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#ProtectOurStories: Only legal streaming can grow Africa’s content industry

The cybersecurity war between legitimate content providers and the criminal gangs running illegal pirate streaming services is heating up. Technology now allows for pirate syndicates...

Ghana, IMF begin fourth review mission amid economic reforms

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commenced its fourth review mission in Ghana as part of the country’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programme for...

Concerned Kantamanto Traders demand resignation of leadership of 13 unions

Concerned members of the Kantamanto Secondhand Clothing Sellers are calling for the resignation of the leadership of 13 unions, accusing them of making decisions...

Govt owes Zoomlion GHC1.2 billion for unpaid waste management services – Minister reveals

The Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs (MLGCRA), under which sanitation falls, has made a shocking revelation that the government owes Zoomlion...

It’s finished – Finance Minister reacts to Mahama’s assents to abolishing e-levy, betting tax, and others

Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson has reacted to the abolition of key taxes, including the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) and the betting tax,...

Year-on-year inflation for March 2025 slows to 22.4%

Year-on-year inflation for March 2025 slowed to 22.4%, down from the 23.1% recorded in February 2025, driven by a reduction in both food and...

Mahama assents to bills abolishing e-levy, betting tax and others

President John Mahama has assented to amended bills that abolish the betting tax, E-Levy, emissions tax, and other levies. This follows Parliament’s official repeal on...

Oppong Nkrumah vows to ensure fiscal prudence, prevent budget overruns

The Ranking Member of Parliament's Committee on Economy and Development, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has committed to ensuring fiscal prudence and preventing budget overruns in...

Cedi is 7th strongest currency in Africa in Q1 2025

As of the end of the first quarter of 2025, the Ghana Cedi has been ranked 7th as the strongest currency in Africa, with...

Tema Customs exceeds quarter one revenue target by 43%

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority at Tema in the Greater Accra region collected over GH¢7.9 billion as import duty in the...

Fuel prices set to rise from today; but not all OMCs will follow suit

Prices of petroleum products are expected to see marginal increases at the pumps starting today, April 2. This is based on the latest Pricing Outlook...

Position Paper: There should be an enhanced harmonious relationship between BoG and Finance Ministry

The Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy (IERPPT) and the Dean, Faculty of Accounting and Finance Prof. Isaac Boadi,...

Gov’t must be deliberate in empowering businesspeople – Seidu Agongo

Businessman Seidu Agongo has urged the Ghanaian government to take a deliberate approach in empowering local businesspeople, emphasizing that economic growth depends on strategic...

Agongo: 35% bank loans senseless, Heritage Bank would’ve charged 20%

Businessman Seidu Agongo, the founder of Heritage Bank, has revealed that his motivation for establishing the bank was to address the high interest rates...

MoMo transactions hit GH¢649.2bn in only 2 months of 2025

The total value of mobile money transactions in the first two months of 2025 increased to GH¢649.2 billion. This represented a year-on-year growth of 64.68%. In...

Maiden OFIE Market fair records massive turn out

The Amanokrom Community Centre Park in the Akuapem North Constituency, Eastern Region, was buzzing with activity on the morning of Saturday, March 29, 2025,...

Divine Winners honours several farmers at maiden Vital 05 awards

Divine Winners Company Limited, a leading manufacturer of high-quality bio-stimulants and organic fertilizers, recently held a special awards ceremony in Tarkwa to recognize the...

Gideon Boako writes: BoG raises policy rate to 28%; a lesson for the Finance Minister?

When you advise the government, they won’t listen. But how do they feel now that their so-called “artificial” drop in T-bill rates - engineered...

ICU-Ghana appeals for reduction of 25% corporate tax on rural and community banks

The Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union(ICU-Ghana), has called for a reduction of the o25% Corporate Tax on the returns of the Rural and Community...

This is how much gov’t needs to settle customers of defunct fund management firms

The Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. James Klutse Avedzi, has revealed that the government requires GH₵4.3 billion to fully...

GRA dismisses claims of freezing Richard Armah Quaye’s accounts

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has clarified that it has not frozen the bank accounts of Richard Nii Armah Quaye, founder of Bills Micro...

Sam George not being truthful about NITA’s finances – Mpraeso MP

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has accused the Minister for Communications, Digital Technology, and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, of...

Ghana’s public debt drops to GH¢726.7bn in December 2024

Ghana’s total public debt declined by GH¢15.8 billion month-on-month to GH¢726.7 billion in December 2024, according to the Bank of Ghana’s March 2025 Summary...

Cedi loses 5.3% to dollar in Q1 2025 – BoG

The Ghana cedi depreciated by 5.3% against the US dollar in the first quarter of 2025. According to the Bank of Ghana, the local currency...

Amin Adam criticises reintroduction of Special Import Levy

The Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament and former Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, has criticised the reintroduction of the Special...

Amin Adam accuses government of diverting funds for Agenda 111 projects

Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, the Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament and former Minister for Finance, has accused the government of diverting...

Amin Adam criticizes government for reintroducing sustainability levy

Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, Ranking Member on the Finance Committee of Parliament and former Minister for Finance, has strongly criticised the government’s decision to...

Chamber of Autodata Ghana commits to promoting good market practices

Executives of the Chamber of Autodata Ghana, a leading industry body, have reaffirmed their commitment to shaping policies, regulations, and good market practices within...

Ghana signs $25bn deal for climate action and development

In a landmark development for Ghana’s environmental and socio-economic future, the country has secured a significant partnership with the private sector through a USD$...

Mahama proposes law to criminalize cocoa farm destruction for mining

president john dramani mahama has announced plans to introduce legislation criminalizing the destruction of cocoa farms for mining activities. he argues that cocoa cultivation is...

GRA begins process to remove E-Levy, Betting Tax from compliance scheme

The Acting Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Anthony Kwasi Sarpong, has revealed that the agency will immediately begin removing the electronic levy...

GPRTU rejects new tax proposal, calls for review

Just as Parliament has abolished the E-Levy, betting tax, and other nuisance levies, the Interior and Sanitation Ministers are pushing for new taxes to...

127 youth graduate from AngloGold Ashanti with start-up equipment

A total of 127 youth have graduated from the AngloGold Ashanti Enterprise and Skills Development Centre in Anyinam under the National Alternative Employment and...

Maiden edition of “Ofie Market Experience” comes alive on Saturday

The maiden Ofie Market Experience is scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 29, 2025, at the Amanokrom Community Centre Park in the Akuapem...

Abdallah Mashud appointed Technical Director of SSNIT

President John Mahama has appointed Abdallah Mashud, the Executive Director of the Africa Center for Retirement Research, as the Technical Director of the Social...

Mahama to assent to removal of E-Levy, Emission Levy, and Betting Tax – Finance Minister

The Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has expressed confidence that President John Dramani Mahama will swiftly assent to the recently passed bill...

Criminal probe to be launched into over 1,300 missing ECG containers – John Jinapor

The Minister for Energy and Green Transitions, John Abdulai Jinapor, has announced that a criminal investigation will be launched into the disappearance of over...

COVID-19 Levy to be abolished by end of this year – Deputy Finance Minister

Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Nyarko Ampem has assured that the COVID-19 levy is expected to be abolished by the end of the year. According to...

I won’t continue with 1D1F tax exemption due to abuse – Ato Forson

The Minister of Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, has announced that the government will discontinue the tax exemption policy under the One District, One Factory...

I don’t want to call it evil, but it was backward – Prof. Bokpin on scrapped E-Levy

Economics professor Godfred Alufar Bokpin has hailed the government’s decision to scrap the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy), describing it as a much-needed correction to...