capitation grant up to GH¢10 No BECE registration fee Income tax waived for private varsities In a bid to attract investors into the country’s education sector and position it as a hub in the sub-region, Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta has revealed that government will give tax breaks...
Airlines operating flights to and from Accra, Ghana are changing their aircraft in response to increased capacity on the route, demand by passengers for enhanced comfort and improved on-board services, starting a healthy competition that will benefit consumers. Given the capacity of these aircraft, airlines would have to be creative...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has told Parliament that government is expecting to achieve a fiscal deficit of 4.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which when achieved, will be the lowest deficit in the past 7 years. Mr. Ofori-Atta told Parliamentarians on Wednesday that government is on course to achieve...
Patrons of West Hills Mall are busy chasing cash in an exceptional month-long promo which mall management says, will turn the art of shopping into a memorable day out experience for all shoppers. In the ‘Catch-the-cash’ campaign which started November 15, patrons of Accra’s biggest and trendiest shopping destination are...
The Ghana Shippers Authority in collaboration with the Borderless Alliance, with the support of allied institutions like the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has organized a roadshow for haulage truck drivers at the Black Star Line in Tema. The roadshow was to bring to the fore, the myriad of challenges...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended the Port authority for effective supervision of port projects and smooth paperless operations. According to the President, the management of the Port Authority has impressed him with his supervision on the paperless project implementation and his commitment to safeguard national revenue. “I have...
HFC Bank Ghana, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings Limited, has been recognized as the Best Pension Custodian Bank at the Ghana Accountancy & Finance Awards. The Award is in recognition of the Bank’s enormous contributions in the Custody Services including Trade Settlements, investments collections, cash collection services, detailed valuation...
The country’s five-year Broadband Policy has failed to make any progressive impact in the socio-economic future of the citizens, the Chief Executive Officer of the Broadband Communications Chamber (BBCC), Elorm Gustav Tamakloe has stated. “The Chamber believes that Ghana’s current 2012 Broadband Policy and Implementation Strategy has lost the fundamentals...
Lawyer Kwame Gyan, Chairman and Director of IBISTEK Limited “a wholly Ghanaian company” says, the company is looking for possible ways ofpartnering the United Kingdom(UK) firms in developing the water front development project at the Takoradi Port. “We are looking at the possibilities of British firms partnering with us in...
Mr. Kwabena Okyere Darko (MP), Deputy Minister of Aviation, has disclosed that about 20 international and local airlines have expressed interest in partnering government for the establishment of a new national carrier. Mr. Okyere Darko, who represented the sector minister, Ms. Cecilia Dapaah, at the welcome ceremony to receive Ethiopian...