BUSINESS

Mortuary workers call off strike after three days

The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has called off its nationwide strike “for now” after three days of disrupted services. The decision was taken on Thursday after the leadership of the group met with the National Labour Commission. The association declared an indefinite strike for its members on Tuesday, …

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Committee calls for port concession agreement review

The Ministerial Committee set up by the Economic Management Team to review the concession agreement between the government of Ghana (GoG) and the Meridian Port Services (MPS) has made a compelling case to the government not to implement the agreement in its current form. The committee in its report, a …

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Akufo-Addo appoints Michael Ansah as CEO of GIADEC

The President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, has appointed Mr Michael Ansah, as Chief Executive Officer of the newly established Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation. The Government has outlined its intent to develop an Integrated Aluminium Industry which will be one of the major pillars to drive the …

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Ghana Commodities Exchange: marketing opportunities to farmers

Ghana’s economy has been predominantly agrarian. Various cash crops have a place in Ghana’s economic history. Tetteh Quarshie, for example, brought cocoa from Fernando Po, having experienced the viability of the beans. Other food crops such as rice, maize, soybeans etc. have been on our production radar. Farming is mostly …

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President swears in GIADC Board

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has sworn into office the Board of the Ghana Integrated Aluminium Corporation (GIADC) with a call on the body to ensure Ghana harnesses the gains of the aluminium industry timeously. The eleven-member board, chaired by Dr. Tony Oteng Gyasi, and industrialist, includes Mr. Addae Antwi-Bosiako, …

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Akufo-Addo wants vibrant Ghana aluminium industry

President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged the Board of Directors of the newly-instituted Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC), to ensure that a vibrant aluminium industry is established in the country. Addressing the Board of Directors of the Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation at the Jubilee House after administering the Official …

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Ghana is 4th fastest growing economy in Africa – IMF

Ghana is expected to become the fourth fastest growing-economy in Africa, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Ghana is projected to achieve 7.6 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in 2019. The projected growth rate is up from the rate of 6.3 per cent GDP in 2018, …

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New ECG owner, PDS starts operation today

The new owners of the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, Power Distribution Services, PDS, has officially begun operations today, Friday, March 1, 2019. Government has on Wednesday handed over the operations of the state-owned facility to PDS. The Minister of Energy, Peter Amewu at the handing over ceremony said goverment …

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EOCO boss K.K Amoah sacked

Executive Director of anti-graft agency, the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), ACP K.K Amoah, has been removed from office. Myjoyonline.com sources in government say he has been replaced by DCOP Adusei Poku. ACP Amoah has since been ordered to hand over to DCOP on Thursday, February 28, the sources …

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EPA revokes license of Chinese fish farm in Asutsuare

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revoked the environmental permit for China Fujian Fishing Limited Facility located at Asutsuare in the Greater Accra Region. The EPA, in a statement, said the move is in accordance with Regulation 26 of the Environmental Assessment Regulations 1999 (LI 1652). “Investigations conducted by the …

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Petroleum slows producer inflation to 3.4% in January

The consistent drop in prices in the petroleum subsector has influenced the overall decrease in the average change in the prices received by domestic producers for the production of their goods and services. The inflation rate for the petroleum subsector declined consistently to record 3.8 percent in January 2019, after …

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Be wary of ‘abnormal’ interest rates – GRA boss

The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has urged the public to be wary of investment plans, which promise more than three per cent monthly returns because they are abnormal. Emmanuel Kofi Nti said as a former Bank Examiner and with his background in the financial sector, there was …

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Government targets effective labour regime

Government is preparing to sign a social partnership agreement with members of the National Tripartite Committee (NTC) and key stakeholders in the labour sector to consolidate relations between the various social partners in the post International Monetary Fund (IMF) era expected to begin April 2019. The members include organized labour …

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Tax exemption policy threatening fiscal stability – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has admitted that Ghana’s tax exemption policy is gradually becoming a menace to the country’s fiscal stability and revenue generation ambitions. Speaking on tax exemptions at the State of the Nation Address in Accra yesterday, the President indicated: “Revenue mobilization poses the biggest challenge in the management of …

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