…Trade Minister lauds impressive revenues collected via ICUMS The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has reverted to its original revenue collection target of GH¢47.2 billion for 2020 after revising it down to GH¢42.7 billion earlier due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The move to go back to the original target,...
Trade and Industry Minister Alan Kyerematen has stated that 232 out of 260 factories under its flagship 1D1F industrialisation programme are near completion, with some operating at full capacity, when he addressed the Nation Building Updates held last week Thursday. He further disclosed that through the 1D1F initiative, 76 projects...
Russia is consistently working on strengthening multifaceted relations with Africa despite the numerous challenges. After the first Russia-Africa summit held in Sochi, authorities have been moving to build on this new page in the history of Russia's relations, based on shared values and interests, with African countries. Within the...
Ending the US-China trade war will be nothing compared to the experience of her mother being kidnapped, according to one of the frontrunners to lead the World Trade Organization. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, 66, said the reforms she spearheaded as Nigerian finance minister led to her octogenarian mother Kamene Okonjo being abducted...
GhanaWeb, Ghana’s biggest news platform and Tonaton.com, Ghana’s biggest online marketplace have signed an exclusive cooperative partnership agreement to lead and improve Ghana’s online marketplace with engaging content. This partnership follows nearly two years of commercial cooperation between both companies resulting in a positive synergy that strengthened the customer experience...
The partnership between the United Kingdom and Ghana has secured funding and expertise to build new major road system creating jobs and building expertise across Ghana. The £80.3m project, between BHM and Ministry of Roads and Highways, would see the building of a major road between Tema and Aflao which...
Ghana’s efforts to build a self-reliant economy, the country’s digitization drive and the sectors of the economy ripe for investment are among the topical issues explored by Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice-President said , in an in-depth video interview (vidcast) he gave to Oxford Business Group (OBG)’s Souhir Mzali, the...
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has thrown out a petition filed by SGS / GCNet and its Labour Consultant, Mr. Austin Gamey to review the September 4, 2020 Arbitration Award to the effect that redundant staff are entitled to and must be paid what the company’s HR Policy on...
Ghana, the gateway to Africa is again set to elect a President and members of Parliament to lead the nation to its promise land. In Africa we are hailed as the first Sub-Saharan Africa country to gain independence, the beacon of hope and black star of the Continent. We have...
For Africa and the European Union (EU) to achieve the much-talked about mutually beneficial trade cooperation, as well as economic integration among countries, all EU trade-related support at the national, regional, and continental levels should be reorganised into African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) support, a new report by...