Author: Anita Arthur Kissi-Mireku
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Ghana Tourism Authority shuts down Chinese restaurant operating as brothel
As part of its efforts to cleanse the hospitality industry of illegal and substandard facilities, the Ghana Tourism Authority has collaborated with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service to shut down KTV 86 Chinese Restaurant and Bar in Accra. The facility which is located in Labone was closed down on Monday 10th…
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MineX 360 launches child security system for schools
MineX 360 has launched a child security system for schools aimed at ensuring kids’ safety from their time of entrance to the time they are picked up. Smart School Application (SmartSapp) is a multifaceted mobile application developed with the primary aim of strengthening child security in schools and giving parents more control to ensure it.…
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Hoteliers back Ghana Tourism Authority to sanitise tourism sector
The Ghana Hotels Association is optimistic that the latest move by the Ghana Tourism Authority to clamp down on illegal operators, will improve tourism in the country. The GTA, on Monday 3rd June, 2019 closed down Villagio Vista Apartments, near Airport and Airport Side Hotel for operating without a license from the Authority. The move…
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Ghana Standards Authority collaborates with AGRA, Mexico to fight aflatoxin
Farmers involved in the production of grains are to benefit from a technology to help fight aflatoxin, which has for years posed as a hazard to their activities. This follows the latest collaboration by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa and the Embassy of Mexico. The three stakeholders…
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NCA unveils plan to ban all fake phones
Mobile devices that enter the country will now be tested for their authenticity before being released onto the market. This follows the completion of a state of the art laboratory by the National Communications Authority to test such devices. The NCA, together with other stakeholders in the telecommunications industry, has on a number of occasions…
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Gov’t shifts 10 percent renewable energy target to 2030
In 2011, Ghana passed the renewable energy act to anchor other policy positions of the country on renewable energy. Key amongst them was a target of 10 percent renewable energy in the electricity generation mix of the country by 2020. However, this target period has been reviewed and extended to 2030. Currently, the country depends…
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Ghana Standards Authority closes down two Chinese plastic companies
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has shut down two plastic producing companies which are owned by some Chinese nationals. The companies which were shut down after a swoop exercise by the GSA failed to meet regulatory standards. The factories which are both operating without the required license are located at Sakaman near Dansoman. The GSA…
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Pensions regulator to prosecute employers that fail to pay workers’ Tier-2 pensions
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) says it will soon begin the prosecution of companies that do not pay the tier-2 pensions of their employees. The threat of prosecution comes after the Attorney General recently gave the pensions regulator prosecutorial powers to go after companies that default in their workers’ tier-2 pensions. The National Pensions…
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Pensions regulator to ensure about 11m informal sector workers have pension schemes — CEO
The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) has said that it is working on new policies to ensure that the more than 10 million workers in the informal sector are able to access a pension scheme. The current three-tier pension system does not favour the informal sector in that most workers do not have a regular…