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Businesses urged to leverage international markets as Ghana, Turkey strengthen investment ties
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, is urging Ghanaian businesses to take advantage of opportunities beyond the country’s borders to expand trade and drive economic growth. According to him, the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises have the potential to make a significant contribution to the ec...
Importers welcome postponement of revised Container Administrative Charge
The Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana has welcomed the government’s decision to postpone the implementation of the revised Container Administrative Charge, describing the move as timely and necessary to ease tensions within the shipping and logistics sector. Executive Secretary of the Association, Samson Asa...
Offinsomanhene backs Minority tour, urges MPs to champion cocoa farmers’ concerns
The Offinsomanhene, Nana Dwamena Akenten II, has called on the Minority Caucus in Parliament to strongly represent the interests of cocoa farmers as they embark on a tour of cocoa-producing communities across the Ashanti Region. “Go and speak for the farmers — we are behind you,” the chief told the lawmakers when a del...
Empowering excellence: Zenith Bank rewards top WASSCE performer
For Huda Suglo Suleman, years of hard work paid off in grand style when Zenith Bank (Ghana) Ltd honoured her with a laptop and a cash prize of GH¢30,000 for emerging as the Overall Best Student for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The recognition, conferred on Huda at the recently...
ASEC calls on GRIDCO to publish comprehensive report on power outages, prevention measures and future rollback plan
The Africa Sustainable Energy Centre (ASEC) is calling on the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) to provide the public with a comprehensive technical report on the recent widespread power outages and system disturbances affecting electricity supply across parts of Ghana. GRIDCo has indicated that the latest disturbanc...
Gold is a better stabiliser of Ghana’s inflation than oil
Every Ghanaian remembers 2022. The price of bread, transport, cooking oil, school fees, everything went up at the same time. By the end of that year, Ghana’s annual inflation had reached 54.1 percent. Families that had planned carefully found their budgets shattered. The country was in genuine pain. The instinct of man...
Telecel Ghana expects to declare profit after 30% growth in 2025 – CEO
The Chief Executive Officer of Telecel Ghana, Patricia Obo-Nai, says the company expects to declare a profit this year following strong growth in the 2025 financial year. Speaking on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM, she revealed that the telecommunications operator recorded about 30 percent growth by the end of the 20...
Existing banking model could draw a dagger through Ghana’s 24-Hour Economy
BoG must facilitate productive-sector financing — or enable a specialised value-chain industrial bank Ghanaian banks are lending again, but where that money goes could determine whether the 24-Hour Economy delivers genuine industrial transformation or merely fuels another cycle of consumption and imports. Total bank ad...
Minority insists GoldBod must account for GH¢22bn reported loss
The Minority in Parliament has maintained that the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) must account for an alleged GH¢22 billion loss under the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP) in 2025. The Minority said the response by GoldBod Chief Executive Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, to concerns raised over the programme failed to adequat...
Tax education must start from basic school – Nana Kwesi Essel Okyeahene
The Gyasehene of Gomoa Wassa, Nana Kwesi Essel Okyeahene I, has called for tax education to be introduced from the basic-school level to help build a culture of voluntary tax compliance in Ghana. Nana Kwesi Essel Okyeahene, known in private life as Noble Francis Essel Okyeahene, is the Director of Young Executive and O...
Promasidor Ghana unveils Onga Mix Tomato Paste, names Diana Hamilton brand ambassador
Promasidor Ghana has expanded its Onga product range with the unveiling of Onga Mix Tomato Paste, a new product the company says has been developed with the preferences and needs of Ghanaian consumers in mind. The unveiling, held in Accra, also saw gospel musician Diana Hamilton unveiled as the new brand ambassador for...
“I don’t know how we’ll defend $1.7bn gold loss” – Boadi
The Dean of the Faculty of Accounting and Finance at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Professor Isaac Boadi, has called on the government and the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to clarify whether they have accepted the reported $1.7 billion loss associated with the Domestic Gold Purchase Programme (DGPP). Spe...