The State Enterprises Commission (SEC) is to start the quarterly review of the reports of 344 State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to ensure efficiency and protect government interest in these entities, a Finance Committee Report on the 2018 Programme Based Budget Estimates of the Office of Government Machinery has revealed.
According...
About 13 months ago, no one envisioned a pandemic that would disrupt socio-economic life on a grand scale such as COVID-19. For most countries that were in the process of economic progression, being halted in that upward trajectory by an unprecedented incident has affected livelihoods and social interaction.
In a...
The Managing Director of Absa Bank Ghana, Abena Osei-Poku, has been named as one of Africa’s 50 Most Influential Female Corporate Leaders. The announcement was made by Leading Ladies Africa, a women-focused non-profit organization based in sub-Saharan Africa that is committed to promoting leadership and excellence among African women.
The...
…as dominant Chinese interest undervalues sector
Latest report by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), has said Ghana is missing out on US$23.7 million every year in fishing license fees and fines from foreign trawlers, as lack of transparency allows Chinese fishing trawlers to keep ownership hidden.
The report, titled, ‘At...
Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged capital market stakeholders within the sub-region to ride on the back of the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) as they seek to further integration, describing the platform as the most important monetary development in Africa since 1960.
PAPSS, which was formally launched in...
Prices of fuel on the domestic market will remain largely stable within April first pricing-window, the Institute of Energy Security (IES), has said.
The stability, IES explains, is due to factors including 2.05 percent decrease in price of the International Benchmark- Brent crude, 2.84 percent decrease in price of gasoil,...
When government introduced the benchmark value policy in 2019, it did so based on, at least, two reasons: namely to boost domestic revenue; and to discourage misclassification and stop under-invoicing.
Government was hopeful that reducing the duties importers pay at the ports would automatically increase the volumes of imports; thereby...
“You are a storehouse of amazing stories, untold speeches and applaud-winning presentations.” - Samuel Agyeman-Prempeh
Ever sat through a long, boring lecture? One of those ones that a glance across the hall reveals many people doing things on the side or having the same bored look as you? As a...
Preparations are in top gear as organisers, speakers, panelists, resource persons, moderators and everyone involved are getting ready for the maiden edition of the Influencers' Conference which is set to come off on August 10, 2022 at the Bayview Village, Accra.
The Ambassador of France to Ghana, Anne Sophie Avé;...
The National Board for Small Scale Industries is confident that interventions to ease the impact of COVID-19 on Micro Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) will result in a robust and resilient MSME sector.
The NBSSI, which has set April ending for the GH¢600million government stimulus package for MSMEs, along...