A monitoring report released by the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has indicted some personnel of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) are complicit in the ongoing smuggling and hoarding of subsidized fertilizers under the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ (PFJ) programme. The report, which was compiled by the association...
With the clock ticking for insurance firms in the country to comply with new minimum capital requirements as directed by the National Insurance Commission (NIC), public equity represents an ideal way of meeting the stipulated target, according to financial market consultant, David Ganesha Tetteh. The NIC in June 2019, as...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged government to focus the Ghana Coronavirus Alleviation and Revitalisation of Enterprises Support (Ghana CARES) programme on few sectors that can make immediate impact on recovering the economy, rather than taking a multiple sector approach which will be difficult to finance. The Ghana CARES...
Inter-Class Associates of Chartered Tax Practitioners (CTP), has called on Commissioner – General, Ghana Revenue Authority, for an immediate tax audit of all Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in the country. According to the tax practitioners, though NGOs are registered as companies limited by guarantee, and therefore deemed as non-profit/ tax exempt...
Australian gold miner Resolute Mining Ltd said on Thursday it would sell its Bibiani mine in Ghana to Canada's Asante Gold Corp for US$90 million. The sale comes months after China's Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining cancelled a deal to buy the mine, saying it had not received timely information about...
Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey, has said that the success of government’s promise to deliver one million jobs in the next four years will largely depend on how the private sector will respond. His comments come...
Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire took a bold step in June 2019, to start an initiative that was later seen by many as a masterstroke that would bring some relief to cocoa farmers in the cocoa processing value chain. Even though the two countries produce close to 60 percent of the...
An Appeals Court has given the green light to Nii Amanor Dodoo, the Receiver for uniBank Ghana Limited, to continue work as Receiver of the defunct financial institution until an appeal of the High court’s ruling has been determined. The court ruled that there were exceptional circumstances to support the...
Ghacem Cement Foundation has since its inception given  600,000 bags of cement to deprived communities across the country valued at a cost of GHC 27 million. The Foundation was established by Ghacem Limited in 2002 as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) to assist deprived communities to improve their...
Redefining pensionable salary of Ghanaian workers to include some allowances will improve their pension benefits at the end of employment, a former Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority, Daniel Aidoo Mensah, has recommended. Currently, the monthly remuneration package of a worker includes basic salary, allowances,...

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