The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), under the second phase of the Ghana Institutional Support Programme (GISP), has organised a ten-day workshop on business planning for new product development for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Koforidua. This is in line with the current government’s industrial transformation...
The Petroleum Commission has given the International Oil and Gas Companies (IOCs) and other service companies, till April 1, to submit every oil contract to the Commission for proper review before they are sealed. Mr Egbert Faibille Jnr, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Commission (PC), said all IOCs...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has begun the process of drawing up guidelines that will encourage voluntary tax compliance, the Technical Advisor to the Commissioner-General of the GRA, Henry Yentumi, has said. “The administrative guidelines to go along with the tax policy are just in the final stages of preparation....
The British Council Accra, will tonight host the final of the Duapa Challenge dubbed: 'The Campus Duel'. The Duapa Challenge, as part of the British Council's contributions to the social enterprise ecosystem, is a social innovation competition which seeks to promote economic growth, private sector development and youth employment through...
 Martin Amidu has been approved by Parliament as the country’s first Special Prosecutor to tackle corruption cases in the country. Presenting the Committee’s report on the floor of Parliament, chairman of the Appointment Committee, Joe Osei-Owusu indicated that Mr Amidu was in a good position for the job.  “Mr. Amidu’s high...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has today launched the much awaited ’10-year Cashew Development Policy’ as a move toward positioning cashew crop as an agriculture goldmine. According to the President who highlighted the importance of cashew production to the Ghanaian economy, cashew, together with other selected crops, can create...
Ghana’s star boxer, Bastie Samir, has signed a deal with telecommunications operator, Glo Mobile Ghana, on the company’s new marketing campaign in Ghana. The deal entails his involvement in the company’s advertising and promotional efforts in Ghana over the next one year. This is a big boost to the boxer and...
French electricity conglomerate EDF, French transnational company Veolia and their local partner CH Group - who have put in a joint bid for the ECG Concession - have rejected the government policy that allocates 51 percent mandatory ownership of the concession to Ghanaian companies. In a letter dated February 12,...
The World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Henry Kerali, has advised that government turn its attention to reducing food imports so as to revitalise the Agricultural sector, which can contribute in improving the economy. He asked that government take steps to make the Agricultural sector even more attractive than it...
Mr. Ernest Owusu-Bempah, Communications Director of Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) has stated that government, is determined to establish a fertilizer factory at Jomoro District in the Western Region using Isopentane. “Isopentane is a by-product which has immense importance from the gas plant; the fertilizer factory, is in line...