This article explores the impact of Value added Tax (VAT) on supply of gold by Large-scale mining companies to the Bank of Ghana or the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) under the ‘Gold for Oil Policy’ in Ghana. The author emphasised compliance to the VAT Act and made recommendations...
Climate change has come to represent a major challenge for central banks. How much should their monetary policy and approach to banking supervision be influenced by it?
On one hand, there is growing evidence that global warming, particularly through its effect on agriculture, may create inflationary pressures. And there is...
Risk exists in every business effort. Entrepreneurs may succeed or fail in their endeavours since starting and running a firm is a titanic task. However, by using the proper risk management techniques, organisations can minimise their exposure to risk and boost productivity and revenues.
Understanding business risks
Every business is set...
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“People don’t buy what you do they buy why you do it.” - Simon Sinek,
“A brand’s strength is built upon its determination to promote its own distinctive values and mission.” - Jean-Noel Kapferer.
Hello Readers, I hope 2023 has started on a good note. Throughout the world,...
Businesses are born from the hopes and dreams of their founders. Practical experience, however, has shown that businesses live and die among others by their ability to adapt to changing trends – in the consumer, economic, social, and governmental landscape, etc. A good example is how the outbreak of...
The government of Ghana’s domestic debt management plan is getting murkier each day, and is dotted with uncertainties. From Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s highly-trumpeted announcement that Ghana would not go to IMF for a bailout then resorting to it - and the unfolding debt management plan, it appears something...
Replacing traditional sources of energy completely with renewable energy is going to be a challenging task. However, by adding renewable energy to the grid and gradually increasing its contribution, we can realistically expect a future that is powered completely by green energy -Tulsi Tanti
Ghana’s renewable energy sector again...
This is the continuation of our series on the Social Media Mix of Banks, first published in the Monday, 16th January, 2023 edition of this column. The key social media accounts we identified are Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube, which we coined as TILFY. This second publication focuses...
The concept of special economic zones (SEZs) is to create industrial hubs with less regulation and lower taxes than the rest of the country through trade or manufacturing. Special Economic Zones with greater levels of governance have been found to have higher rates of growth than those without it....