Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the Caribbean Export Development Agency, Dr. Lynette Holder, has revealed plans to increase trade and investment volumes of US$1billion generated through exports from West African countries to the Caribbean annually.
According to her, Africa - particularly Ghana - presents opportunities for Caribbean businesses to...
The public has been cautioned that it is extremely dangerous to keep cylinders indoors.
In case of leakage, the naked eye cannot see gas, hence the need to keep cylinders outside to avert fire outbreak.
A member of the NPA Governing Board and Chairman of the Consumer Services sub-committee, Mr. Kwami...
This year’s mid-year budget review, which the Finance Minister is expected to present to parliament before the end of June, must be one that restores hope toward economic recovery, Minority Leader of parliament, Dr. Cassel Ato Forson, has expressed.
“The most important matter of concern to us is the state...
The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) wants to build the country’s first unicorn - a start-up with a value of over US$1billion.
As part of processes toward realising this, NEIP has earmarked US$4million under its Hubs Acceleration Grant Programme (HAGP) to support 30 entrepreneurship and innovation firms across the country.
The...
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has once again received international plaudits for its forward-thinking approach, as evidenced by its swift introduction of a regulatory sandbox for start-ups.
Speaking as part of a panel during the Africa CEO Forum (ACF) Annual Summit in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Miishe Addy - co-founder and...
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has said it is making efforts to increase informal sector workers’ enrolment onto the scheme.
This is been done under the newly launched Self-Employed Enrolment Drive (SEED) campaign, which aims to provide a reliable source of income and financial independence for workers...
Results from the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS) Key Indicators Report, have shown that the Northern and Ahafo Regions have the highest percentage of unvaccinated children aged 12 to 23 months.
Numerically, while the former region recorded a percentage of 9.0 percent, the latter had 8.3 percent -...
dividend up by 19%
GOIL PLC, an Oil Marketing Company, experienced significant growth in its performance during the year 2022, generating a profit of GH¢123.89million.
This impressive figure represents a 26 percent increase compared to the previous year.
As a result of this success, the company has announced a final dividend...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has initiated steps toward integrating natural capital accounting (NCA) into the country’s development planning process, the Agency’s Executive Director Dr. Henry Kokofu has revealed.
The process, which has support from the World Bank Global Programme on Sustainability (GPS) and is in partnership with the United...
...as GRA case four oil companies
The Executive Director of the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Benjamin Boakye, has proposed an upfront payment mechanism for surface rentals in a bid to curb rising defaults by oil companies.
This is because as of the end of December 2022, surface rental arrears...