Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative impact on businesses, the GRA was able to meet its 2020 revised revenue target. The Authority was tasked to collect a revised tax revenue target of GH¢42,769.50; as of December 2020, it collected GH¢45,338.69 million exceeding the budget by GH¢2,569.19 million thus, with...
President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo announced at the opening of the 72nd New Year School on Tuesday that government has begun discussions with manufacturers of coronavirus vaccines for procurement. This should assuage fears of the second wave of the virus causing maximum damage. A doctor who is one of the few...
The 2019 report of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has put out some stark statistics which have to be looked into to be addressed appropriately. The report notes that as many as 7.7 million working Ghanaians, representing 70% of the country’s over 11 million active labour force, are non-active...
AfCFTA’s Secretary General, Wamkele Mene, believes that by 2035, intra-Africa trade would double and in the process lift 100 million Africans out of poverty. Currently, intra-Africa trade accounts for 15% the continent’s total trade which is rather on the low side compared to other regions like Europe (69%), Asia...
President’s 21st COVID-19 address to the nation on Sunday noted that recent genomic sequencing by scientists has established that some passengers arriving into the country tested positive for the new variant of COVID-19, and even though they have been identified and isolated, the prospect is frightening. Frightening because it is...
It is rather unfortunate that now that schools have re-opened after a long lull as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the Teachers and Education Workers’ Union (TEWU) have embarked on an industrial action over what the union terms ‘unfair treatment by government’. We understand that for about two years,...
Amid the anxiety and trepidation that the country could descend into chaos owing to the keen combat exhibited by the contesting political parties for the just-ended elections, Ghana again has come out the winner by going through relatively calm and highly patronised national elections. The fact that Ghana was able...
After a lifetime in the car business, Hyundai Motor and Investment Ghana Limited - authorised dealer of Hyundai vehicles in the country, has unveilled the country’s first-ever 100 percent electric vehicle, the Kona Electric, onto the market in commercial quantity. The all-new Kona Electric vehicle - which is a sub-compact...
Motivation is unobservable directly. As noted by Kwon (2016), “motivation resides within an individual and it enables them to act in a particular manner to achieve specific goals and objectives”. For instance, acquiring money is owing to extrinsic motivation but the main reason behind the acquisition of the money...
A Communication Strategist, Mr. Yao Kuwornu, has urged the youth to be conscious and deliberate about building their personal brands. This, he said, will help make them more prepared for job opportunities and be successful in their careers. “Whether consciously or not, you are building some kind of brand; so being...