Business

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) is initiating legal reforms to guarantee incentives for investors with interests in helping Ghana achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The incentives, tariff and non-tariff, will speed up the process of achieving the SDGs,...

The Coalition of Commercial Transport Operators has directed all commercial transport operators to embark on a sit-down strike from Monday, December 6th to back home their demand for government to remove five taxes contained in the 2022 budget. The five...

Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister for Food and Agriculture, is set to resume official regional working tour with visits to the five Northern regions. The 13-day tour, which commences on Sunday, December 5, 2021 comes shortly after a successful Farmers'...

The Central Region has seen a significant increase in the production of maize and rice from 2016-2020. The region recorded a total of 326,627 metric tonnes of maize in 2020  as against 175,890 recorded in 2016, while rice production rose...

 The Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SNNIT), Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang, has assured safety of contributors’ fund.  “Your Tier One pension scheme run by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is solvent now and into...

The former Minister of Finance and owner of defunct Unibank Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has revealed that Ghana’s employed population is only made up of 16% of the total population. This phenomenon, he claims, is to blame for the fact that...

The 16 driver unions have suspended their intended strike over fuel prices. The Private Transport Operators who have threatened to embark on a strike action if government fails to reduce fuel prices have been urged by government to suspend their...

The Agbogbomefia of the Asogli state Togbe Afede XIV, has called for the separation of Governorship and Chairmanship at the Bank of Ghana. "The Bank of Ghana’s independence is desirable. We all accept that it should be so. This independence...

The Danquah Institute (DI) has recommended that the government suspend the Electronic Transactions Levy (E-Levy) in order to allow for more extensive discussions in order to mould the policy into something more comprehensive and acceptable. It said the introduction of...

The Member of Parliament for Yapei-Kusawgu in the Savannah region John Abdulai Jinapor has called on President Nana Akuffo-Addo to dissolve his current economic management team led by the Vice President Dr. Mohammudu Bawumia owing to the “shambolic” nature...