Prioritise skills development, effective communication for success – business owners told

President of the Ghana Institute of Procurement and Supply (GIPS), Dr. Simon Annan, has made a strong case for procurement and supply chain to be positioned as a strategic driver of inclusive and measurable national development, rather than being treated merely as a transactional or administrative function.

The government has moved to address persistent delays in clinker imports at the Port of Tema, as the Ministries of Transport and Trade, Industry and Agribusiness engage the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) on measures to improve vessel turnaround and reduce mounting demurrage costs for local cement manufacturers.

Renewed weakness in the cedi and higher fuel prices are expected to push inflation higher in September - potentially limiting the scope for further monetary easing by the Bank of Ghana (BoG), according to Apakan Securities.

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is targeting at least GH¢310 billion in domestic revenue by 2028, nearly double the GH¢182 billion it collected in 2025, as it accelerates tax reforms and digitalisation to boost compliance and support industrial growth.

The Richard Nii Armah Quaye (RNAQ) Ga-Dangme Youth Scholarship Fund has been launched to support brilliant but needy students whose financial circumstances threaten their ability to pursue tertiary education.

The government is seeking to establish a unified institutional and legal framework to coordinate Ghana’s growing ocean economy, as it prepares to begin nationwide consultations on a proposed Blue Economy Commission Bill aimed at aligning activities across maritime, environmental, tourism and natural-resource sectors.

The Future of Development Cooperation Coalition (FDCC) has called for a fundamental rethink of how countries finance their development priorities, bus

Motorists and households are set for another increase in petroleum prices from September 16, with petrol expected to rise by between 7.75 percent and 9.63 percent and diesel by between 4.26 percent and 6.97 percent, the Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies (COMAC) projects.