The Automobile Dealers Union-Ghana (ADUG) has stated its intention to engage in an unprecedented demonstration if parliament goes ahead with its plan to ban the importation of second hand cars. The Majority Leader of Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah Bonsu, recently made known that Government was working towards a bill that will …
Read More »Angry Automobile Dealers Union Ghana demands majority leader to justify statement over ban on overaged second hand vehicles
Automobile Dealers Union Ghana are demanding an immediate justification of a statement made by the Majority leader Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu that government intends to ban the importation of overaged second hand vehicles. The group who say the statement may not be the official position of government want the legislator …
Read More »ECG to deploy artificial intelligence in fighting power theft – Bawumia
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is readying to rollout an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system to fight power theft in the country says the vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Speaking at the launch the ECG Mobile Application (ECG POWER) in Accra, the vice President said revenue collection from supplied electricity …
Read More »Fall in petrol prices likely soon as price build up turns negative
Consumers of petroleum products in Ghana can now look forward hopefully towards a rare decrease in pump prices for both gasoline and diesel, as well as LPG. However the beginnings of possibly a sustained fall in global oil prices, which would drive a fall in pump prices for petroleum products …
Read More »COCOBOD bought untested omnifert fertilizer in 2018 – Report
It has emerged that, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) in 2018, bought fertilizer from Omnifert Limited, even though there was no evidence at COCOBOD or CRIG that the product had ever been tested on matured cocoa farms or on seedlings, the Accra High Court, has been told. When the transaction …
Read More »Tarkwa: Mining company fined GHc1.5m for power theft
A Tarkwa based mining firm called Mohammed Mining Company has been busted by the Electricity Company of Ghana for illegal connection. The task force who acted on a tip-off upon the arrival at the company’s site observed that power had been tapped from the main source without the consent of …
Read More »Non-payment of electricity bills to be criminalized – ECG
The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, has hinted that it is lobbying Parliament to pass a law that will criminalize nonpayment of electricity bills. Ghana has about 85% electricity penetration rate but the nonpayment of Electricity bills by consumers continue to suffocate the power distributor hence the move to pass …
Read More »Mobile data penetration crosses 100% mark
At the end of December 2019, total mobile data subscriptions stood at about 30.4 million, which is 101 per cent penetration compared to the country’s population. Mobile cellular voice subscriptions have for many years been more than the country’s population, but mobile data subscription had not topped the population until …
Read More »‘Arrogant’ police officers harass GhanaWeb journalists
The popular saying “the Police is your friend” is often negated by the conduct of the Ghana Police Service, and only of decreasing minority have a good word to say about these men in uniform in terms of upholding professional conduct with the general public. One major characteristic of a …
Read More »Goldfields won’t exit S.A. – CEO
Mining giant Gold Fields will not be rushing to join AngloGold Ashanti in exiting South Africa after its last mine in the country returned to profit last year. The South Deep operation generated US$15 million of net cash in 2019 after a decade of losses. Profitability will improve this year …
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