Following an extensive rehabilitation project funded by the World Bank in collaboration with the Akufo-Addo-led administration, the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial and Mausoleum Park (KNMMP) has recorded a surge in patronage - welcoming about 200,000 visitors every month since its reopening in July 2023.
Mr. Edward Quao highlighted this during a...
By Joshua Worlasi AMLANU & Ebenezer Chike Adjei NJOKU
Finance minister nominee Cassiel Ato Forson has stated that government is targetting a significant boost in tax revenue, aiming to increase its contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from the current 13.8 percent to 18 percent in the medium-term.
This was...
By Kizito CUDJOE
The country’s energy sector debt has surged past US$3billion, rising from the approximately US$2billion recorded under the previous administration of President John Dramani Mahama, according to Minister of Energy-designate, John Abdulai Jinapor.
During his vetting before parliament’s Appointments Committee, Mr. Jinapor cited a document titled 'Summary of Energy...
By Juliet ETEFE ([email protected])
Ghana has officially begun implementing the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS).
GIAS aim to enhance public financial management (PFM), accountability and governance. The new standards for internal audit practice were released globally on January 9, 2024 and Ghana adopted them on February 22, 2024, making it...
The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has reiterated his company’s unwavering commitment to partnering with the government to create jobs for Ghana’s youth and spearhead national development.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Jospong Leadership Conference (JLC 2025) on Monday, January...
By Ernest Bako WUBONTO
The Centre for Global Development (CGD) has in a new report revealed that over 50 percent of education sector policymakers still disagree with teaching girls about contraception before senior high school.
While reproductive anatomy remains a particularly controversial aspect of gender equity - with about 13 percent...
Star Assurance has launched its '40 Reasons to Smile' promo to celebrate 40 years of providing insurance services since its establishment in 1985.
According to Chief Executive Officer-Star Assurance, Boatemaa Barfour-Awuah, this promotion provides the company an opportunity to engage with its clients and partners while showing appreciation for their...
...A day of learning and sharing at Mount Zion Presby Model Primary School
In a demonstration of commitment to Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S), the 2024 cohort of FirstBank’s Graduate Trainees visited the Mount Zion Presby Model Primary School in Dodowa, near Accra, today. This initiative aimed to engage with...
#Egoreachweall campaign calls for Ghanaians to read anti-gay bill
“It depends on what is in the Bill,” this was the response of President John Dramani Mahama when the BBC asked him whether he would sign the controversial Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, popularly known as the anti-LGBT bill.
In the interview aired...
On account of tight global supply conditions, cocoa industry analysts are projecting prices could rise to as high as US$9,600 per metric tonne (pmt) in 2025. In fact, this figure was surpassed in December 2024 when it reached US$11,925.
On January 8, 2025, March ICE NY cocoa futures closed at...