Author: Ellen Dapaah
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Stakeholders in insurance sector pledges to support AfFCTA
Stakeholders in the insurance sector have expressed readiness to support businesses trading in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfFCTA). Since the commencement of the agreement on January 1, 2021, businesses in Ghana, both big and small, have been charged to be proactive in taking steps to participate and benefit fully from the agreement. On…
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World Bank approves $100 million to strengthen Ghana’s social safety program
The World Bank has approved the $100 million Ghana Productive Safety Net Project 2 (GPSNP 2). The project will support the Government of Ghana to expand and strengthen its social safety net program which will directly benefit over 1.6 million people in the country. The project will help to improve the incomes and productivity of…
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SSNIT ordered to recover penalty charges from nine agent banks
The office of the Auditor General has ordered the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, (SSNIT), to recompute some GHS9.2 million which stand as total penalty charges from nine agent banks for the year ended 2019. In a report by the acting Auditor General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, on the public accounts of Ghana for the…
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We’ve taken steps to retrieve money invested in housing projects – SSNIT
The Management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says it has taken various steps aimed at retrieving its cash locked up in various capital investments. This comes after the Auditor General revealed in its audit report that the state agency has its US$185 million locked up in two housing projects in Accra.…
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Owusu Kagya asks: 27th June, 2021 declared census night, whither shall we go?
On Friday 19th March, 2021, His Excellency the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana announced 27th June 2021 as the Census Night date for the upcoming Ghana’s 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC). The day marked exactly 100 days to the enumeration of structures and persons in the country. The 2021 PHC will be…
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Papa Sam Blankson writes: We are not an independent nation
Ghana… We boast of being the first sub-Saharan African nation to gain independence. This is a feat our forefathers lived for, fought for and died for – A feat we will celebrate forever. 64 years down the line, political independence has become banal with a larger cross-section of the populace having only known post-colonial Ghana…
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Opera Square: Electrical cable dealers halt trading after take-over of stalls
Sale of electrical cables at Opera Square in the Central Business District of Accra was interrupted on Monday following the forceful take-over of traders’ stalls and other property. Although the reason for the take-over is unknown, the stalls have been replaced with containers. In this regard, the over 200 irate traders vandalized the containers which…
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Sophia Teye writes: Political independence without financial independence
Ghana just celebrated its 64th independence from British colonial rule. We have heard and followed many nostalgic stories from the past of the vision of our forebearers, our culture and heritage and all these gives us a sense of pride. But the question is, how long are we going to remember and celebrate the glory…
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Ghana a safe, peaceful destination for investments – Akufo-Addo woos Spanish investors
Ghanaian President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Spanish business owners to turn their attention towards Ghana telling them that the West African country is a safe place to invest their money. “As most of you know, Ghana is a haven of peace, security and stability, indeed, the safest country in West Africa, where legitimate…
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‘Business opportunites from AfCFTA enormous’ – Akufo-Addo to Spanish goverment
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says a very important plank of the new strategic partnership between Africa, Spain and Europe would be the strong support for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which began trading on 1st January. Speaking at the “Focus Africa 2023” Conference held in Madrid, in Spain,…