Maize and leguminous crops farmers are planning on increasing production due to anticipation of favourable prices during this year’s farming season. The Upper West Regional Director of the Department of Agriculture, Emmanuel Sasu Yeboah, disclosed this to the B&FT in an interview in Wa Municipality, Upper West region. He said that the...
About 1.5 million out of the six million eligible Ghanaian taxpayers pay tax. This makes Ghana one of the lowest tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio in Africa. Ghana’s tax revenue to GDP was 11.5 percent in 2020 and is estimated to reach 13.4 percent in 2024. According to...
The Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank, Kwamina Asomaning, has charged key stakeholders and all Ghanaians to support the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) if they want to see the continent succeed. Mr. Asomaning said this at the first 2021 edition of the Graphic Business/Stanbic Bank Breakfast Meeting held...
Unichem Ghana Group receives the Greenlight from LUEX U.K. for its new production plant Unichem Industries. The new facility which is located in Spintex, one of the manufacturing enclaves in Accra has been several years in the making and will help ramp up local production for Unichem to serve...
Education has become massively easier due to the advancement in technology. Technology plays a significant role in boosting the learning process. Similarly, it helps much for the teachers to make students grab the concept with much ease. Students must learn how to work on assignments and craft the thesis...
This year’s edition of the annual Springboard Road Show is to be held virtually starting from this Thursday 8th April, 2021. There will be four virtual events in April, June, September and November. This was made known by Mrs Comfort Ocran, Executive Director of the Springboard Roadshow Foundation - organiser...
Insights into Directorships and the Boardroom In today’s business rapidly changing business environment, the chairperson of a board regardless of the size or mission of the organisation, is needed to perform a faultless leadership role. The individual is expected to ensure that all of the duly authorised personalities, talented as...
Child Rights International has assisted Tyron Iras Marhguy, one of the Rastafarian students who were refused admission by Achimota Senior High School, to affirm his fundamental human right in court. The applicant filed the instant action before the Accra High Court and is seeking the enforcement and declaration of his...
Governments across the continent must work to ensure that the Pan-African Payment and Settlements Systems (PAPSS) for continental trade is able to fight and address fraud-related issues in order to promote trust between buyers and suppliers, an international electronic fraud expert, Emmanuel Obinne, has advised. The African Continental Free Trade...
The Accra Sewerages Systems Ghana Ltd. is set to expand and upgrade its liquid waste treatment plant and technologies to treat more liquid waste within Accra and its environs. The expansion project, which is going to be undertaken by EMO - an environmental technology company based in France, will help...