January 24, 2023
Ghana: Ayawaso Central Municipal Holds Public Forum With Traders At Tip-Toe Lane
The Ayawaso Central Municipal Assembly over the weekend held a public forum with traders and heads of business entities at the Tip-toe Lane at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in… Read more »
Ghana: Cocoa Bills Default - BoG, Cocobod Agree to Allow Banks to Use Cocobod's Deposits to Pay Retail Customers
The Bank of Ghana, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and the commercial banks have agreed to allow banks to use COCOBOD's deposits/placements at the banks to cater for retail customers… Read more »
January 21, 2023
Ghana: PMMC Urges Stakeholders to Support Gold-for-Oil Policy
The Precious Mineral Marketing Company (PMMC) has called on all stakeholders to corporate fully with the government for the successful implementation of the gold-for-oil policy… Read more »
January 23, 2023
Ghana: Economy Expanded By 3.6 Percent in 2022 - African Development Bank
The African Development Bank says Ghana's economy expanded by 3.6 per cent in 2022, from 5.4 per cent in 2021. Read more »
Ghana: GCM Provides €700,000 for Repairs of Specialised Aircraft to Fight Galamsey
The Ghana Chamber of Mines is providing €700,000 for repair works on three specialised aircraft to be deployed to aid the fight against illegal mining in the country. Read more »
Ghana: GSA, MPs Discuss Ways to Improve Shipping Services At Port
The Ghana Shippers Authority (GSA), through its Port and Infrastructure Committee (PIC), has engaged the Meridian Port Services Limited (MPS) on ways to improve shipping services… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Ghana: Jospong Group Marks 10 Years of Annual Leadership Confab
The Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) on Wednesday opened its 2023 Jospong Leadership Conference (JLC) here at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC) at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central… Read more »
Ghana: GUM Can Redeem Country's Economic Woes - Leader
The Founder and Leader of the Ghana Union Movement (GUM), Reverend Christian Kwabena Andrews, has called on Ghanaians to give the party a chance to change the economic fortunes of… Read more »
Ghana: End of 74th ANYC - Vary Interest Rates for Businesses Under (AfCFTA - Participants
Participants at the 74th Annual New Year School and Conference have urged the ministry of finance through the Bank of Ghana to develop a differential interest rate structure for… Read more »
Ghana: Producer Inflation Falls By 25.7 Percent in December 2022
The year-on-year inflation rate at factory gate prices for all goods and services fell to 52.3 per cent in December 2022, from 78.0 per cent recorded in November 2022, data from… Read more »
Ghana: SIGA Poised to Reposition SOEs - D-G
The Director-General of the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), Edward Boateng, says the Authority is poised to reposition State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in a way… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Ghana: Ghana, Malta Move to Explore Investment Opportunities
More than 20 Maltese companies are in Ghana to explore investment opportunities available in the various sectors of the economy and form partnerships with their Ghanaian… Read more »
Ghana: Let's Practicalise Value-Addition Conversation
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has raised two important issues about gold and mining of the country's minerals at the UAE-Ghana Business Forum in Abu Dhabi in the United… Read more »
Ghana: District Social Welfare Officers Presented With Tablets
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MOGCSP) with support from the World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday presented 61 Samsung tablets to some selected District… Read more »
Ghana: ECG to Supply 156,000 Prepaid Meters to Ashanti Region
Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has stressed its determination to supply prepaid meters to all homes in the Ashanti Region. Read more »
Ghana: DDE Programme Brouhaha - Finance Ministry, Individual Bondholders Strike Deal... Agree to Set up Technical Committee to Address Concerns
The Ministry of Finance and representatives of individual bondholders yesterday agreed to set up a joint technical committee to resolve bondholders' concerns over the Domestic Bond… Read more »
Ghana: Vodafone Cash Customers to Benefit From New Mobile Money Transaction Limits
A new directive by the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has introduced new mobile money transaction and wallet limits. Read more »
January 18, 2023
Ghana: Ghana Is Committed to Implementation of AfCFTA
The Vice President, Alhaji Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, has expressed government's commitment to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Read more »
Ghana: Make Debt Exchange Programme Acceptable
As it is the case everywhere in the world, the Ghana government has borrowed domestically in addition to international credits to run the economy and promised to pay interest after… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana Takes Delivery of First Consignment of Gold for Oil Deal
Ghana has taken delivery of the first consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of oil from the United Arab Emirates as part of government's Gold for Oil policy. Read more »
Ghana: 7th Edition of Ghana Beverage Awards Launched
The 7th edition of the Ghana Beverage Awards (GBA) has been launched with a call on players in the industry to take advantage of the programme to showcase their products. Read more »
Africa: World Insights - Uncertainties Linger On Amid Energy Transformation ... a Global Energy Outlook in 2023
In 2022, an energy crisis hit Europe, causing fuel shortages, business closures and economic slowdowns. The impacted countries were prompted to adjust domestic energy policy, and… Read more »
January 14, 2023
Ghana: Pensions Go up by 25 Percent
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has increased pensions for 2023 by 25 per cent. Read more »
January 16, 2023
Ghana: Bush Fire Causes Major Power Outage
The Ghana GRID Company (GRIDCo) has said a raging bush fire under its high voltage near Tarkwa caused some power line trips leading to power outage in most parts of the country. Read more »
January 14, 2023
Ghana: Govt, Organised Labour Agree On 30 Percent Base Pay Increase
Government has agreed with Organised Labour to increase the base pay for the 2023 financial year by 30 per cent. Read more »