Local industry players have described the recent reviewed discount rates of the benchmark value policy by government as unsatisfactory, leaving local industries gasping for survival. David Selorm Adikah, who represented the Association of Ghana Industries  (AGI) on Eye on Port live program, reacting to the new discount figure, said,  the...
Bilateral relations between Ghana and Guinea have kicked a notch higher with the visit of the Director-General of the Port of Conakry to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority. The MD of the Port of Conakry, Mamadou Biro Diallo on 23 February paid a working visit to GPHA, to leverage...
As the world prepares to celebrate International Women’s Day globally in March, Ghana’s leading total beverage business, Guinness Ghana, is leading the charge with the Obaasima regional campus tours organised in collaboration with Obaasima Summit Foundation. The regional tours kickstart in the Greater Accra Region on Friday, February 25, 2022,...
The European Union (EU) GrEEn Project is funding the construction of a rice processing factory on a two-acre land at Anto in the Shama district of the Western Region to boost job creation. The factory will have a rice mill, de-stoner, re-husker, polisher, grading session, Pelletier machine among others to...
Private businesses and managers of public sector institutions have been asked to pay particular attention to their stores and inventory units if they want to save cost on sourced goods and works, ensure value for money and drive sustained operational efficiency. Astute procurement consultant, Collins Agyemang Sarpong, said most businesses...
The Head of Information Security at Stanbic Bank Ghana, Albert Yirenchi Danquah, has urged organizations to take a comprehensive and unified view at cybersecurity vulnerabilities since every vulnerability in cybersecurity is a potential risk. Albert Yirenchi Danquah said this at the 2022 State of Cybersecurity Posture Webinar, hosted by...
The Western Region’s Shama District Assembly has taken the initiative to account to its citizens how much taxes it realised in the 2021 fiscal year for transparency and accountability. The assembly pointed out where and how the funds were used; this is to enable tax paying residents to be assured...
Chief Investment Strategist at Axis Pension Trust, Karl Ocran, has said that the new pension guidelines have opened up pension funds to gain some minimum level of exposure into the equity market through the constituent fund structure. With the introduction of new pension funds investment guidelines, liquidity on the equity...
President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has declared June 10, 2022, as this year’s Green Ghana Day, under the theme “Mobilising for a Greener Future.” The Green Ghana Day was instituted last year by the government, under the auspices of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, as part of an...
Marine transport both via inland waterways and over short-time maritime distance has the potential to improve continental integration in Africa and to transform the economies of African countries, especially in landlocked states but it would require adequate support and an enabling government framework. The need to mainstream marine transportation across...