While the appointment of an African as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation is inspiring and positive for the continent, there should be no expectation that the decision can bring any effect on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, international trade law consultant, Maame Awinador-Kanyirige, has...
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has cautioned that if immediate measures are not rolled out to amend the benchmark value regime in the 2021 budget, local industries that are already suffering impacts of the pandemic will be left with dire operational conditions.
According to the AGI, as a result...
… prepares to deploy 350,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from March
Government, through the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has indicated that it will along with the preaching of adherence to the protocols - face masking, physical distancing, hand washing/sanitizing - leverage the upcoming vaccination programme in a manner that will...
The management of Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) says it is prepared to pay redundancy compensation to its laid-off workers in accordance with legal processes.
According to the management, it is challenging the arbitral award by a panel of the National Labour Commission (NLC) not because the company wants...
The management of Ghana Community Network Services Limited (GCNet) says it is prepared to pay redundancy compensation to its laid-off workers in accordance with legal processes.
According to the management, it is challenging the arbitral award by a panel of the National Labour Commission (NLC) not because the company wants...
Despite the possibility of the country’s first hung Parliament delaying government’s business, it is the best thing that has ever happened to Ghana’s democracy as it has started positively impacting the economy, including forcing government to cut down on the number of ministers, thereby, reducing burden on public purse,...
Despite the craze for renewable energy or clean energy worldwide, fuelled by considerable reduction in cost and its numerous benefits to the environment, high initial cost and lack of access to funds are impeding efforts to increase its adoption in the country.
Renewables, particularly solar and wind energy, have experienced...
Even though emergence of the coronavirus pandemic impacted every productive sector of the country’s economy, data show revenue generated from domestic taxes (non-oil) from January to October 2019 performed better than same period the previous year when there was no pandemic.
The Statistical Bulletin report (October 2020) shows that domestic...
In continuation of its commitment to support communities keep safe and healthy as the fight against COVID-19 lingers on, Access Bank has donated over 1,600 branded and surgical nose masks to the Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG).
The donation to TAGG is part of its efforts in sensitising members to...
Despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), the American Chamber of Commerce-Ghana (AmCham) is hopeful its virtual engagements with American investors will start yielding positive results as US businesses revamp interest in the Ghanaian economy.
Even though the government is yet to publish its...
