The Ministry of Trade has awarded a 10-year third single window contract to Ghana Link Network Services Limited - which has CUPIA Korea Customs Service as its overseas partner. The sole-sourced contract, which was signed on March 29, 2018 and published on the Public Procurement Authority’s (PPA) website, is meant...
Three new trawlers have arrived in Ghana from China and been registered to the Ghanaian flag, despite a moratorium on new fishing vessels. Government’s own Fisheries Management Plan states that 48 trawlers are the most that the fishery can sustain, yet 76 trawlers were licenced at the end of...
– brand experts Panellists at the maiden edition of Brand-CON Africa organised by the Business and Financial Times (B&FT) have urged businesses to use the power of social media and technology to enhance and sustain their brands or risk being uncompetitive in the global market space. According to them, the COVID-19...
“Love is like a baby: it needs to be treated tenderly.” – Congolese proverb Come Sunday, the world will be in a frenzy as we celebrate love. The notion of love is one of the most cherished ideals of life. From the first humans to our present generation, the colourfulness...
Even though the coronavirus impact has ruined many gains of the economy, leading to a contraction in the second quarter, one thing that has been able to ride through the storm is the local currency – cedi, as its rate of depreciation has been slower than what was experienced...
MIGA, a member of the World Bank Group, has issued guarantees of up to US$235million to a wholly-owned subsidiary of South Africa’s FirstRand group for a period of up to 15 years, covering the subsidiaries’ mandatory reserves held as per regulatory requirements in Botswana, Eswatini, Ghana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Nigeria...
…strategies for businesses, owners and consumers As Ghana's economy continues to face significant challenges, the government recently introduced three new taxes - the Excise duty amendment bill 2022, growth and sustainability levy bill, and income tax amendment bill 2022 - to raise revenue and meet the criteria for a US$3...
As part of Fidelity Bank Ghana Limited’s appreciation for outstanding staff performance, the bank has gone a step further by rewarding six (6) security officers who protect the various branches of the Bank with a brand-new royal motorbike (125A model) each. The top awardees, who excelled in protecting customers and...
A new survey conducted by the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development (CIKOD) has revealed that most farmers in the country are unaware of government’s main agriculture policy programme targeted at addressing issues of food security in the country. Despite the roll out of government’s flagship agriculture programme ‘Planting...
The rise of infections and deaths from COVID-19 has led to a ban on events and gatherings in Ghana. So important and critical was this announcement that it was deliver by the President himself as part of his updates on the COVID-19 management update. Understandably this is a major setback...