The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) has automated its operations to enhance service delivery and receive real-time information to take regulatory decision. As a result, the Commission has incorporated its services into a Database Management System (DBMS) to afford its stakeholders the opportunity to communicate with it electronically. This means...
Payment in today’s digital era goes beyond just a legal tender for the exchange of goods and services; it must be done fast, easy, secure, and safe. Payment has always been an essential component in doing business. Accurately billing customers and receiving payment on time is critical in every transaction....
pay goes up by 4, 7% in 2021, 2022 Labour unhappy with quantum Gov’t cites job sustainability, economic recovery    Public servants will see a 4percent pay rise in their base pay this year, the lowest increment since the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) begun the Public...
President Akufo-Addo has announced 39 deputy ministers to serve under different portfolios in his government. In addition, a former deputy Minister of Finance, Charles Adu-Boahen, has also been elevated as the Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance. The list, which is made up of 10 women has been submitted...
With some three decades of a rich and flourishing career across the entire spectrum of communication, Sophia Kudjordji has earned bragging rights, not just for her unique skill set but for her accomplishments in the field. Through the years of working in different firms, from the newsroom to the boardroom,...
AIIM expands its digital infrastructure footprint with investment in carrier-neutral, co-location data centre via newly-incorporated Onix Data Centre platform African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), one of the continent’s largest infrastructure-focused private equity fund managers, and Onix Data Centres (Onix DC) have acquired a majority stake in Ngoya Etix DC-Ghana - a carrier-neutral data centre with...
By December 2021, a three-year zero-rate Value-Added Tax (VAT) on the supply of locally manufactured textiles passed by parliament will come to an end; but players in the sector are pushing for an extension for two more years. The policy, which cost government an estimated revenue of GH¢120million over the...
In recent years, a number of innovative entrepreneurs have stepped in to help reverse the declining state of the agricultural sector in Ghana. In 2020, Green Gold Farms Limited (GGFL) Ghana - an Accra-based agribusiness that uses innovative means to support the agricultural sector - became one of the country’s largest...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the country’s public debt to hit 83.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by end of the year, thereby throwing the economy into the dreaded list of debt-distressed countries. Already, the country is in the basket of economies at high risk of debt-distress...
The Energy Minister Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has said the Akufo-Addo-led government will support the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) to become a premium refinery in the sub-region. The support he mentioned could among other things be in the form of strategic partnership aimed at making TOR realise its fullest...