Tax collection is being improved to ensure that domestic revenue mobilisation is improved. In fact, domestic revenue mobilisation is key to the agenda of a ‘Ghana beyond aid’. Thus, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has stepped up its tax collection role and is introducing new measures such as the...
A stronger focus on human capital investments of children from those households with a particular focus on skills for future jobs will be key. (Photo: Arne Hoel / World Bank)
Ghana was the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) target of halving extreme poverty by...
Dannex Ayrton and Starwin Pharmaceuticals company have donated items worth GH₵13,000 to the Tesano Police Station, Accra.
The items are two motorbikes worth GH₵8,000, some pharmaceutical products worth GH₵2,000 and a sum of GH₵3,000.
The donation forms part of the company’s corporate social responsibility and will aid in the station’s operations.
Speaking...
Chief Executive Officer of Commerz Savings and Loans, Dr. Edem Bart Williams, has been awarded the Best Young Non-Bank Financial Entrepreneur for the year 2017 by the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana (EFG).
He was adjudged a successful young entrepreneur who has a proven track record of entrepreneurial excellence and also...
In 2016, the World Bank reported Ghana’s urban population at 54.68% of the total population; the majority of which are based in Accra, Kumasi, Takoradi and Tema.
A typical day in the life of a resident in any of the above urban centres and many others across the country is...
Pharmaceuticals producer Intravenous Infusions Plc has said it faces an existential threat from unpaid bills to the tune of over GH¢10m by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).
The company supplies a lot of medical facilities that are signed onto the National Health Insurance Scheme with IV medications - but...
The Entrepreneurs Foundation of Ghana has conferred the award of “Best Non-Bank CEO” on Mr. Samuel Sakyi-Hyde, CEO of uniCredit, leading Savings and Loans Company in Ghana.
In a citation for the award of “Best Non-Bank CEO” for the year 2017, the Council of the 8th Ghana Entrepreneur and Corporate...
Government is to invest more in aviation infrastructure to ensure that the necessary facilities and infrastructure are in place to match the increased growth in air traffic, Ms. Cecilia Dapaah, Aviation Minister has said.
International passenger throughput increased by 3.6 percent in 2017, from 1,746,699 at the end of 2016...
The total value of all mobile money transactions done in the first quarter of the year reached GH¢52billion, a more than 68 percent growth over the figure recorded in the same period last year.
According to the Bank of Ghana, in the first quarter of last year mobile money transactions...
Investors or holders of the ESLA bond have received a total of GH¢500million as the first tranche of interest payments.
A statement from ESLA Plc., the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) created to manage the bond, said an estimated GH¢228million has been paid as first gross interest payments to investors who...