Land administration in Ghana has over the years been inundated with many challenges. The incoherent and inconsistent land documentation and registration process, especially in the Greater Accra region had created many confusions and disputes in the past. In some instances it has led to bloody disputes including injuries and...
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...
-A step in fighting money laundering and terrorist financing.
“Not guilty on until proven guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction”. This is a common statement in various spheres of the legal fraternity and also in any community where justice takes centre stage of events. However, that statement brings...
In the 21st century, climate change stands as one of the greatest challenges to mankind and to our home, planet Earth. Climate change literacy refers to “the understanding and knowledge about all the elements of climate change: its causes, its consequences and its solutions” (Johnston, 2020 as cited in...
An analysis of Ghana’s tax revenue since 2012 indicates that an average of 57% of the tax revenue comes from indirect taxes such Value Added Tax, Communication Services Tax, National Health Insurance Levies, COVID-19 Levies, GETFUND Levies, Excise duties and import duties.
Indirect taxes are easy to collect, and government...
Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, is advocating for fast-tracking legislation to streamline the operations of non-profit organisations (NPO) in a bid to strengthen the country’s anti-money laundering regime.
Dr. Adam told Parliament it is high time a law was established to streamline the operations...
Allianz’s operations in Ghana started in the non-life segment in 2009. We provide a wide range of products and services such as Motor, Home, Travel, Injury and Disability Insurance.
Allianz Insurance also underwrites SME insurance, Public Liability Insurance, Asset, Construction, Transport & Cyber Crime Insurance. Allianz has bancassurance partnerships with Société Generale...
In my earlier piece on Fintech, among other things I shared the following thoughts. That as is true in other countries, Ghana’s FinTech ecosystem is a complex and dynamic environment with interdependencies between various actors. Regulators such as the Bank of Ghana provide policy and regulatory direction for the...
The Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA) commenced operations in 1995 as an economic policy think-tank in Ghana. With a one-time funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and a recurring funding from the World Bank through the Africa Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), CEPA burst on the...