BUSINESS

Some Senior High School (SHS) girls on vacation have drifted southwards from the northern regions to work as head porters popularly known as Kayayei in some of the busiest markets in the Ashanti Regional capital as Christmas approaches, MyNewsGh.com reports. Though their fees are fully catered for by the government …

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) is set to roll out the much-touted Vehicle Registration System (VRS) on January 2, 2020. The digital registration infrastructure which will fully be deployed by the Authority will enable clients complete their vehicle registration processes in an hour. It is, therefore, envisaged that …

Poultry farmers in the Bono Region say Ghana’s local industry is in the position to meet demand locally and for export if government provides the right support. The Bono Region has over 3,000 poultry farmers who produce about 50 percent of the country’s local poultry products. Ghana still spends millions …

Management of Old Mutual Health Insurance has launched an innovative local travel accident policy that allows subscribers to apply for cover through social media platform, WhatsApp. The product is an ‘on-demand’ travel accident policy that provides pay as you go cover for individual road journeys from city to city in …

Employees of Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCO) yesterday suspended the sit down strike they embarked upon on Wednesday to demand for debts owed the company by Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and other state companies. A press statement released yesterday said following a joint standing committee meeting of the management …

Transnet has continental ambitions beyond freight and wants to be a major player in railway equipment and expertise. It is starting by reviving narrow-gauge railways in West Africa. South African state-owned rail and freight operator Transnet has agreed to a rail revitalisation deal with the Ghana Railway Company Limited and …

A policeman has shot a driver’s mate in the leg over an alleged refusal to pay bribe at a police barrier at Inchaban in the Western Region. The 25-year-old John Essandoh has since Friday when the incident happened, been transported to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra for the bullet …

The President of the Ghana Best Farmers’ Association, Nana Abraham Adusei has asked policymakers in the cocoa industry to actively involve cocoa farmers in decision-making processes. Addressing a members of the World Cocoa Farmers’ Organisation (WCFO) themed “Consolidating the Cocoa Farmer’s Voice – a Key to Sustainable Cocoa Production and …

The Local Government Ministry has announced, the setting aside of some streets within Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions, as street markets during the yuletide. The “Street Hawking Markets”, according to a statement signed by sector Minister, Hajia Alima Mahama, will operate between 5am-11pm from Monday, December 16, 2019, through to …

LPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the government is working to ensure strict enforcement of the country’s laws to discourage foreigners from engaging in retail business in the country. The President said he sides with the Ghana Union of Traders Association’s (GUTA) interpretation of the country’s trade laws …