Two multi-purpose digital revenue solutions platforms that seek to plug leakages in the revenue mobilization chain locally and nationally have been launched with the aim of boosting internally-generated funds.
They are the revenue management software (dIL.Rev) and GRA rent Tax App which are government of Germany initiatives through their development...
Parliament has approved the Finance Ministry’s request to spend an amount of GH¢27,434,180,520 from the Consolidated Fund to finance government operations for the first quarter of the 2021 financial year.
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, on Wednesday, presented to Parliament, estimates of the revenue and expenditure of the government for January...
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, has urged all First Time Voters to be agents of peace as Ghana prepares to hold Presidential and Parliamentary Elections on December 7, 2020.
Ms. Mensa noted that the “destiny of this country is in the hands of the youth and their...
Genetically Modified (GM) crops are crops whose genetic material has been modified through the introduction of a gene from a different organism. Most GM crops have been developed to improve yield through the introduction of resistance to plant pests or of increased tolerance of herbicides.
The cultivation of these crops...
Since its inception, the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership has recognised the primacy of financing in catalysing progress. Since 2010 it has held four high-level meetings with finance ministers from all around the world alongside the World Bank’s Spring Meetings.
These meetings have become known as the ‘SWA...
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Seth Twum-Akwaboah, has said the operationalisation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), slated for January 2021, cannot be put on hold for everything to be ready.
With barely two months for the continental agreement, with a potential...
The shift to digital ways of working and collaborating has been a major success.
The COVID-19 crisis has shown the business world that it is possible to completely overhaul the way we do things in a matter of weeks or even days.
When the severity of the pandemic became more evident...
Civil Society Organizations under the Kasa Initiative Ghana have bemoaned the neglect of policies to address sustainable management of environment and natural resources in the manifestoes of the two leading political parties in the country, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the New Democratic Congress (NDC).
From an analysis of...
It was Peter Drucker the doyen of management, who once wrote, ‘Culture eats strategy for breakfast’. This statement underscores the primary role of culture in any organization, as an integral part of its existence and key to its success or otherwise.
Drucker goes on to argue that, culture, if not...
Environmentally friendly refrigerators and air conditioners will soon be widely accessible in Ghana through Green On-wage financing implemented by the ECOWAS Refrigerators and Air Conditioners Initiative in collaboration with Letshego and other banks.
The ECOWAS Refrigerators and Air Conditioners Initiative (ECOFRIDGES) is a joint programme by the United Nations Environment...