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The Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) has withheld the payment of the September 2022 salaries of some public sector workers due to a mismatch of employees’ bank names on the Government of Ghana payroll. Others affected are workers with invalid bank account numbers. In a statement, the CAGD said …

Director of Faculty of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Professor Kwesi Aning, has asserted that notorious illegal small-scale mining kingpin, Aisha Huang is a Chinese spy who is waging economic warfare on the country. In a September 7 interview with Accra-based Joy FM, …

A new report published by the Bank of Ghana has revealed further details regarding the resolved microfinance companies and savings and loans institutions, with new information indicating most of these companies diverted funds into other ventures – thereby leading to their insolvency. In a collaborative effort by the Joint Receivers, Bank of Ghana and …

Key poultry sector stakeholders are worried about suspicions of imported frozen chicken being dumped onto the Ghanaian market, citing several reasons including low cost of the product vis-à-vis high taxes slapped on the commodity and other crucial reasons. Despite a tariff of 35 percent and other taxes slapped on imported …

Uganda’s education sector will fully recover from COVID-19 impact and aftereffects after 2030, according to Makerere University-based thinktank, Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC). In the research in which experts analyzed levels of key education advancement indicators such as enrollment, transitioning, and quality of education in the years preceding 2020 when the pandemic …

The government has placed a ban on the importation of SUVs by public offices. This forms part of measures adopted by the Akufo-Addo administration to address the current economic challenges facing the country. Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, 24 November 2022, to announce measures adopted by the government …

Head of Public Sector Reforms, Thomas Kusi Boafo, has proposed the dismissal of ‘alcoholic public sector workers’ because their productivity is negligible. According to him, they do not contribute to the country’s development yet, they are being accounted for on payroll. Mr Boafo’s case is not against occasional drinkers, but …

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, expressed optimism that the E-levy policy will be approved but, in the event, it does not go through, he said, the government will turn to the petroleum sector for revenue. According to him, he is still surprised at the dissenting voices in relation to the proposed …

  South Africa has been ranked as the top global business services sector location for 2021, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) has announced. “In a boost to business confidence, South Africa has won an award as the top global location for business process services, in a sector …

  Energy Expert Mr Kojo Poku has blamed the problems in the energy sector in Ghana on the Ministry of Finance. He has therefore asked the general public not to question the Energy Ministry for the issues in the power sector. His comments come after the Ghana Grid Company Limited …