BUSINESS

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 25 July 2019, launched the Community Mining Programme at Wassa Akropong in the Western Region.The Community Mining Programme is aimed at formalising mining in selected communities across the country.With, at least, one community mine expected to be set up in each of the …

A mother has been arrested by the vigilante group in her area for tying up her daughter because she refused to sweep.   Facebook user Somto Okafor said he heard a child crying in a house in Awka, Anambra state. Upon investigation, he found a girl tied up with a rope. …

While indications are clear that West Africa’s first refinery, the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is in a deep debt hole burden, officials employed to turn things around have rather resorted to a denial syndrome. The company lost a staggering GHS186 million in the first four months of operations this year. …

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will soon shut down some investment firms operating in the country after it completes an ongoing forensic audit of some 21 investment companies, the Deputy Director-General of SEC has disclosed. According to Paul Ababio, who refused to give further information on these firms, SEC …

The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is planning a mammoth demonstration against government in three months, if it fails to enforce laws governing retail trade. President of the Association, Dr Joseph Obeng, at a press conference held at the Central Business District (Opera Square) said, if government does not …

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) says the National Media Commission’s ruling on the government’s dispute with Joy News over the airing of a documentary which exposed the existence of a militia group at the Christiansborg Castle in Osu is confusing. The NMC ruled that the Joy News documentary …

Ghana will join the likes of Singapore and China in rolling out a universal Quick Response (QR) Code system for payments that will enable even small and petty traders to have easy means of getting paid, Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said.Dr Bawumia disclosed this when he delivered a lecture …

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has urged the general public to disregard what it describes as the “falsehood” being propagated by some communicators of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the effect that stalls at the newly-constructed Kejetia Market are being allocated to only loyalists and supporters of the governing …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 23 July 2019, opened the state-of-the-art Operational Office Complex of Ghana National Gas Company.The office complex is expected to deliver first-class gas operations and support services for the country’s gas sector, whilst, at the same time, accommodating the women and men of the …

The United States Embassy is asking for a thorough enquiry into the death of investigative journalist, Ahmed Suale, seven months after he was shot by unknown gunmen at Madina in Accra. With little in the form of a breakthrough for the investigators, the embassy said Mr Suale’s death was more …