The same Auditor-General’s report suggests the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) owes 78 health institutions across the country to the tune of GH₵51.4million as at December 31. This is in contravention of Regulation 38 of the National Health Insurance Regulations, 2004 (L.I.1809), which requires that a claim or payment of...
Indian High Commissioner to Ghana Mr. Sugandh Rajaram, speaking at the AgriTech West Africa 2023 Exhibition, called for greater cooperation between India and Ghana in the area of agriculture and rural development. The call for agricultural partnerships between India and Ghana has become increasingly important under the AfCFTA, which presents...
State-owned firm Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) needs some US$600million capital to revamp its operations. VALCO is in desperate need of a fresh capital injection to retrofit its aging machinery and move the smelter to more than 7.5 times its current installed production capacity. The country’s only aluminum smelter wants a...
The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has commenced legal processes to deregister 8,531 companies limited by shares that have been in default for over two years. This decision has become necessary to purge the register of dormant companies and companies in default for failure to file their annual...
A stable oil pricing regime is being forecasted by analysts in the near term. Amid the economic downturn, the development will bode well for the domestic economy on the back of uncertainty. The outlook for crude oil in 2023 has been described as uncertain as Russian oil production continues to...
A strong advocate for intra-African trade because of the manifold benefits it holds, David Ofosu-Dorte - Executive Chairman of law firm AB & David, is positing that African countries should position themselves well in commerce, so as to be known for the distribution of certain goods and services throughout...
Post Brexit uncertainties are playing out seriously as banana exporters are beginning to feel the brunt. Already, we are told UK companies have begun rejecting imports from Ghana as the country and Britain have failed to reach a trade agreement. Banana exporters have lost 20% of their exports to the...
While the country received an amount of US$776.5million from international donors between 2013 and 2017 to address climate change issues, fears arise that despite the huge amount and efforts required to tackle the growing concerns of climate there is no comprehensive climate change legislation to guide activities. The United States...
The private sector-led initiative to combat the novel coronavirus - the COVID-19 Private Sector Fund, plans to construct a 100-bed COVID-19 treatment and isolation facility to complement government efforts to contain the virus, and that is really welcome news in view of the increased number of infected cases recorded...
As the continent gradually eases restrictions on the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be interesting to zoom into the virtual webinar next week on July 7 that will discuss policy actions for Africa’s economic rebound in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) will host...