The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Board of Executive Directors today discussed a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Ghana for 2022 to 2026.
The CPF prioritises investments in human capital, job creation, economic diversification, building a resilient health system,...
The Rice Millers Association of Ghana, has described governments new directive to adjust the benchmark value policy to 30 percent discount for all goods and 10 percent for vehicles as a political move which goes against the country’s industrialization...
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres has announced the appointment of Ms Hanna Serwaa Tetteh of Ghana as his Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa.
She succeeds Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon, to whom the Secretary-General reiterates his deep gratitude and...
After months of agitation and weeks of consultations with stakeholders in the trading community on the benchmark values reduction policy, the government has finally concluded on a 30 percent discount for all goods and 10 percent for vehicles.
According to...
The Supreme Court has contemplated a consolidation of two separate applications initiated by lawyer and a broadcaster, Richard Dela Sky, consequent to the 2022 budget approval brouhaha in December 2021.
This was after the Court had adopted, and set for...
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has dismissed a private member’s motion on the floor of Parliament seeking to probe COVID-19 expenditure.
According to him, the work of such a bi-partisan committee is already provided for by the...
The Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, has said that the proposed Electronic Transaction Levy, E-Levy, which is currently before parliament, offers patriotic Ghanaians an opportunity to contribute their quota to nation building.
Addressing a town hall meeting in Wa on...
The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has directed casket makers along the Mortuary Road, near the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, to obtain permit from the agency and the relevant local assemblies to protect the environment and public health.
The...
According to the “The Better Africa” report the failure rate for startups on the African continent, between 2010-2018, was at 54.20% on average, with Ghana (73.91%) and Nigeria (61.05%) with some of the highest failure rates.
While there are...
Road Transport Operators have concluded negotiations on increment in fares pegging the percentage increase at 15 percent.
These new fares will take effect Saturday, February 26, 2022. It includes fares for shared taxis, intra-city (tro-tro) and intercity (long distance)
Earlier, the...
