Minister of Works and Housing Samuel Atta Akyea, has said the lack of feasibility analysis can be blamed for poor job than by contractors and the huge infrastructural deficit, especially in the housing sector in the country.
According to Mr. Atta Akyea, the country’s infrastructural deficit will keep increasing, if...
In contributing to the nation’s development by seeing to the continuous expansion of the nation’s infrastructure and increase in job-creation, Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Limited has committed to always complying with Ghana’s tax laws.
According to the bank, it is time to push for more and continuous economic growth, which...
Despite the dwindling fortunes of agriculture since the start of commercial oil production some six years ago, the dreaded oil-linked Dutch disease has not set in, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has assured.
Dutch disease references problems associated with a rapid increase in the production of natural resources, such as...
Bayer last week, joined members of the agriculture industry –BASF, Mitsui Chemicals, Sumitomo Chemical Company and Syngenta – at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London to pledge its ongoing support to the research, development and supply of innovative vector control solutions, to help eradicate malaria by 2040.
The...
As local businesses continue to explore avenues to fund their business activities, operators of sole proprietorship businesses have been asked to consider converting to limited liability companies to deepen their chances of ensuring business sustenance and attracting the right investment.
Many Ghanaian-owned businesses do not survive the first generation. From...
BxC Consortium, one of the two companies that was in the running to take over management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) under the Millennium Challenge Account Compact II, has declared its intention of seeking legal redress following its disqualification from the race to take over the power...
The 2016 National Best Maize Farmer, Kofi Vinyo has advised graduates of the various tertiary institutions to explore vast opportunities in the agribusiness value chain, instead of chasing non-existing white-collar jobs.
He said graduates must be willing to leverage their acquired academic knowledge to turn opportunities in the agriculture sector...
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has set aside GH₵25m to put up district offices across the country before end of the year.
NHIA district offices are for the purpose of decentralising operations to enable easy access to the services rendered by the Authority, and for that matter health care,...
The Domestic Tax Revenue Division (DTRD) of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has migrated 67 tax offices across the country onto the Total Revenue Integrated Processing Systems (tripsTM) for revenue collection.
This is with support from its technical partner, the Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet).
tripsTM is software for tax...
For years Ghana’s fishing subsector has experienced stunted growth, making its contribution to the economy quite insignificant compared with other subsectors.
The fishing subsector since 2006 has contributed less than 3 percent to the country’s economy, according to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) data.
In 2006 the industry contributed 2.5 percent...