA), Mrs Kosi Yankey-Ayeh, has stated that the government’s YouStart programme will target the youth to...

E-levy not compulsory; if you don’t want to pay, don’t do MoMo – Carlos Ahenkorah [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · E - Levy Not Compulsory; Keep Your Money On Your Phone If You Can’t Pay – Carlos AhenkorahTema West Member of Parliament...

GOIL withdraws from Association of OMCs

The Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has with immediate effect withdrawn its membership from the Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs).GOIL’s decision followed accusations by the AOMCs...

GOIL reacts to govt’s interference claims in latest fuel price review

GOIL Company Limited has denied claims of being directed by government to reduce fuel prices.According to them, the allegations by the Association of...

MTN Ghana presents 8 vehicles to regional distributors

Mobile Telecommunication giant, MTN Ghana, has presented eight vehicles to its regional distributors across the country to boost their operations.This is part of the...

TOR to commence full-scale operations in June 2022

The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is expected to resume full-scale operations from June next year.This is what Joy Business has picked up from the...

ECG shuts down Tema Oil Refinery over ¢27m debt

A task force from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cut electricity supply to the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) for its failure to...

B5 Plus Limited gets top awards for its investment and CSR initiatives

A steel manufacturing company, B5 Plus Limited, has received top awards in the country for its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and investment in...

NLA Lotto Taskforce strikes, arrests illegal Lotto operators in E/R

The National Lottery Authority (NLA), as part of efforts to clamp down on illegal lotto operators across the country, has apprehended six operators in...

Drivers’ strike: Govt directs GOIL to reduce fuel price

Government has directed Goil to reduce its fuel price from GHC 6.85 to GHC6.70 per litre.This comes after Chief of Staff, Frema Opare, met...

YouStart will have momentous impact like free SHS – Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is optimistic government’s multi-year GH₵10 billion ‘YouStart programme’ will be as impactful as the free Senior High School (SHS) policy introduced...

Wilmar Africa Limited sweeps 3 awards at 10th AGI Ghana Industry & Quality Awards 2021

Wilmar Africa Limited, producers of Frytol Vegetable Oil and Fortune Rice, has won three awards at the just-ended 10th AGI Ghana Industry & Quality...

Jumia partners Ghana Post to enhance e-commerce penetration

Jumia, Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, has partnered with Ghana Post, the nation's postal operator, to expand its market-leading presence in Ghana.The strategic partnership...

NPP supporters sacked from Farmers’ Day celebration over Agric Minister’s t-shirts [Video]

https://youtu.be/29RfpZApimYSecurity operatives have sacked a group of New Patriotic Party (NPP) supporters from the 2021 Famers' Day celebration in Cape Coast in the Central...

MTN@25 promo: 20 winners presented with cars

Some 20 lucky customers of MTN@25 promotion have been presented with 20 brand new Hyundai Sonata cars in Accra.Six out of the 20 cars...

Freight forwarders make shocking revelation about activities at the port [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Freight forwarders make shocking revelation about activities at the portThe Concerned Freight Forwarders and Traders Association of Ghana has disclosed that the...

Fuel prices go down marginally

Fuel prices on the market will go down marginally before the close of the weekend, the Institute for Energy Security has stated.This is because...

Duffuor’s take on E-levy

A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has described as problematic, government’s decision to introduce an electronic transaction levy (E-levy) as an innovative way...

Why my local businesses have been sustained over the years – Duffuor reveals [Audio]

JoyNews/AdomNews · Why my local businesses have sustained over the year - Duffour revealsFormer Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has disclosed his strategy for...

Engender professionalism to promote transit trade – U/E police told

Senior Police Officers in the Upper East Region have been urged to upgrade the level of professionalism among police officers to boost transit trade...

MTN Qwikloan will collapse if E-levy is implemented – Operators warn

Arnold Parker, the Chief Executive Officer of Afb Ghana, operators of Qwikloan services on MTN, has hinted at the cessation of their operation if...

Read: Using two smartphones poses a climate threat — Prince Osisiadan writes

Topic: Impact of the use Smartphones on Climate ChangeMore than three billion people have and use smartphones in the world today. The impact of...

Tollbooth closure: Hawkers make fresh demands

Hawkers at Offinso in the Offinso South District of Ashanti Region are lamenting the government’s policy decision to scrap tolls on public roads and...

Prudential Bank pledges steadfast support for local businesses

The Managing Director of Prudential Bank Limited, John Kpakpo Addo, has reiterated the bank’s commitment to the growth and development of local businesses in...