The Union of Industry Commerce and Finance Workers (UNICOF), one of the youngest and well managed labour unions, is making great impact in the formal and informal sectors of the economy.
An offshoot of Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), UNICOF has well strategized mission and vision which have made...
Review anti-business taxes
The 2023 budget and economic policy must prioritise economic stability and recovery, with local solutions at the centre, says the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry GNCCI and the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI).
While calling for a review of what they described as not-too-business-friendly taxes...
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) and Mastercard Foundation have initiated a programme dubbed Young Africa Works to create some 39,000 jobs for the youth through entrepreneurship.
The three-year programme is an entrepreneurship development and employment programme targeted at young people, particularly young women, in Ghana. The project...
Data from Ghana Statistical Services (GSS) show there has been a substantial drop in Producer Price Inflation (PPI) - from 78.1 percent in November 2022 to 52.2 percent in December 2022.
This represents a 25.9 percentage point decrease in producer inflation relative to the rate recorded in the previous month....
An open letter to the Minister for Finance and Economic Planning
Can we afford a Ghana with: no bad roads; decent homes for the working class; free quality tertiary education; an efficient, free national health care system; clean cities; decentralised infrastructure; full employment; a social safety net for the vulnerable...
There is a need to monitor and evaluate existing taxes introduced in the 2023 budget statement, Professor Peter Quartey, Director-Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), has argued; noting that this will lessen the tax burden on local businesses and consumers.
He said proper evaluation will tell policymakers which...