The government expects revenues to fall short of the 2020 budget target by GH¢13.6 billion, or 3.5 percent of revised Gross Domestic Product (GDP), mainly due to drop in petroleum receipts of GH¢5.3 billion.
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in his presentation of the Mid-Year Budget to lawmakers in Accra, noted...
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Fintech Challenge offers early stage and mature start-ups the potential to partner with Ecobank across 33 African countries
Applications open until September 16
Pan-African banking group, Ecobank Group, has launched the fifth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge, and encourages African Fintech entrepreneurs to...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed that the country’s borders remain closed for an additional two weeks, effective Monday, April 20.
The latest announcement, however, follows the lifting of the partial lockdown imposed on some parts of the country as part of measures taken to curb the spread...
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) expects to receive a total amount of GH₵2.3bn in 2018 from the National Health Insurance Levy/SSNIT and other sources to be able to execute its mandate for the year, a Parliamentary report on the Proposed Formula for the Disbursement of the NHIF for...
as CSA’s maiden governing board begins work
The maiden governing board of the Cyber Security Authority has been inaugurated with a call for the needed structures to be put in place to ensure that cybersecurity is foremost in every Ghanaian institution to consolidate the country’s gains in government’s...
Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Prof Gabriel Ayum Teye, has reiterated management’s commitment to introduce demand-driven programmes to meet the current needs of employers.
In view of that, management of the university has commenced enhancement of infrastructure on the various campuses to accommodate students and train...
The Managing Director of Cocoa Merchants Ghana Limited (CML), Alhaji Abdul Fataa Adamu, has highly praised cocoa farmers for their commitment to the company while announcing a GH₵1.4million premium for the 2021/22 cocoa season for farmers.
Speaking at the 2022 launch of Beyond Beans Foundation and Cocoa Merchants Sustainable Cocoa...
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) is developing a framework to regulate the importation, storage, processing and marketing of bitumen in the country.
The framework, which will have inputs from the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Ghana Highways Authority (GHA) and Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), is to streamline...
Your favourite television station, TV3 is leaving no opportunity to bring you the best of content each day this Easter weekend. From Good Friday till Easter Monday, your television screen will be lit with one interesting show after another.
Some of the show lined up to broadcast each of the...
The Minerals Commission has inaugurated a five-member audit committee to help implement risk management strategies and ensure a high level of corporate governance.
The committee has been tasked to support Management of the Commission to meet the financial management reforms under the Public Financial Management (PFM) Act, 2016 (Act 921).
It...