2022 Budget: Govt to tackle wasteful tax exemptions
Government is set to streamline Ghana's tax exemption regime to prevent large companies from abusing it. With Ghana losing about five per cent of its...
2022 Budget: GUTA, spare parts dealers beg for reduction of taxes
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is urging government to be innovative in its tax mobilisation ahead of Wednesday’s budget presentation in Parliament.They...
2022 Budget: 4 things energy sector stakeholders expect
Debt at various levels remains a key concern for observers and stakeholders in the energy sector. This has been the result of inefficient policy...
Ken Ofori-Atta to present 2022 budget today
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta will, later today, present what is being touted as one of the most anticipated budget statements in recent history.Ahead of...
31m smiles in Ghana as Jumia lights up the country with Black Friday discount sales
‘’God bless our homeland Ghana and make our nation great and strong’’This anthem is sung with so much pride and love in Ghana and...
2022 Budget to be heavy on job creation, entrepreneurship
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has indicated that the 2022 budget will be heavy on job creation and entrepreneurship. According to him, government is committed to...
Investing in crude palm oil, local rice can create more jobs in Ghana – Managing Director of Wilmar Africa
The Managing Director of Wilmar Africa Limited, Mr Kwame A. B. Wiafe, has asked the government to pay much attention to the production of...
U.S. Republicans move to decriminalise marijuana; regulate it like alcohol to support businesses
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Monday that would decriminalize marijuana at the federal level and eliminate legal hazards facing...
10% allocation to agric not bad – CEO of Chamber of Agribusiness
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Chamber of Agribusiness, Anthony Morrison, has agreed on the 10% allocation of spending on agriculture demanded by peasant farmers...
Private citizen lodges complaint with SP against La Bianca Company Ltd
A Ghanaian with an interest in ensuring good governance and accountability of state institutions has lodged a complaint with the Special Prosecutor (SP).Mr Asare...
Banks wrote off ¢1.37bn as bad debt in 8-months of 2021
Banks in Ghana wrote off ¢1.37 billion as bad debt in August this year, the Income Statement of the 23 banks published by the...
Treepz Ghana to pilot app-based mass transit in Accra
Treepz Ghana has signed an agreement with HM Evolution Services Ltd, a leading transport company in Ghana, to pilot app-based mass transportation solutions within...
Importers kick against review of ‘benchmark value’ review
The Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana has cautioned the government against the intended review of the 50 percent benchmark value given to importers.Mr...
Ghana, Tanzania, Ethiopia, 30 others on World Bank’s heavily indebted poor countries’ list
There are currently about 34 African countries on the World Bank and IMF’s heavily indebted countries’ list, according to data obtained by Business Insider...
GRA reverses 50% Benchmark Value policy on 32 categories of items
Effective Monday, November 15, the removal of the 50% Benchmark Values on 32 categories of items at the ports will be begin.The Ghana Revenue...
CPC boss honoured [Photos]
Managing Director of Cocoa Processing Company (CPC), Nana Agyenim Boateng I, who also doubles as Chief of Amoaman in the Atwimah Nwabiagya North District, has been...
Price of beans shoots up by 100 percent
Sellers of gari and beans popularly called ‘gob3’ or ‘Red Red’ in the Ashanti Region, especially in Kumasi, are no more selling the dish...
Customs on high alert over restricted goods entering Ghana
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority is on high alert over prohibited or restricted goods entering the country through Tema port.Tasked with...
Enterprise Group ranked amongst top 100 African Insurers
The Enterprise Group has secured a place amongst the top insurance brands in Africa.The Group was ranked 47th in this year’s ‘Top African Insurers...
Bird flu scare: Minister makes shocking revelation
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has said Ghana needs GHS43m to arrest the wiping away of fowls in the...
Wilmar Africa wins CIMG Agro-Processing Business of the Year
Wilmar Africa Limited, producers of Frytol Vegetable Oil and Fortune Rice, won the 'Agro-based Business of the Year’ 2020 at the just ended Chartered...
NPA reacts to calls to scrap taxes on fuel
Communications Manager at the National Petroleum Authority, Mohammed Abdul Kudus, has explained that scrapping or reducing levies in the price build-up of fuel could...
MTN Ghana CEO adjudged ‘CIMG Marketing Man of the Year 2020’
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh, has been adjudged the Marketing Man of the Year 2020 at the 32nd Annual...
Hold on – Transport operators told over intended strike action [Audio]
The Private Transport Operators who have threatened to embark on a strike action if the government does not reduce taxes on fuel has...
16 driver unions give govt 48 hours to reduce fuel prices
Sixteen driver unions are demanding that the government scraps some taxes on petroleum products.According to the unions, they have identified at least five taxes...
Check out how much Ghana spends on fish imports yearly
Ghana currently imports 60 per cent of local fish requirements annually, amounting to $150 million in real terms.The country consumes a million tonnes of...
Drivers prefer reduction in fuel price to increase in transport fares [Video]
Some transport operators in Kumasi are calling on the government to help reduce fuel prices, rather than working at increasing transport fares.They say rampant...
Why power demand in next 10 years will exceed 6k megawatts – GRIDCo reveals
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) says demand for power in the next 10 years will exceed 6,000 megawatts due to the growing economic expansion...
UG Chancellor sends important message to business owners
Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Dr Mary Chinery-Hesse, has urged local business owners to establish strong brands that will make them competitive on...
Finance Minister to present 2022 budget on November 15
The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has informed Parliament that the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government would be presented on 15th...
MTN Ghana launches 25th anniversary Special Awards Scheme for journalists
Telecommunications giant, MTN Ghana, as part of its ongoing 25th anniversary celebration, has launched a special award scheme for journalists across the country.The award...
Akufo-Addo invites investors from Japan
President Nana Akufo-Addo has invited investors from Japan to take advantage of the various opportunities that exist in the country and invest in the...
Senyo Hosi sends strong message to govt over fuel prices
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Hosi, has bemoaned the country’s high cost of fuel prices.According to...
MyMTN App gains one million users
MTN Ghana has chalked one million customers on its free self-service app, ‘myMTN’ since its launch in 2019.MyMTN app allows MTN customers to manage...
NPA boss commends fuel retail outlets
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Authority, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, says the rate of failure of Ghana's fuel retail outlets in...
Capital Bank case: I’m a nation builder – Ato Essien
The founder of the defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien Thursday morning described himself as a nation builder whose work was the engine of growth for...
Okraku Mantey wades into Finance Minister’s payroll comment
The Deputy Tourism Minister, Mark Okraku Mantey, has encouraged the youth to be creative and innovative in starting their own businesses.According to him, the...
2022 budget: Don’t reverse 50% benchmark value – GUTA begs
The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is appealing to the government not to reverse the policy on the 50% reduction on the benchmark...
Asantehene launches Entrepreneurship Challenge; 10,000 to benefit in 5 years
About 10,000 businesses and start-ups are up to benefit from a new initiative by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.Dubbed the Otumfuo Entrepreneurship...
Major boost for companies under 1D1F as Parliament approves tax waivers
Parliament has granted tax exemptions totalling Eleven Million, Four Hundred and Forty-One Thousand, Six Hundred and Thirty-Eight United States Dollars and Thirty-Two Cents (USD...