Members of the Presidential Task Force on the ECOWAS Single Currency Programme have reaffirmed their political will to meet the Bloc’s single currency programme deadline by 2020.
They also reaffirmed their commitment to ratify and implement all relevant ECOWAS Protocols and Conventions, as well as a gradual approach wherein member-states...
The board of the Ghana EXIM Bank has approved a GH¢300million financial seed fund to support various industries in the country.
CEO of the Bank, Lawrence Agyinsam, said the beneficiary industries include oil palm, pineapple, poultry, creative arts, pharmaceutical manufacturing, as well as garment and apparel manufacturing.
In collaboration with the...
The country is yet to tap into the US$5.8bn organic fertiliser market, though most of the organic plants needed for its production abounds.
The 2017 edition of the Fertiliser Statistics Overview of Ghana from 2013 to 2016 reveals that the country imported an average of 234,802mt of inorganic fertiliser -...
Roads Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has said government is expected to pay GH₵17.8billion as ‘commitment fees’ inherited from the previous administration on road contracts.
He told Parliament on Wednesday, when he was contributing to the President’s State of the Nation debate that: “As at January 1, 2017, the total commitment at...
With the economy tipped to become Africa’s fastest-growing, investor appetite is high for Ghana as one of Africa’s leading private equity firms, Advanced Finance & Investment Group LLC (AFIG Funds), has made a significant capital injection into First Atlantic Bank (FAB) to help it meet the GH¢400million minimum capital...
Prosecutors from more than a dozen countries joined forces on Wednesday, at a landmark summit aiming to boost the global fight against modern slavery by convicting more criminals and tracing dirty money.
The three-day event, the first of its kind, brings together prosecutors from countries including Albania, Nigeria and Sudan....
The Head of the Economics Department of the University of Ghana, Prof. Peter Quartey, has said the central bank’s inflation-targetting mechanism remains effective, suggesting that calls for abolition of the regime are premature.
Prof. Quartey was speaking at a public lecture organised by the Department of Economics, University of Ghana...
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated government’s interest in further strengthening the development of electronic payment system infrastructure in Ghana as it has the potential to lessen the burden of tax and fees payments, especially by businesses and the general public.
He explained that making the process of payment...
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry has organised two seminars in cooperation with its Azerbaijan and Kenya representative offices which aimed to provide clarity and insight on existing requirements for halal meat and tea products that are imported into the UAE.
Hosted on the sidelines of Gulfood 2018, the...
Out of 275 Members of Parliament(MP), only 100 of them have so far visited the Parliamentary Clinic for frequent medical screening or review, Dr.Mark Assibey-Yeboah,[ MP for New Juaben South has disclosed.
According to Dr. Assibey-Yeboah, Parliament made it available to MPs to go for full health screening but most...