Government is expected to accrue US$1.56billion as export tax from a US$60billion investment into the establishment of the Petrochemical Hub in the Western Region, a report of the select committee on Mines and Energy on the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation Bill. 2020 has revealed.
According to the report presented to...
The President's recent visit to the Northern Region left in its wake fulfilled promises made to the Chiefs of then Northern Region in the run up to the 2016 general elections. Our region as well as those that were carved out of the former Northern Region (North East and...
The Nation Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has launched a long-term development framework for Ghana, dubbed the Ghana@100 Long-term Development Framework. The main aim of the Ghana@100 Long-term Development Framework is to have a democratic, inclusive self-reliant and developed country by the time Ghana is 100 in the year 2057.
At...
How do you navigate your way through a location you are not familiar with? This calls for the need of a directional map that shows you your current location and give you the opportunity to choose your destination. The lack and/or inadequate financial strategy we put in place puts...
The Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) has partnered the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to launch a portal that provides information on agriculture to financial institutions to aid them in loan assessments relating to agric.
The platform - the GIRSAL Agriculture and Agribusiness Knowledge...
MTN Ghana has assured shareholders that it has put in place the right governance structures that will sustain its profitability and long-term viability as it pays it shareholder 6 pesewas in dividends per share.
Acknowledging the increasing savviness of the telecommunication market, changing customer expectations and the heightened complexities of...
The Ghana Stock Exchange saw a decline of trading activities in the first quarter of the year, mainly induced by the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic - pushing investors to flee to safer havens like gold, the Japanese Yen and US dollar, a Bank of Ghana report has...
In order to create a much deeper, more liquid corporate bond market in Ghana, State-owned Enterprises (SOEs), particularly those under the control of the Ministry of Finance and the Social Security National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), must as a matter of urgency, initiate measures to begin listing debt and equity...
Quartey calls for consumption of Made in Ghana goods to revive sector
If there is any sector that was not spared the ruins of the coronavirus pandemic, then, the manufacturing sector cannot be overlooked, as new data shows it has experienced its biggest contraction in more than six...
Even though the country’s stock market has also been badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic and plunge it into abysmal form, market watcher SEM Capital Advisors Limited says the falling share prices present a good opportunity for investors who are looking to the future and want to increase their...