There are signs of imminent global recession as the COVID-19 pandemic causes serious economic damage across the world. Ghana is expected to grow 1.5 percent in 2020 according to the government and International Monetary Fund (IMF). Fitch, a rating agency, however expects the economy to do slightly better with...
Transactions related to the import and export of goods at the Tema port through the one-stop service for all customs clearance procedures, dubbed Integrated Customs Management Systems (ICUMS) begun yesterday However, some importers and clearing agents could not clear their goods at the Tema port because they could not process...
The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) sitting in Accra has dismissed an application by Eni Ghana Exploration and Production Limited and Vitol Upstream Ghana Limited for stay of execution of a High Court ruling in the ongoing unitization legal tussle between the two companies and Springfield Exploration and Production...
 The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has been tasked to collect in excess of GH¢39bn as taxes for the 2018 fiscal year. In 2017, the authority collected GH¢32.4bn as against a target of about GH¢ 34bn, representing 97 percen Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Nti - Commissioner General of the GRA, in an interview...
Investors are reluctant to pump money into the local rice value chain due to the benchmark values policy that has made imported rice cheaper than rice produced in the country. The policy allows rice, along with other products that can be produced domestically, to be imported at discounted duties; thereby...
The Parent Company of HFC Bank, Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) reported a profit of $1.25 billion for the Group’s financial year ended September 30, 2017.  This was highlighted in the 2017 Annual Report of the Group. In the Chairman’s review message Mr. Ronald F. deC. Harford stated that the...
The Police Intelligence and Professional Standards (PIPS) remains one of the units under the Operations Department of the Ghana Police Service (GPS). This unit receives formal complaints couched in the form of petitions from members of the general public. Generally, these petitions are made by aggrieved petitioners against police...
Train your employees to handle CX issues appropriately The saying goes without equivocation that every business would be more content with retaining loyal customers than acquiring new ones. To ensure that loyal customers remain, we must work tirelessly to keep them focused on our brand, ready to come back...
Easter is coming; Easter is coming. Abi it has come to pass.  I know you have finished your March salary already? This weekend, convert it into fasting! Hahaaai! For some of us we never get tired of watching Jesus film during His crucifixion. He actually paid for our sins...
The Real Estate Agency Council (REAC) - a statutory body established by an act of Parliament to regulate the operations of real estate agencies - has stated its intention to embark on massive data collection and property registration exercises to build a robust system for property valuation in the...