...as its capital investments hit US$3.2bn In the last decade, Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) has paid a total of US$883million in taxes, royalties and levies to the state, making it one of the leading taxpayers in the country. In 2016 alone, the company paid US$78million into government’s coffers (US$36 in...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, November 8, 2107, pulled the symbolic switch to officially inaugurate Cargill’s solar facility at the company’s factory in Tema. The President in a brief remark congratulated Cargill for the initiative and said the move to host solar powered energy is in line with...
With implementation of the digital address system via Ghana Post GPS and the expected roll out of a National Identification System, the 2018 budget must introduce innovative measures to make tax collection easier and attractive, a GN Research pre-budget analysis has said. “The paperworks and the bureaucracy must be reduced...
Direct Savings and Loans Ltd, has been adjudged “Promising Savings and Loans Company” at the just ended 2017 Ghana Accountancy and Finance Awards (Ghafawards). This took place at the maiden edition of the Ghafawards which came off at the Movenpick Hotel, Accra over the weekend. The Ghana Accountancy and Finance Awards...
Different research studies have shown that, the best performing corporates, individuals and groups are the ones who have been able to combine hard and soft skills effectively. It is key that as individuals who want to grow our careers, entrepreneurs who want to grow ourselves, and our businesses and organizational...
It is 2pm and the sun is hot, as usual, and Kwame Danso (not real name) is seated at the back of a trotro heading to Circle, Accra. Kwame is with two friends and having a good conversation whiles the trotro stops and pick passengers at virtually every bustop. With...
The Management of BEIGE, a Financial Services Provider, was recently hosted by Old Mutual in their Cape Town corporate office (Mutual Park) in South Africa, as part of events geared toward forging closer ties.  The event was also to explore stronger business partnerships between the two firms. The visit, which...
The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has served notice that his outfit will soon make public the names of individuals and institutions that have been surcharged and expenditure disallowed against them According to the Auditor-General, the naming and shamming exercise is expected to also serve as a deterrent to public and...
Managers of ESLA Plc, the special purpose vehicle created to raise bonds to clear the GH¢10billion energy sector debt, have said they have the systems, structures and capacity to raise some of the debt from offshore investors who are unable to buy cedi-denominated bonds. Edward Effah, Chairman of the Board...
The proposal for an increment in the minimum stated capital of security market operators by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is long overdue, given the growth in the sector and changing market dynamics, Bernard Osei-Tutu, Chief Executive Officer of Dusk Capital, has said. “The new capital requirement is...