Accuse them of rent-seeking Blame them for high cost of goods  The Ghana Union of Traders' Associations (GUTA) and Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) have reported Shipping Line Operators in the country to the Council of State (COS) over activities they claim are leading to the high cost of goods. They...
The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana (CIMG) has officially launched its 32nd edition of the CIMG Annual National Marketing Performance Awards, to honour corporate brands and individual personalities who performed outstandingly within the year under review. The CIMG awards has come to be accepted as Ghana’s most prestigious and one...
Nominations for the 2021 edition of the annual Forty Under 40 awards has opened. The organisers of the Awards, Xodus Communications Limited, believes that in putting the spotlight on these young achievers, it will not only celebrate them but also build a strong platform for them by giving a voice...
The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has asked its officers to adjust freight rates - the amount paid to a goods carrier – upward at the country’s port on goods imported from Asia due to rising freight rates on the continent. In a letter cited by the B&FT, signed...
...with benchmark values ranking high among industry concerns The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is hopeful the government will review the prevailing tax regime to engender recovery from the downturn caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. The finance minister, in the coming days or weeks, is expected to undertake a mid-year...
A leading investment banker and Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Stock Exchange, Abena Amoah has endorsed the approach being used for the establishment of the Development Bank Ghana. Madam Amoah, speaking as part of a development finance series organised by Citi TV and Citi FM in collaboration with the research...
– make it happen by design, not by chance Your quest to build a customer-centric business hinges largely on your focus on how to use research findings to deliver positive improvements or change. Note that a customer is not necessarily a customer until they are doing business with you consistently,...
The July 1 agreement by 131 countries to establish a global minimum tax rate of at least 15% for multinational corporations (MNCs) and reallocate taxing rights is a step forward. But the deal as it stands represents another missed opportunity to deliver an equitable outcome for developing countries. It is...
…the Road Map In today’s era of industrialization, where all aspects of our lives are so dependent on electricity for the smallest chores like charging a mobile phone to powering industrial units, the idea of life without electricity or a single day without electricity may be a terrible thought to...
Improved public health are central to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Targets for 2030 include providing universal health coverage (UHC) and eliminating the epidemics of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Such an agenda would be a monumental feat even under the best of circumstances, and experts now...