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Price of sachet water to increase

The Northern Regional Chapter of the Sachet Water Producers Association of Ghana is set to increase price of the product in the region due...

NLA to wage war against unlicensed lotto operators

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has announced plans to arrest unlicensed lotto operators in the country effective today, November 1, 2021. It...

Beyi W’ano: Ekurabadze residents living in fear as operations of quarry pose threats

Residents at Ekurabadze and Adamo in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region are living in fear over the operations of a quarry company,...

The Makers Electronics wins ‘Promising Company of the Year’ at 2021 Ghana Business Awards

The Makers Electronics Company Ltd. has won the ‘Promising Company of the Year' award at the 2021 Ghana Business Awards held at the Kempinski...

Treepz Ghana supports breast cancer awareness

Bus-hailing firm, Treepz Ghana, has partnered with Project Brave and Breast Care International (BCI) to promote breast cancer awareness and conduct breast screening at...

StanChart’s Digital Banking, Innovation and Fintech Festival slated for Nov 3

Standard Chartered Bank is organising a Digital Banking, Innovation and Fintech Festival on November 3 and 4 at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra. It will...

Jospong Group steals show at Ghana Business Awards

The Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) won four out of 13 categories it was nominated at the 4th edition of the Ghana Business Awards...

Accra West ECG loses ¢3.9million in nine months through illegal connections

The Accra West Region Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has lost close to GH¢4 million over the past nine months of 2021 through illegal...

Receiver announces sale of 24 landed property of collapsed microfinance firms

The Receiver for the collapsed 347 Microfinance and 23 Savings Companies, Eric Nana Nipah, has initiated processes to sell another set of landed property...

1D1F: Entrepreneur’s passionate appeal to govt over coconut husk [Listen]

The Government of Ghana, through the One District One Factory (1D1F), has been urged to turn its attention to coconut husk as it can...

How do we build on the gains made so far to eradicate hunger?

In the past three months, food prices in Ghana have shot up, a rise that the Minister for Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, attributes...

Good news for entrepreneur whose dream to build fertiliser plant was cut short [Listen]

JoyNews/AdomNews · ENTREPRENUER ON AKUFO ADDO MINISTER FERTILISER An entrepreneur, who accused the Agriculture Ministry of impeding his bid to establish a factory to manufacture...

Govt to establish bank for traders

Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, has hinted that the government will soon establish a bank for traders. The bank, he said, would have...

STC loses GH¢50m to COVID-19

Intercity STC Coaches Limited (STC) has lost over GH¢50 million in revenue since the COVID-19 pandemic struck in March last year and needs immediate...

Makola fire disaster: Govt presents ¢2.29m to affected enterprises

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has presented a cheque of ¢2.29 million to enterprises affected by the July 5th, 2021 Makola fire disaster.  Presenting...

Shippers’ Authority hint of regional standardisation of port charges

The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) has hinted of moves to standardise ports charges in the sub-region. The move, according to the GSA, is part of...

Ofori-Atta to present 2022 Budget on November 17

The Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has announced that Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will present the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government for...

All set for Africa Cashless Payment Systems Conference

All is set for the 2021 edition of the largest FinTech event in Africa: African Cashless Payment Systems Conference to be held at the...

Atwima Kwanwoma Rural Bank posts 40 percent profit despite Covid-19 challenges

The Atwima Kwanwoma Rural Bank has posted a 40 percent profit after tax for the 2020 financial year, despite the impact of the covid-19...

Anthony Dzamefe’s Caveman Watches win at the 6th EMY Africa Awards

Ghanaian-owned luxurious watch brand, Caveman, has been adjudged the ‘Brand of the Year’ at the 2021 Exclusive Men of the Year Africa Awards (EMY...

Bliss GVS Pharma donates to 2 public hospitals as part of malaria fight

Bliss GVS Pharma, a global pharmaceutical company providing quality medicines, in their quest of making medicines easily accessible to the people of Ghana has...

Akufo-Addo to launch Alternative Employment and Livelihood Programme for illegal miners

President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to launch the National Alternative Employment and Livelihood Programme today in the Western Region. The programme forms part of measures...

Komenda Sugar Factory: Alan never sold land to ‘Akpeteshie Distillers’ – Trade Ministry

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has denied allegations that the Sector Minister, Alan Kyerematen sold a land belonging to the Komenda Sugar Factory...

Free Zones Authority board inaugurated and sworn-in

A High Court Judge, Justice Olivia Obeng Owusu, on Friday inaugurated and swore in the governing board of the Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA)...

Kejetia traders agree to start payment of electricity bills

Traders at the Kejetia Market in Kumasi have agreed to start payment of accrued electricity bills. The traders have defaulted payment of 2.1million cedis in...

Ban on ‘aboboyaa’ on Accra highways to take effect from November 1

The ban on tricycles, widely known as ‘aboboyaa’ on Accra Highways, is expected to take effect from November 1, 2021. This is according to...

STC struggling to cope with increasing cost of fuel – Nana Akomea

Managing Director of the State Transport Company (STC), Nana Akomea, says the increasing cost of fuel in the country is bringing unbearable hardships to the...

Elon Musk set to become world’s first trillionaire

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, with an estimated $241bn fortune, could become the first trillionaire, an investment bank has predicted. Analysts at Morgan...

Japan Motors unveils All-new Nissan Navara Pickup

Japan Motors Trading Company Ltd. (JMTC) has held a grand ceremony in Accra to launch the all-new Nissan Navara, the Pickup ready to work...

Komenda Sugar Factory to bounce back by February 2022 – Akufo-Addo

"By February next year, we will have got the Komenda Sugar Factory working again. This is the target that they have," President Nana Akufo-Addo...

Transportation fares won’t be increased on October 25 – GPRTU dismisses rumours

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has refuted reports that transport fares will be increased on Monday, October 25. The Union’s General Secretary, Godfred...

Glo records more new subscribers, gaining market share

The latest voice subscription figures for Mobile Cellular Subscription released by the National Communications Authority indicated gain for Glo. Company sources attributed this to the...

MTN Foundation supports Trokosi girls

MTN Ghana Foundation has supported some 15 former Trokosi girls who have graduated from Baptist Vocational Training Center at Frankadua in the Eastern Region...

Google to integrate Ghana Post GPS into Google map – Bawumia

The government of Ghana has entered into an agreement with international technology firm, Google, to incorporate the country’s GPS address in its mapping system,...

Goldstar Air presents GH₵30,000 PPE to Ghana Tourism Authority

Ghanaian-owned airline, Goldstar Air on Monday donated a consignment of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) to support its fight...

Ghana may return to IMF for financial support over debt trajectory – Report

Ghana may have no option to return to the International Monetary Fund for financial support if its rising debt which presently stands at a...

Stakeholders call for reinstatement of mandatory Towing Levy

Ghanaians are overwhelmingly calling for the reintroduction of the Mandatory Towing Levy regime for broken down vehicles to reduce drastically, the upsurge of carnages...

1D1F: Akufo-Addo inspects work on 95% complete Central Oil Mills

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has inspected work on Central Oil Mills Limited, a wholly Ghanaian-owned agro-processing company located at...

Read: Energy Ministry reacts to NDC’s Press Conference on rising fuel prices

Responses to the NDC Press Conference on Rising Fuel Prices on 18th October 2021 Ex-pump prices have not increased by 7% as purported by the...

Beyi W’ano: Prestea underground mine workers divided over compensation

There is division in the front of workers of Prestea Gold Resources over unpaid compensation from the management of the company. The workers say they...