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Inflation rate for September drops to 7.6%

Inflation rate recorded by the Ghana Statistical services indicates a reduction from the previous figure to 7.6 per cent. The rate is influenced by some...

Y’asem Nie: Why work and pay taxi drivers lose their cars [video]

Promiscuous commercial drivers and those with large families cannot own their own vehicle. This is according to the Director of VASCO Car Work and...

Nduom reacts to demo by Gold Coast Customers

Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has expressed shock at the demonstration organised by customers of Gold Coast Fund Management over their...

Photo: Facts you must know about Wilmar Limited

Wilmar Limited is a Singaporean transnational company and a leading integral agro-business with over 50 companies and 850 manufacturing plants across the globe. The company is...

MTN Ghana is CIMG telecom company of the year

MTN Ghana has been adjudged the 2018 Telecom Company of the Year, Brand Activation of the Year and the Internet Service Provider Company of...

Franklin Cudjoe berates government’s directive to Telcos on CST

Imani Ghana’s president, Franklin Cudjoe, has rebuked a directive from the government to telecommunication companies (Telcos), to halt the upfront deduction of the Communications...

Audio: Majority of contractors accusing govt over debt are 419

Outspoken Constituency chairman of New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono region, Kwame Baffoe, has revealed who have for years chased the government for...

Capital Bank collapse: Ato Essien, 3 others plead not guilty as court sets GH¢675m bail

Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien and three others, have pleaded not guiltily to 26 charges including stealing of various sums in...

Video: Abronye further shreds Jospong into pieces; challenges him to debate

The debate about whether or not government’s takeover of Great Consolidated Diamonds Ghana Limited (GCDGL) is legal is far from over. The Jospong Group of Companies, owners...

Aggrieved customers of Gold Coast Fund hit street over locked cash

Aggrieved customers of the defunct investment firm, Gold Coast Fund Management, have taken to the streets to demonstrate and present a petition to President...

Photos: Frytol launches maiden edition of ‘Enriching Lives’ cooking competition

Agro-business, Frytol, a subsidiary of Wilmar Africa Limited, on Monday launched a maiden cooking competition dubbed 'Enriching Lives' in Accra.  The reality cooking show aims...

‘CST directives should have come from GRA’ – Tax expert criticizes communication ministry

A tax expert has criticised the Ministry of Communications for issuing directives recently, on the way the 9% Communications Service Tax should be charged...

Telcos right in upfront 9% CST charge – Imani Africa

Vice president for Imani Africa, Kofi Bentil, has said that Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) are right in charging the 9% Communication Service Tax (CST) upfront,...

COCOBOD distributes coffee seedlings to farmers

The Seed Production Division of COCOBOD, in collaboration with the Dormaa Central Municipal Assembly, has distributed 123,360 coffee seedlings to 226 farmers in the...

COA signs research deal with Alfred Nobel University

The Centre of Awareness (COA) and Global Peace Mission (GPM), manufacturers of the famous COA FS immune booster and COA 72 injectable, have reached an agreement...

Withdraw CST directive – Ato Forson to Communications Minister

Cassiel Ato Forson, Member of Parliament for Ejumako-Enyan-Esiam constituency wants the government to withdraw a directive to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to halt the...

ICH is up and running – NCA Boss

The Director-General of National Communications Authority (NCA), Joe Anokye has said that the Interconnect Clearinghouse (ICH) for the telecom industry is now up and running. Speaking...

Akufo-Addo visits NYU Research Centre, lauds Project

President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Friday, October 11, 2019, visited the New York University (NYU) Research Centre for Technology and Economic Development (CTED) at Kumawu...

Re-register your SIM card to be safe – Communications Minister

Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has urged all Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card users to re-register their cards to serve as protection from...

Audio: We will tolerate no excuse for poor service – Minister warns Telcos

Communications Minister, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, as part of directives for the implementation of the 9% Customer Service Tax (CST) increase, says the Ministry will...

Survival skills: Man’s barbering shop built in ‘trotro’ breaks the internet (Photos)

A young Ghanaian entrepreneur has got the internet buzzing with his unique innovation. He has set up a barbering shop in a commercial vehicle, popularly known...

Akufo-Addo promises to revive Ghana Consolidated Diamonds

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the Chiefs and people of Akwatia that his government will do all within its power to...

Photos: President Akufo-Addo inaugurates two warehouses in Ejura

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated two warehouses in Ejura in the Ashanti Region as part of his tour of the Region. The...

Communications Ministry issues directive for 9% tax increment

The Communications Ministry has issued directives for the implementation of the 9% communication tax increment. According to the Ministry, the increment is from the existing...

Vokacom gets global recognition at ITU World Awards in Budapest, Hungary

Vokacom, a wholly-owned Ghanaian Information Technology (IT) company, has won this year’s World Global SME Award for Best Business Model. At the 2019 edition...

Ghanaian businesses don’t understand Customer Service – ICSP

Head of the Institute of Customer Service Professionals (ICSP), Yvonne Ohui Maccarthy, has said most Ghanaian businesses do not understand the underpinning issues of...

BoG to improve cedi stability with $125 million injection

The Bank of Ghana has planned to inject $125 million into the Ghanaian economy in the last quarter of the year to shore up...

AngloGold Ashanti donate 2 vehicles to help police combat crime

Anglogold Ashanti has delivered two Toyota Hilux vehicles to the Police Divisional Command to boost their security operations in the mining town of Obuasi. The vehicles,...

Nigerian gov’t demands $62 billion dollars from big oil companies for past profits

Nigeria is seeking to recover as much as $62 billion from international oil companies, using a 2018 Supreme Court ruling that enables the state to increase...

Ecobank earmarks 3 years to fight non-communicable diseases

Ecobank Ghana has earmarked the next three years to raise awareness about and to fight Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in the country. In line with...

Y’asem Nie: Coconut sellers appeal for tax waiver [Video]

https://youtu.be/f2ZKQa2TdHo Some coconut sellers in Accra have called on the government to take a further look at the levies charged on their products. READ: Fabewoso: Achiase...

Gov’t releases ¢88m for 2nd-yr Free SHS students

Government has released ¢88,056,438 for disbursement to all public senior high schools (SHSs) for the implementation of the free SHS programme for the 2019/2020...

Ato Essien, 3 others charged over Capital Bank collapse

Founder of defunct Capital Bank, William Ato Essien and three others; Tetteh Nettey, Fitzgerald Odonkor and Kate Quartey Papafio, have been charged over the...

GEPA to build capacity of small cocoa processors to increase export base

Deputy Chief Executive of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Albert Kassim Diwura, has said the Authority is set to provide capacity building for...

Voltic introduces new eco-friendly twist bottle water

Leading mineral water producers, Voltic Ghana Limited has introduced a new eco-friendly bottle called the Voltic Twist in order to make significant contributions to environmental sustainability. The new...

ECG/PDS blocks credit supply to pre-paid customers at Dansoman

Some residents of Dansoman in the Greater Accra region have been denied access to electricity credit to power their meters for electricity supply to their homes. Customers...

Audio: Plastic materials cannot be banned completely – Prof Frimpong-Boateng

The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, says plastics cannot be banned completely in the country. Speaking on Asempa FM's Ekosi...

iPhone user sues Apple for turning him gay

A Russian iPhone user recently filed a one million ruble lawsuit against Apple, accusing the American corporation of indirectly turning him gay. In a court...

Persons adulterating fuel caused Kpone tanker explosions – COPEC

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) is blaming Wednesday night’s fire explosions at a Kpone tanker yard on illegal activities being ...

Menzgold customers push for meeting to discuss new payment plan

Customers of Menzgold Ghana Limited are calling on management of the company to convene a meeting for a schedule to be agreed by both...