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26 market women arrested in Bolga [audio]

At least 26 market women in Bolgatanga in the Upper East region have been arrested by police for embarking on a demonstration. The women were...

First National Bank launches ASPIRE to fight against Covid-19 pandemic

First National Bank Ghana has launched ASPIRE (Accelerated Support for Pandemic Intervention and Relief Effort) to assist government and its stakeholders in mitigating the...

COCOBOD boss decries destruction of cocoa farms by illegal miners

In a rather unseemly turn of events, while on a tour within the week to inspect the progress of the ongoing Mass Pruning exercise,...

AirtelTigo partners Opera to offer free data to Ghanaians

Telecommunications operator, AirtelTigo via a press release, has announced its partnership with popular mobile web browser, Opera Mini. The partnership, according Ethel Anamoo, Chief Business...

Ghanaian lands appointment on Oversight Board of Facebook and Instagram

Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei, a human rights lawyer and Programme Manager at the Open Society Initiative for West Africa from Ghana, has been appointed as...

Adongo applauds IMF for ‘exposing’ govt’s massaged figures

Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper East region, Isaac Adongo, has praised the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for affirming government’s...

MTN’s ‘important’ message to Ghanaians as Coronavirus intensifies

The heightened dependency on digital infrastructure resulting in more time spent online, the spread of the virus, fear and uncertainty in the midst of...

Ghana, 3 other African countries blacklisted by EU over money-laundering

The European Union (UN) has added 12 countries to its money-laundering blacklist, putting their financial transactions under greater scrutiny. They include Botswana, Ghana, Mauritius and...

BIMA Ghana announces GH¢500,000 support, free telemedicine for customers

BIMA Ghana, the leading provider of mobile delivered insurance and telemedicine services in Ghana, announced today that a GH¢500,000.00 reserve was made available for...

Cedi falls by 1.18% to dollar, trades at GHS 5.93

The Ghana cedi has returned to the depreciation trajectory despite a strong performance in the first three-and-a-half months of this year. As of 6 May...

Fact check: Govt accused of lying to Ghanaians, find out what it is

On April 13, 2020, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a statement approving the disbursement of US$1 billion credit facility to the...

‘800,000 job losses recorded in hospitality sector’

About eight hundred thousand workers in the hospitality, leisure and tourism sectors are said to have lost their jobs. According to the Ghana Tourism Federation...

Covid-19: Akufo-Addo leads 3-day meeting with Cabinet

President Nana Akufo-Addo later today is to commence a three-day meeting with Cabinet ministers. The meeting, made known by the Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, is...

COVID-19: Hotel owners fear govt’s stimulus package may end up in wrong pockets

Some hotel owners have expressed fears that the government’s GH¢ 600 million stimulus package may end up in wrong pockets. Chief Executive Officer of Ange...

GH¢ 600m Stimulus Package: Number of beneficiary businesses revealed [Audio]

About two hundred thousand small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) are expected to benefit from loans from the GH₵600 million government stimulus package. Out of...

Esoko predicts continuous increase in food prices

Agricultural profiling and messaging service organisation, Esoko, is predicting a continuous increase in the prices of food items due to uncertainty on the way...

STC, Metro Mass Transit suffer losses due to COVID-19 protocols

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has put Inter-City STC and Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMT) into dire financial situation compelling them to turn to...

Covid-19 blues: 979 hotels closed down in Ghana

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority, Akwasi Agyemang, has disclosed about 979 hotels have been closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic. According...

Video: ‘No pay for thousands of hotel workers laid off’

The tens of thousands of employees in the hospitality industry sent home in March will be paid no salaries for April. This is because there's...

Access Bank protects employees; rejects decision to lay off employees despite declining profit margins

Access Bank Plc, in an effort to avoid job losses of staff members, has decided to cut salaries of its employees. The potential loss of...

Big employers are talking about permanent work-from-home positions

Thousands of Americans are waiting to return to normalcy, but for many that may not mean going back to an office. Working from home could...

Kennedy Agyapong reveals how he made over $1m in 1996

Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has revealed how he became rich before attaining age 40. Mr Agyapong, telling his rags to riches story...

Facility cleaning services Spaklean donates items and clean ups to Maamobi Polyclinic

The lockdown by government in March as part of checking spread of the virus in the country affected economic activity in the country. Despite its...

Order Telcos to reduce internet prices – CEO of Marrer Ghana urges President Akufo-Addo

THE CHIEF Executive Officer (CEO) of Marrer Ghana Limited and Susatgad Boat Building and Fishing Industries, Mr Novihoho Afaglo, is appealing to the government...

Billionaire loses $14 billion for making a wrong tweet

Tesla's founder Elon Musk wiped $14bn off the carmaker's value after tweeting that its share price was too high. The tweet also knocked $3bn off...

Coronavirus: Poultry farmers donate 82 crates of eggs to boost immune system of patients

The Upper West Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers (GNAPFs) has donated 82 crates of eggs worth GH¢1, 500.00 to...

4 signs you’re keeping your money in the wrong place

Keeping your money in the wrong place has some easy tells: Your money won't grow on its own, and you don't have cash on...

Stimulus package will not guarantee job security – ISSER Director

The Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Professor Peter Quartey, says the government’s provision of a stimulus package does...

Coronavirus: KMA to regulate activities of commercial drivers

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has introduced new stickers to regulate operation of commercial vehicles in the city’s central business district. The move is to...

This is not time to live in comfort zones – Dormaa Central MCE to traders

The Municipal Chief Executive Officer (MCE) for Dormaa Central of the Bono Region, has appealed to traders to accept the inconveniences they are going...

ECG shows what to do to enjoy free/subsidised electricity (Read)

Power distribution company, Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has advised customers through a press release to swipe or insert their cards into their pre-paid...

Domestic flights to begin operations from May 1

Domestic flights will begin operations from May 1, 2020, Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has announced. The minister made the disclosure while monitoring a...

Uni-Pass clearing system fails to take off

Clearance of goods at the Tema Harbour came to a halt yesterday due to a directive from the Senior Minister, Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, asking...

Implementation of the AfCFTA deal postponed due to coronavirus

The implementation of a mammoth African free trade agreement will not begin on July 1 as planned due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus...

Coronavirus: Kotoka Int. Airport, 3 others disinfected

Zoomlion Ghana Limited, through its Vector Control Unit, is not relenting in its efforts to support the central government’s battle against the novel coronavirus...

Ban on ‘pragyia’ lifted at Dormaa-Ahenkro

Tricycle (Pragyia) riders at Dormaa-Ahenkro in the Dormaa Central Municipality of the Bono Region on Monday resumed operations following the temporary lifting of a...

RCS Ghana signs contract with Eutelsat for DTH broadcast

Eutelsat Communications, one of the world's leading satellite operators, has secured a multi-year contract with RCS Ghana to provide capacity for the broadcast of...

GUTA appeals for a 3-week grace period to mobilise funds to clear goods

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is appealing to the government to allow them a three-week grace period to mobilise funds to clear...

Coronavirus: Puma Energy lauded for fueling National Ambulance Service

Puma Energy Distribution Ghana Ltd has been lauded by the Health Ministry for its continuous support in the fight against the novel coronavirus. Like other...

We miss our wives – Quarantined fishermen cry out

Some quarantined fishermen in Sekondi, Western Region have lamented about how they miss their wives. ALSO READ: Coronavirus: Ablekuma West records 37 cases; MP cries MoH...