Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, Dr. Wilfred K. Anim Odame, has said that its upcoming digital system, dubbed the Ghana Enterprise Land Information System (GELIS), is one of the key interventions designed to reduce the turnaround time, bureaucracies and corruption in the system. According to him, the GELIS innovation...
E.S.L.A PLC, on Monday, November 6, 2017, said it successfully closed its books for the issue of the ESLA bonds on Friday, November 3, 2017, after extending the timeline for the issue of the 10-year bond by one week. Despite investors making bids in excess of GH¢2.79 billion for the...
By the year 2020, demand for tertiary school admissions is expected to be massive as the country awaits the maiden graduation of over 400,000 Free Senior High School (SHS) students who will be applying for entry into the various tertiary institutions. The reality is that this single batch of free...
The growth of industry is critical to every economy. In fact, all developed economies have industry as their main driver of growth, providing employment to large numbers of people. Industry adds value to a country’s raw materials, thereby raking in more revenue to government than any other sector. But sadly,...
For a considerable period of time now, the country’s economy has been dominated by the Services Sector. The sector comprises trade, repair of vehicles and household goods; hotels and restaurants; transport and storage; information and communication; financial and insurance activities; real estate, professional, administrative, public administration; education; health; commodity,...
As Ken Ofori-Atta presents the 2018 budget to Parliament in the coming days, his main priority would be to build on the economy’s performance of the past ten months whilst consolidating the fiscal gains made after a troubled 2016. Between March 2, when Ofori-Atta presented his first budget, and now...
Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investments Promotion Centre (GIPC) Yofi Grant has made a strong case that Ghana remains the best and most-preferred investment destination, despite the country dropping two places in the latest World Bank’s ‘Ease of Doing Business’ report. According Mr. Grant, though the latest ranking has...
As the government steps up to clear the US$2.4 billion energy sector debt, commercial banks would have to get their credit decisions right, moving forward, to spare the taxpayer another humongous debt in the future, Emmanuel Akrong, a credit consultant has said. “Poor credit decisions” by commercial banks, he argues,...
Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Nyarko Osei, has been approved by Parliament after facing the Appointments Committee last Thursday. The Akyim Swedru Member of Parliament was nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to replace William Agyapong Quaitoo, who resigned the post in August. Mr Quaitoo, also...
A ‘National Tax Campaign’ dubbed ‘#OurTaxesOurFuture’ has been launched, with a call on the tax paying population to comply with all tax obligations. The campaign is to ensure that citizens fulfil their civic duty by honestly declaring their taxes. The national campaign, spearheaded by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), is being...