2018 Ghana SMEs and CEOs Summit & Expo slated for Nov. 26

The 2nd edition of the annual Ghana SME & CEOs summit, which brings together business chieftains, CEOs, Entrepreneurs as well as decision makers has been slated for 26th November 2018. The one-day world class event...

Rushed policies hurting Ghana – Fair wages boss

Head of Grievance and Negotiations at the Fair wages Cornelius Yawson has cautioned government on the rolling out of policies in a ‘rush’, saying there is the need for adequate sensitization. He said this approach...

World Bank to help Parliament recruit Economists for Budget Analysis 

The World Bank is expected to provide Ghana's Parliament $200,000 to support the recruitment of Economists and acquisition of ICT Infrastructure to enable Parliament establish and operationalise a Budget and Fiscal Analysis Office. The office...
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State Housing Company to complete abandoned projects – Ofori Atta

The rejuvenated State Housing Company has been given the mandate to complete all abandoned housing projects started by previous governments. That was disclosed by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta when he presented the 2019...

36 leading brands, top marketing professionals honoured at 8th MWA

About Thirty-Six top Marketing Professionals and leading brands across Africa were honoured at the Marketing World Awards held at Movenpick Ambassador Hotel  last Friday. Now in its 8th year, the event was on the theme;...

FIDO trains Kaneshie market women in financial, digital literacy

FIDO Money Lending Limited (FIDO) has organized a two-day financial and digital literacy workshop for market women in Kaneshie, Accra. FIDO is an innovative financial technology company that provides convenient mobile credit services to under...

Textile industry welcomes Tax stamp policy

The Ghana Textile industry has welcomed the decision by government to extend the tax stamp policy to textiles. According to the  industry, the stamps will compel smugglers of the product to pay taxes even if...

Ghana’s debt hits GH₵170bn; Over 208k private jobs created

The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed that the country’s debt has shot up GHC170.8 billion. Reading the 2019 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government, Ofori-Atta said “Mr. Speaker, the nominal public debt stock...

Tax stamp policy to extend to textiles – Ofori Atta

Government has revealed plans to extend the tax stamp policy to textiles in order to curb smuggling of the product in the country. The move is aimed at protecting textile companies in the country and...
FLASHBACK: Ken Ofori-Atta delivering Budget 2018

Collapse of Seven Banks cost gov’t GH¢9.9bn – Ofori Atta

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has revealed that the collapse of seven banks – unibank, Beige Bank, Sovereign Bank, Construction Bank, Royal Bank, Capital Bank, UT Bank – has cost the government an...