The World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Henry Kerali, has advised that government turn its attention to reducing food imports so as to revitalise the Agricultural sector, which can contribute in improving the economy.
He asked that government take steps to make the Agricultural sector even more attractive than it...
The Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT) has organized a round-table discussion as part of its project of strengthening gender responsive policy processes in the agricultural sector
The project is part of a broader programme on enhancing private sector participation in agricultural policy process in Ghana under the USAID...
The National Population Council (NPC) has appealed to government to tackle family planning, a population control initiative, as an economic intervention rather than a health issue.
The NPC believes that doing so will deepen the benefit of the country considering the impact of an unplanned population on the country’s...
2017 Digital Bank of the Year award winner, Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited, has further deepened its partnership with the nation’s premier university, University of Ghana (UG) in the area of payments of fees and charges to the University; as the bank has extended its online collection platform to...
Karpowership is to deploy its 470MW Karadeniz Powership Osman Khan to the Sekondi Naval Base by the second half of this year.
According to Miss Sandra Amarquaye, Corporate Communications Specialist of the company, thw move is in line with government plans to ensure full utilization of gas resources from the...
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) continues to show impressive performance recording 28.67% in growth in its overall Composite Index as at February 15, 2018.
The bullish run experienced by the equities market in in January, February and the whole of 2017 is set to continue unabated.
Recording a market capitalization of...
Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has been adjudged the Overall Best Taxpayer 2017 (Customs Division) by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).
At a ceremony to present the award in Accra, the GRA recognised GOIL’s demonstrable ability to do business in compliance with the law.
Over the years, GOIL has won several...
Government is working towards putting a special funding mechanism in place, starting with GH¢20m, to support start-up businesses across various sectors, Business Development Minister, Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has disclosed.
By March 2018, government would have closed the deal for the funding, the minister said during a familiarisation tour of the...
Local manufacturers have said tax waivers on imports and special projects, as well as waivers for the extractives sector, are undercutting them and making the operating environment a lot tougher for them.
Besides, they argue, government is shooting itself in the foot by continuously granting tax waivers to importers who,...
The country’s largest power producer, the Volta River Authority (VRA), is seeking to privatize most of its non-core businesses, as the Authority strategises to become one of the leading power producers in the sub-region.
The initiative is also meant to ensure a more transparent budgeting for tariff requests by the...