Author: Minna Dablu
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Dealers in Books & stationery lament low sales as schools remain partially opened
Operators of books and stationery stores in the Central Business District of Accra say they are still yet to make the expected revenue from the partial reopening of schools across the country. The COVID-19 induced restrictions which affected schools have taken a toll on this business, and the partial reopening has not made any significant…
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KIA expansion, New GCAA headquarters projects on course – Kofi Adda
The Ministry of Aviation says two out of the three major expansion projects at the Kotoka International Airport will be ready for public use by early next year. This was made known during a tour of all the three projects. The projects include the Air Navigation Services (ANS) facility, the new headquarters of the Ghana…
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Customers of defunct Man Capital demand timelines for payment of locked-up cash
Customers of defunct Man Capital Microfinance Company Limited are seeking timelines for payment of their locked-up cash from the Receiver of the collapsed microfinance and savings and loans institutions, Eric Nana Nipah. Man Capital was among the 347 microfinance entities whose licenses were revoked by the Bank of Ghana during the clean-up of the sector.…
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Travel and tour operators excited over possible reopening of air borders
Some operators in Ghana’s Travel and Tour industry have welcome the news of the possible reopening of the Kotoka International Airport for international air travels on September 1, 2020. President Nana Akufo-Addo announced a possible reopening of the air borders in his latest update on the country’s fight against the Coronavirus pandemic last Sunday, August…
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Aviation Ministry revokes GCAA cargo directive over lack of stakeholder consultation
The Aviation Ministry has revoked a directive by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority that ordered that cargo goods without manifest and air waybills should be ceased. The directive, which was given by the then Director-General of GCAA, Simon Allotey, prior to his retirement stated that all cargo that came into the country without the appropriate…
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Be calm; Taskforce will lock up illegal foreign shops this month – GUTA urges traders
The Presidential Task force on Foreign Retail Trade set up by government to sanitize the country’s retail space is set to begin an exercise on August 10, to lock up foreign-owned retail shops whose operators do not have the requisite documents to do business in the country. This follows renewed tensions between Ghanaians and Nigerian…
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22 million Ghanaians hit by reduced income due to COVID-19
A Households and Jobs Tracker survey by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), has revealed that the incomes of 22 million Ghanaians have reduced since March 2020, when COVID-19 hit the country. This makes up 77.4 percent of the total household population in the country, the Government Statistician, Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim, noted at a press…
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ECG connects Ghana Infectious Disease Centre to national grid
The Ghana Infectious Disease Centre has been connected to the national grid by the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, in support of the national fight against COVID-19. ECG’s intervention means that the 100-bed capacity facility is set for treatment and management of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases in the country. The ultra-modern facility worth US$7.5million…
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Customers wearing Face Shields to be turned away from banking halls
The Ghana Association of Bankers has cautioned the general public against the use of face shields without masks in the banking halls and other service points. In a statement, the Association said this is in line with protecting its staff and customers from contracting the Coronavirus COVID-19. “As an association, we have in the interest…
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‘We deserve protection; our lives matter’ – Nigerian Retailers in Ghana cry out
The Nigerian Union of Traders in Ghana, NUTAG, says its members feel threatened by the recent actions of the Ghana Union of Traders Association, GUTA. A scuffle nearly ensued at the Tiptoe Lane in Accra last week, when some members of GUTA demonstrated against the continuous presence of foreigners in Ghana’s retail space particularly without…