Industry, services contract
Economist calls for inclusive policies to sustain growth
It is the sector given the least support; it is the sector with the highest number of aging workforce; it is the one that is least attractive to the youth.
But it is this same sector – agriculture –...
The food and beverage market in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) is projected to grow by US$1trillion in value by 2030, according to World Bank.
While this presents a huge growth potential, the industry in Ghana remains largely import dependent, with few big players along the production and processing value chain.
But for...
What does having a female president or vice president mean to the girl-child in Ghana?
It means a lot.
Generally, it means the same thing that the male presidents and vice presidents have meant and still mean to our boy-children: a role-model they can identify with through gender and physique, a...
…blames COVID-19 constraints on businesses
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) would be losing GH¢8 million, a quarter of its projected tax revenue of GH¢32 million for the year, due to the impact of the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) on businesses within the metropolis.
The assembly, was expecting to use part of...
The Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo has charged Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to strive to implement some internal reforms and ensure that their organisations are able to render efficient and accountable public service and not rely on donors to fund these reforms.
“All our reforms have been supported externally, and...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said it is taking steps to address the recent brouhaha and accusations regarding under-declaring of taxes among telecommunications companies in the country; saying it is working on forwarding letters to them in a move to retrieve the ‘lost’ monies.
This comes after the Minister...
The Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP), an initiative of the World Economic Forum and the OECD - in partnership with the government of Ghana through the SDGs Advisory Unit in the Office of the President and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) - has held the first Ghana SDGs Country...
Thirty-Six young Ghanaian students have been awarded scholarships for various master degree programmes in universities across Europe, under the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Programme.
This prestigious international study programme is part of the EU’s flagship educational and training programme, Erasmus+, which supports education, training, youth and sport in Europe.
The...
A three member Arbitration Panel appointed by the National Labour Commission (NLC) under Labour Act 651 and Regulation 17 of L.I 1822, and the ADR Act 798 has ordered GCNet to pay its staff made redundant recently as stated in the provisions of the HR Policy Manual without any...
The latest National Insurance Commission’s report has revealed that IBAG members earned a total brokerage income of GH¢134million in 2019 - up from GH¢113million in 2018. This represents a year on year growth of 19%.
According to the report, the top-10 companies contributed a total of GH¢78.9million in 2019 compared...