President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 9th May, 2018, left Ghana for the United Kingdom on a week-long vacation, his first since being sworn-in as President on 7th January, 2017.
He was accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, his children and grandchildren.
Whilst away, the President will honour...
Today’s inter-connected world of business is getting smaller and competitive. As a result, the competitive edge of a business sets it apart from its cohorts.
Businesses therefore need real life success stories to share their experiences in order to stimulate creative thinking, build engagement, forge internal linkages, encourage and foster...
As the country’s economy recorded impressive growth of 8.5 percent in 2017, the highest ever in five years, the sector that has been touted as the economy’s backbone—agriculture—continues to see its contribution to GDP decline.
The sector’s contribution to GDP in 2017 dropped from the 18.9 percent recorded in 2016...
The labour front has been relatively quiet ever since President Nana Akufo-Addo assumed the Presidency, and that has augured well for industrial peace. However, last week leadership of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOSSAG) held a press conference and raised some disconcerting issues.
Their beef is...
These days, imported furniture - no matter how well-used and dirty - is more appealing to a lot of Ghanaians than locally made ones.
The excuse? Well, imported furniture is of a higher quality; local furniture does not have the best of finishing, and the upholstery materials used for them...
Former staff of UT and Capital Banks have called on the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and PwC—the officially appointed Receiver after revocation of the two banks licences in August 2017, due to severe impairment of capital, to pay their agreed exit package.
The two collapsed banks had a combined staff...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has urged consumers to boycott products that do not bear its recently introduced tax stamps, as a means of forcing manufacturers and importers to comply with the new policy.
The authority has also cautioned wholesalers, distributors and retailers of products listed to be sold with...
Since they are the ones that support local businesses, local banks are the most affected when government delays in paying local contractors - a situation which puts foreign concerns ahead of the competition by miles, Frank Adu, Managing Director of locally-owned CalBank has said.
“Local banks support local contractors, but...
The recently awarded 10-year third single window contract to Ghana Link Network Services Limited is breeding confusion at the country’s ports, as operators say there was no stakeholder consultation in the selection of a third company to provide paperless services at the port.
The paperless port - a project that...