President Nana Akufo-Addo GOVERNMENT, LAST year, outlined a number of initiatives to cushion the effect of the pandemic on some sectors of the economy and sections of the population; these
Govt Levies Banks To Settle Clean Up Costs
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Ghana Records $2.6bn FDI For 2020
Yofi Grant, CEO, GIPC FOREIGN DIRECT Investment (FDI) inflows into Ghana for 2020 surged to a total of $2.6 billion despite the raging Covid-19 global health pandemic. The impressive worth
Government Warns TOR Workers
Dr. Opoku Prempeh interacting with the workers MINISTER OF Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has warned workers of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) that government will not hesitate to dismiss anyone
Samsung Ghana Launches 2021 TV Media Challenge
Some journalists being briefed at the launch SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS has launched the 2021 edition of its TV Media Challenge for Ghanaian journalists, bloggers and tech lovers to express their passionate
Gov’t Targets 7 Priority Areas
Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu GOVERNMENT HAS stated it is focused on developing some seven priority areas for this year. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader in Parliament, who made this known while delivering the
Gov’t Proposes 1% COVID-19 Levy
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NBSSI Interventions Reach Over 900,000 MSMEs
Kosi Yankey-Ayeh The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic been able to roll out interventions that have reached over 900,000 Micro
Downstream Petroleum Industry Dev’t Key To AfCFTA Success
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia VICE PRESIDENT Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged players in the downstream petroleum industry to focus on developing it, leveraging opportunities offered by the African Continental
BoG Revises Sanctions For Dud Cheques Issuance
Dr. Ernest Addison – Governor of BoG The central bank says it has revised the sanctioning regime in respect of the issuance of dud cheques for strict compliance by banks
Leverage Technology To Stay Competitive – NBSSI
Kosi Yankey-Ayeh THE NATIONAL Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has marked this year’s International Women’s Day with a call on women entrepreneurs to leverage on technology to stay competitive
Co-operate, Make Africa Self-Sustaining – Bawumia
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia VICE PRESIDENT Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia has noted that the COVID-19 pandemic and protectionist interventions by major suppliers to Africa is a wake-up call for African
Ghana Records $2.6b FDI For 2020
Yofi Grant, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows for the year 2020 surged to a total of $2.6 billion despite