The Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) has recommended government to prioritise the synchronisation of statutory fees and charges by key state institutions.
GEA, as part of key recommendations for the 2023 budget statement, stated that harmonising levies and charges of state ‘Authorities’ - such as the Ghana Tourism Authority, Food and...
Vice President Dr. Mahamamudu Bawumia has assured that government is not relenting its efforts to resolve the hard times which have characterised the Ghanaian economy recently.
The country, which was on the path to recovery from the ruins of the COVID-19 pandemic that exacerbated existing fiscal and socio-economic challenges, took...
Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), a leading indigenous Ghanaian bank, has celebrated Ambassador D. K. Osei during his presentation of the 32nd edition of the annual University of Ghana Alumni Lecture on the theme ‘Liberal Democracy: The New Utopias and the Age of Disorder’ at the Great Hall of the...
To streamline the several data sources in the country and automate data for analytical purposes in line with modern data users demand, Ghana Statistical Services (GSS) has introduced the 'Data Science Roadmap'.
According to GSS, the data science roadmap has potential to improve and automate the production of currently released...
The International Monetary Fund as well as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, popularly known as the World Bank - (together called the Bretton Woods institutions because they were conceived out of a UN Monetary and Financial Conference that took place in that US tourist resort from July...
Under the African Union’s auspices from November 20 to 25, government representatives and corporate industrialists as well as agricultural experts plan to discuss and re-examine strategic mechanisms for improving two key sectors, and interconnection between the economy and industry in Africa.
The gathering, after critical in-depth discussions, seeks to design...
Creating strong African economies on the back of efficient transport solutions and investments
Well-functioning transport networks are the heartbeat for many nations, bringing with them several social and economic opportunities at the city, regional and country levels. For Africa, the home to 1.3 billion people and 2 billion by...
The Vodafone Ghana Foundation, the charity arm of Vodafone Ghana, has won five awards at the 2022 Sustainability and Social Investment (SSI) Awards held over the weekend at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel.
The organisers awarded the Foundation the SSI Team of the Year, SSI Foundation/Company of the Year, Best...
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has advised government of the need to rebalance its budgetary allocations from compensation to capital expenditure in a bid to drive economic growth.
Government spending is currently strongly biased toward recurring expenses rather than capital ones - which results in incorrect prioritisation of expenses...
The Ghana Upstream Petroleum Chamber has expressed concern about the impact on foreign investment in Ghana as a result of the ongoing dispute between ENI and its partner VITOL on the one hand and Springfield on the other.
Speaking in an interview with the B&FT, the Chief Executive of the...