Indigenous oil palm producer Benso Oil (BOPP) has continued its fairytale run on the local bourse, leading the gainer’s table as its shares price grew by 74.83% from GH¢2.86 to GH¢5 in the month of October. The rally, which began in June with the share price at GH¢2, has since...
Members of the Minerals Commission Board have paid their first mining visit to the Songor Salt Project that is currently being redeveloped by Electrochem Ghana Limited in Ada. The visit was for the Board to see what progress the company is making so far with its development of the Songor...
The Ghana CEO Network has announced that the 7th CEO Network Business Cocktail will be held on Thursday, November 25, 2021 at Number One Oxford Street in Accra. Addressing the press at a media launch, Founder and CEO of the Ghana CEO Network, Ernest De-Graft Egyir explained that: “The Ghana...
… so far 250 African women have registered for the programme AZA Finance, a fintech company founded in Nairobi, in partnership with Beautiful Soul a digital leadership development platform is set to launch its African Women Leadership Programme on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 5pm. The programme, dubbed ‘Growing...
In both practice and law, Ghana’s Parliament forms the fulcrum on which the country’s nascent democracy revolves. This position adequately reflects an observation by the Right Hon. Speaker of the 8th Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin who stated that: “The Parliament of Ghana is considered the nerve centre of...
“The sustainability revolution will, hopefully, be the third major social and economic turning point in human history, following the Neolithic Revolution moving from hunter-gathering to farming and the Industrial Revolution.” ---Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales Green Technology and Sustainability Market Share (www.openpr.com) Banks are becoming a major force...
When the COVID-19 pandemic took hold early in 2020, a cloud was cast over the prospects of maintaining standards of living and the provision of basic but vital goods and services to the unbanked majority who would not be able to execute cash linked transactions. It quickly became clear that...
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has inaugurated the new governing board of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), charging them with the task to ensure the country maximizes its gains from exports, as this will create more jobs for the youth. The 13-member board was sworn into office by...
…sets to award winner GH¢30,000  The pitch, an initiative of Richard Abbey, CEO/Event Director of Xodus Communications, is an entrepreneurship competition that seeks to provide technical and financial support to a select number of budding entrepreneurs in the country to help them grow and scale up their businesses into...
An analysis of Ghana’s tax revenue since 2012 indicates that an average of 57% of the tax revenue comes from indirect taxes such Value Added Tax, Communication Services Tax, National Health Insurance Levies, COVID-19 Levies, GETFUND Levies, Excise duties and import duties. Indirect taxes are easy to collect, and government...