Trading activities on the main market of the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) saw a significant month-on-month turnaround in May, as value and volume of shares traded reached its highest and second highest points for the year respectively, with 58.9 million shares, valued at GH¢72.7 million, changing hands.
This comes after...
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) Kosi Yankey-Ayeh has said that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) would be better positioned to drive economic growth as well as improving the quality of lives of citizens.
According to her, one of the aims for establishing the GEA is...
The country loses an estimated US$11billion, as the cost of environmental degradation according to a recent Ghana Country Environmental Analysis by the World Bank, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has revealed.
The analysis points to the conclusion that environmental degradation and unsustainable natural resource...
… as US Exim Bank supports 1D1F with US$300m facility
Trade and Industry Ministe,r Alan Kyerematen has made a strong case for Ghana during the US President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA) virtual Roundtable held on Wednesday, June 2, 2021.
The PAC-DBIA advises the US President, through the...
Output and new business expand further
Sharpest rise in employment since February 2020
Steeper inflation of purchase costs and output prices
Further solid improvements were seen in Ghana's private sector midway through the second quarter. Output and new orders continued to rise, while firms continued to up their rate...
Human activities such as cutting down of forests, improper waste disposal, use of fertilisers, burning of coal and petroleum products and gas (fossil fuels), continue to have a brunt on the environment. These are leading to changes in average weather conditions such as temperature and rainfall, affecting natural resources...
calls for public-private partnership to drive digital transformation
proposes establishment of telco museum as MTN clocks 25
By Ebenezer Chike Adjei NJOKU
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described telecommunications firm MTN as a model corporate institution, and one worthy of emulation by others who strive for excellence.
According to him,...
…as only 7% of funds recovered so far
After spending some GH¢25billion of taxpayers’ money to settle depositors of various financial institutions in a radical clean-up, only GH¢1.7billion of that cash has been recovered so far in almost four years since the beginning of that exercise - a situation the...
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Ghana has, in a rather surprise turn of events, cut the monetary policy rate by a 100-basis points, against predictions by analysts that the recent fuel price increments and upward adjustment in taxes may keep the rate at its former figure.
The...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will from today move its tax payment systems online.
This is part of the GRA’s digitisation effort aimed at making it more convenient for taxpayers to meet their tax obligations and also prevent tax evasion.
The digital applications currently in place ensure that taxpayers file their...