BUSINESS

Price of iced sachet water now 30 pesewas

The National Association of Sachet and Packaged Water Producers (NASPAWAP) has reviewed the price of iced sachet water from 20 pesewas to 30 pesewas, effective March 15, 2021. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency by Mr Magnus Nunoo, National President, NASPAWAP, said the increase was the result of …

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A Graduate Accountant Turned Agri – Preneur

Nowadays, young men and women are more interested in professional jobs like; Banking, being Doctors, engineering amongst others and make a spectacle of farming as jobs reserved for illiterates. Well, the story is changing by the day, Mr. Harrison Addison is an Accountant who graduated from UPSA. He is now …

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Kumasi Central Market traders threaten naked demo over relocation

Traders at the Kumasi Central Market on Tuesday stormed the premises of Otec FM, a private radio station, to register their displeasure at Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) over their eviction.   The traders, according to them, have their stalls fenced on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, and prevented entry, without prior …

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Agenda 111 is biggest investment in healthcare – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that his government will ensure the construction of regional hospitals in all the newly created regions and districts without hospitals. Delivering his first State of the Nation address of his second term on Tuesday, March 9, President Akufo-Addo described Agenda 111 as the biggest healthcare …

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Address cash flow challenges of GRIDCo, ECG – IES to Gov’t

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has called on government to address the cash flow challenges of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to enable them operate effectively across the country. This follows the disruption of power supply across the country on Sunday, 7 …

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New rules to protect dormant deposits

The Bank of Ghana last week unveiled new regulations that address the sometimes controversial issue of inactive deposit accounts. Up till now, deposit-taking institutions have been allowed to apply their own definitions of what constitutes a dormant account and what to do with accounts they classify as dormant, and this has sometimes …

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KGL to release funds to NLA for payments of wins

The Management of KGL Technology Limited, a licensed online lotto marketing company responsible for the operation of *959#, the official shortcode of NLA has arrived at a consensus with the leadership of the Financial Business and Services Employees Union (FBSEU) of G. F. L., and the National Lottery Authority (NLA). …

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Ghana wins ‘airport war’ with Britain

British online news platforms as well as some newspapers have been awash this week with news that British authorities would now allow flights from Accra, Ghana to land in Heathrow instead of Gatwick as had earlier been proposed by British authorities. Some of the reportage did very little to hide …

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Cement price goes up

Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the price of cement has escalated over the last few days across the country. According to cement sellers and stakeholders, “clinker”, the raw material used to produce cement is imported and since its price has increased in the international market owing to the pandemic, a bag of …

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‘Keteke, Here we come!’ – Amewu ‘kicks off’ railway transformation agenda

Railway Development minister, John-Peter Amewu, has declared the start of a transformation agenda in the sector he will be leading. “Keteke, Here we come! The transformation Agenda for Ghana’s railway sector has Begun,” he wrote on his social media pages. The post was in reaction to his March 5 inauguration …

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