The Commissioner of the Data Protection Commission (DPC), Patricia Adusei-Poku, has urged institutions to be compliant with data protection laws.
She said the law, Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843), requires companies to register with the Commission to work on their compliance programmes to avoid prosecution.
"If you are a business that...
GISF to engage stakeholders
Ghana has been ranked 79th among 100 countries in issues related to child online protection by the Child Online Safety Index (COSI).
The COSI globally measures a nations’ level of online safety for children across six pillars - including children themselves, families, schools, companies, and soft...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 05 February 2023 – The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) has welcomedthe Republic of Ghana as the newest Member State to join its international mission to realize digital prosperity for all. The Republic of Ghana becomes the twelfth nation to ascend to the DCO, an international organization...
Kamil H. Al-Awadhi, the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Regional Vice-President for Africa and Middle East, has urged the country to follow the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) process of increasing airport charges.
He spoke during the 4th Aviation Ghana Stakeholders Breakfast Meeting in Accra on the theme Post-COVID-19 recovery process...
• Two new Member States, Ghana and the Gambia, welcomed to DCO
• Kingdom of Bahrain appointed to DCO Presidency for 2023
• Declaration aligns DCO efforts for increased collaboration on bringing the benefits of the digital economy to all
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 5 February 2023 – The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO),...
SEND Ghana, a policy research and advocacy civil society organisation, and other stakeholders have called on government to make more resources available to the health sector.
The move, they explained, will put the country on course to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – goal number three, which talks about...
The Bank of Ghana's (BoG) financing of budget deficits is set to end with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme’s introduction, Governor Ernest Addison has stated.
The Bank has faced criticism for its loans to government, which reached nearly GH¢42billion by the end of 2022 with concerns centring around the...
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has commended Newmont Africa for its compliance with tax and other financial obligations to the government of Ghana. The minister made this comment when Newmont Golden Ridge Ltd. (Akyem Mine) presented a cheque for GH¢184.6million to the government of Ghana as dividend for...
…as utilities, VAT et al weigh heavily on operators
The domestic hotel industry faces an uncertain future as hikes in utility tariffs and value added tax (VAT), as well as other operational costs, threaten operators.
With electricity tariffs having shot up significantly on two occasions within the last six months -...
Key findings
Optimism hits one-year high
Softer falls in output and new orders
Charge inflation slows sharply
Business conditions remained challenging in the private sector during January, although there were further signs that the worst of the current downturn has passed. Inflationary pressures continued to affect the ability of firms...