The Registrar-General’s Department recorded about GH¢75.2 million in revenue for the 2017 calendar year. The department registered about 86,914 new companies in 2017 as against 60,000 in 2016. Of the total business registrations, online transactions at the Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) saw a tremendous growth, with more than 12,400 transactions recorded last...
President Akufo-Addo has finally named international economic and financial lawyer, Mrs Elsie Awadzi as the Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana. Her appointment comes after the position of the Second Deputy Governorship of the Bank of Ghana has remained vacant over a month. She replaces Dr. Johnson Asiamah who...
The European Union (EU) is providing some 1.2 million Euros to fund the E-Waste management in Ghana (E-MAGIN Ghana) project over the next four years. The project which is to be implemented in 8 regions is expected to promote the formalisation of the e-waste management industry by providing legitimate and...
TV Africa a wholly Ghanaian owned private television station which seeks to project the true Ghanaian and African values has introduced english content as part of re-branding of its on-air programmes. According to the managers of the station, the move is to have the station stay competitive and also bring...
Heritage Bank Limited, Ghana, a wholly indigenous bank which began official business operations in February last year has celebrated its first anniversary. The Bank made its debut into the Ghanaian banking sector with a bold promise to transform the Ghanaian banking experience. The Bank in the first year has opened...
  In Kenya, the disagreement went as far as the courts, with an order for its enforcement to be suspended, but the controversial excise tax stamp policy is to take effect in Ghana from March 1, 2018, even as the beverage industry contends that the format is inefficient and costly. Whilst...
Heritage Securities Limited (HSL), in partnership with the United States Friendship and Economic Development (FED) Group, has launched the first-ever Ghana-US Trade Hub to provide facilitation services for companies seeking to trade with the United States. Heritage Securities Limited, which is now a member of the US FED Group Consortium,...
An Accra High Court presided by Justice Ackah-Boafo has today ruled against the decision by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, to revoke the mining lease of Exton Cubic Group Limited. According to Justice Ackah-Boafo’s ruling, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, exceeded...
The Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL), Petroleum Commission of Ghana and Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA) Takoradi have expressed confidence in curbing the menace of illegal bunkering that has damaged the country’s oil and gas. After an inspection by a delegation from the Petroleum Commission at the US$15m Marine...