In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Madagascar President, Rajoelina took the world by storm after endorsing a herbal product formulated and manufactured locally by the Malagasy Institute of Applied Research (MIAR). “All trials and tests have been conducted and its effectiveness has been provided in reducing and elimination of...
As the sun slowly glides along the horizon and sets in the West, the main neighbourhood charcoal-grilled tilapia and banku ‘joint’ in Ashaley Botwe, a suburb of Accra, comes alive. Smoke from the charcoal-filled grilling stands slowly disperse into the atmosphere, bringing with it the welcoming smell of freshly grilled...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has locked up an unlicenced Chinese Factory - Everyday Manufacturing Ltd. - located at the Awutu Senya Constituency in the Central Region for illegally recycling cartons of government textbooks into toilet-rolls. The Special Revenue Mobilisation Task Force of the GRA embarked on the action after...
Despite several delays in the processes to conclude work on the regime to guide the sourcing of legal timber for the consumption of the local wood industry and the export market, it has emerged that plans are now far advanced to commence and test the FLEGT licensing regime this...
Kicks out BXC before announcing winning bid Meralco emerges sole contender and adjudged winner Contrary to claims by the Millennium Development Authority’s (MIDA) that the two companies which bid for the ECG concession were both evaluated on their merits, it has emerged that one of the finalists - BXC...
Validation process is ongoing Total client claims now stand at GH¢3bn (from GH¢12.6bn) 71,000 individuals, 5,750 institutions make claims Government committed to intervene Commission pursuing changes to law to gain more powers 13 out of 18 CIS transferred to new fund managers The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
Government is set to establish a refinery in Takoradi that will refine 150, 000 barrels of oil per-day, Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko has revealed. The “new TOR”, as the Minister terms it, will be will reduce significantly, the amount of oil the country imports to meets its demands, and to...
The woes of the nation’s health sector seem to be deepening as the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Ghana (PMAG) and the Chamber of Pharmacy Ghana (CPG) have written to the Ministry of Health, serving notice over their intention to halt the supply of drugs to health care facilities funded...
Ghana’s efforts to drive new growth by stepping up industrialisation across rural areas, increasing oil production and boosting agricultural output are explored in a country report just produced by the global research and consultancy firm Oxford Business Group (OBG). The Report: Ghana 2018 charts the progress of new offshore...
It is an undeniable fact that the current COVID-19 pandemic has produced retrogressive effects on all spheres of economic endeavors. Like the celebrated American Judge Benjamin Cardozo stated “danger invites rescue”. The cry of distress is the summons to relief and a burden has been placed on all policymakers...