In a bid to stamp out corrupt revenue collection officials in the country, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) together with the Ministry of Finance have established a Tax Audit and Quality Assurance Unit.
The new department will deal with all complaints of corruption and ensure that the public gets redress...
Ecobank Ghana has been accredited by the Green Climate Fund (GCF). It therefore becomes the first entity in Ghana, and the first commercial bank in sub-Saharan Africa, to be accredited to the Fund.
By this accreditation, the bank attains direct access to funding for financing climate change mitigation and adaptation...
Executive Secretary of GHATOF Emmanuel Frimpong’s call on government to consider upgrading the nation’s tourism facilities to attract more international and local visitors is very important and timely.
Over the years, the country’s tourism infrastructure has not seen any significant facelift - and this flies in the face of positioning...
An opportunity has presented itself for the country’s large informal sector to be formalised. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is urging the state to use the database it is collating for SMEs to access the stimulus package it recently pledged the micro, small and medium enterprises, to formalise the...
Universities in the country opened yesterday to enable final year students to complete their education as part of measures of the gradual easing of COVID-19 restrictions. To this end, government is to make available Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other logistics to the 234 universities in the country.
We learn...
As at the time of going to press last Friday, the country’s COVID-19 case-count had increased to 10,358; which sends disturbing signals. GHS data show that 16 of the active patients are in a severe condition, while six are critically ill.
So far, all 16 regions in the country have...
A Bank of Ghana report has revealed serious lapses in the structures, systems and processes in place to promote consumer protection and the early resolution of customer complaints, as poor and unfair customer service has been going on in the banking industry for a long time.
Dr. Richmond Akwasi Atuahene,...
Ghana’s case count for the COVID-19 pandemic infection has scaled the dreaded 10,000 mark, yet we understand that essential drugs meant for the treatment of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients are locked up at the ports simply because of challenges faced by the newly introduced Integrated Customs Management Systems...
The Agricultural Development Bank’s (ADB) loan facility of GH¢23.2million presented to six players in the poultry value chain is geared towards the revival of the ailing poultry industry in the country.
Poultry farmers have long faced crippling competition from their counterparts in developed countries as the country imports around US$200...
The persistent cutting down of shea trees for charcoal is putting the livelihoods of many in peril, especially women who make up the bulk of the labour force in the northern regions, the National Coordinator for Shea Network Ghana, Iddi Zakaria, has noted.
He is therefore calling for a law...