‘Galamsey’ activities stalling sustainable fishery efforts

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched a National VAT Awareness and Compliance Campaign to tackle persistent gaps in value added tax (VAT) compliance, while introducing measures aimed at making registration, filing and payment easier for taxpayers.

The Central Securities Depository (CSD) is working to become the fourth central securities depository in Africa to issue legal entity identifiers (LEIs) for companies in Ghana, as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s capital-market infrastructure and deepen its integration with global financial markets.

The Bank of Ghana has kept its benchmark policy rate unchanged at 14 percent as improved fiscal performance, stronger external buffers and resilient domestic activity offset renewed inflation risks from higher oil prices and global supply disruptions.

Africa must strengthen its capacity to deliver the payment systems, efficient borders and infrastructure that businesses need to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Mr Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General of the AfCFTA Secretariat, told project professionals at Project Management Institute’s Global Summit Series in Cape Town.

The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) is exploring investments and strategic partnerships across the domestic mining supply chain. Steel manufacturer B5 Plus is an identified potential partner as the Fund seeks to increase local participation and retain more value from mineral production.

Economist and legal practitioner Appiah Kusi Adomako has called on government to test the US$235million desalination penalty award for legal grounds to mount a challenge, while negotiating a settlement that contains the state’s exposure and restores water supply to Teshie and surrounding communities.

Must a country build everything others built, in the same order, before its people can enjoy similar opportunities? Leapfrogging offers a different way of thinking about that question. 

Vegetable farmers in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region are calling for the construction of a centralised cold-storage facility and commercial processing factory to reduce post-harvest losses and improve the value of crops produced across the southern sector.