There is no past or future in Arts - Pablo Picasso Ghana’s art industry, usually border around music and dance, pottery, metal, wood carvings and textile work among others with fine art relegated to the background. It is against this background that the Ghana Export Promotion Authority, the trade promotion agency...
The Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Angela Lusigi, has hinted that the country is likely to experience a reversal growth in its Human Development Index (HDI) for the first time in 30 years due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at the Ghana launch of...
Maritime Authority seeks power to seize, destroy these boats State losing revenue as environment gets polluted With trading of illegal fuel on Ghana’s high seas increasing at an alarming rate, the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has said it will soon acquire the power to seize and destroy the...
Bank of Ghana interventions helping steady Cedi  The Cedi halted its recent slide against the dollar, trading stronger at 7.51 from 7.53 at last week’s close as the Bank of Ghana intervened to ease pressure on the currency. Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo signed into law the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy bill,...
Demand a new deal in and for Africa Advocate speedy implementation of AFCFTA Call for Increased Investment in Digital Connectivity Leaders across Africa and the globe have called for deeper collaboration between governments and private sector players to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. At the 2nd UBA Africa Day Conversations, screened...
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has asked Parliament to prioritise the approval of the government’s outstanding revenue bills to ensure a smooth budget implementation of the 2023 budget. Addressing the House on Thursday on the government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme, he said prioritising the approval of the outstanding revenue bills would...
Private pension funds have maintained their strong growth over the years - reaching a record high of GH¢17.3billion in 2019 from GH¢13-billion in the previous year, exactly a decade on since introduction of the three-tier pension system. The impressive growth of private pension funds over the years, according to the...
As Nigerians prepare to go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new president, a cash shortage caused by a policy to exchange old Naira notes for newly designed bills continues to cripple the economy, creating a rift in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party. The note...
By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said it is finalising processes to capture some two million potential informal sector  taxpayers into the tax net. Speaking to the B&FT at a media briefing in Accra, Commissioner, Domestic Tax Revenue Division, GRA, Mr. Edward Gyambrah said plans are far advanced...
Vice President Dr. Mahamamudu Bawumia has assured that government is not relenting its efforts to resolve the hard times which have characterised the Ghanaian economy recently. The country, which was on the path to recovery from the ruins of the COVID-19 pandemic that exacerbated existing fiscal and socio-economic challenges, took...