The Chamber of Commerce and Industry France Ghana (CCIFG) in collaboration with Allianz Insurance Ghana, CalBank PLC, L’oreal West Africa, Mazars, Marina Mall and Silver Star Auto Limited organised a Hybrid Business Conference on What does AfCFTA mean to Ghana.
This event, after the radio silence effect observed during the...
Background
The excess demand for the US dollar over supply remains inevitable, even in times of COVID-19 where rate of imports has declined. One of the recent Forex Forward Rates (FFR) auction in 2020 registered about 62.62% of banks’ excess bid over the accepted amount with a bid cover ratio...
… Health, education and religious bodies worst culprits
Out of 6,000 private and public businesses registered at the Registrar Generals’ Department, only 2,000 have registered with the Data Protection Commission (DPC), which means more than 65 percent of business in the country are not data protection compliant.
The act sets out...
...says delays deny state of much-needed revenue
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has urged government to review exploration contracts of companies that have failed to invest in their oil blocks.
In all, about 12 oil agreements, awarded prior to 2016, are said to be idle. The delay in exploring...
High Commissioner to Lebanon, Egypt and Sudan, Dr Winfred Okai Hammond has revealed that his outfit has rescued 2000 female migrants from Lebanon who were going through hazardous conditions to make ends meet.
According to him, they had the hope of finding greener pastures in these lands but were met...
The promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies is a requisite for sustainable development, and this requires great efforts on all fronts including control over arms flows and crimes, as highlighted by the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16. However, the widespread of small arms and light weapons constitutes one of...
Covid-19 continues to have an adverse impact on the global landscape. Assets worldwide are depreciating and bankruptcies abound; gold is a new means of storing wealth; stocks are at their lowest and almost worthless - except those of companies that provide the basics. Tullow that once was trading at...
The World Bank has indicated that Ghana is among countries expected to see fiscal deficit increase significantly and hit double-digits by the end of this year (2020).
In its Africa’s Pulse report (October 2020), the Bretton Woods institution ascribed the trend to loss of revenue and increased spending.
The country now...
The Discussions, which are being organised by CUTS Ghana - research, advocacy and consumer protection organisation in collaboration with Consumer International - aim to spread awareness on sustainable consumption and promote the habit of sharing resources within communities to get people to buy less, or at least to buy...
…Trade Minister lauds impressive revenues collected via ICUMS
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has reverted to its original revenue collection target of GH¢47.2 billion for 2020 after revising it down to GH¢42.7 billion earlier due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The move to go back to the original target,...