Category: Transport
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NIC extends deadline for submission of motor insurance data by insurance firms
The National Insurance Commission, NIC, says it is expecting all insurance companies to furnish it with information on all motor insurance policy holders by March 2020. The directive follows the commencement of the Motor Insurance Database, which has replaced the old insurance stickers with an electronic one, to check fake insurance stickers. In January, the…
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Consumers lament ‘high cost’ of courier services as E-commerce booms
As internet and mobile phone usage increases, it is not only connecting people, but also facilitating e-commerce, making it easy for people to purchase items or deliver same conveniently. This is often made possible by the growing number of courier services in the country. While this is becoming the preference for many, there’s an emerging…
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IMANI dares Trade Minister to speak on UNI-PASS single window system
As the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, continues to defend government’s expected introduction of the UNI-PASS single window system, IMANI Ghana is calling on the Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, to make his position known on the matter. Ahead of the piloting of the new system at the Takoradi Port…
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Implementing UNIPASS won’t result in judgement debt – Customs
The Ghana Revenue Authority, GRA, has dismissed suggestions that government may incur judgement debt over the decision to roll out a new customs management system at Ghana’s ports. The new system, which is widely known as UNIPASS, will replace the roles carried out by GCNet and West Blue whose contracts are yet to expire. But…
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UNIPASS kicks off in February despite freight forwarders’ resistance
Barring any last-minute change, the government will commence the implementation of a new platform for the recording of imports and exports at the country’s ports this month. Though widely known as the UNIPASS system, a Deputy Finance Minister, Kwaku Kwarteng explains that the eventual rollout will see to the outdooring of a new name for…
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Gov’t targets a review of port charges to meet regional standards
The Ministry of Finance says it is working to ensure that levies and charges placed on imports into Ghana are at par with others within the West African sub-region. A Deputy Minister of Finance, Kwaku Kwarteng, explained in an in an interview with Citi Business News that though Ghana is a signatory to several trade…
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British Airways CEO plans ‘surreptitious’ visit to Ghana as airline disregards complaints over ‘bedbug-infested planes’
The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of British Airways, Alex Cruz, is visiting Ghana on Sunday February 2nd 2020, but has no plan to meet and engage Ghanaian Aviation officials to address outstanding concerns about the Airline’s poor service and ill-treatment of Ghanaian travelers. It would be recalled that in January 2018, the then Aviation…
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Changing Business Trends: Taxi drivers find ways to compete against Uber & co
Globally, technology is disrupting many traditional businesses and threatening to put many out of jobs. The transport sector is one area experiencing such disruptions as ride-hailing apps are threatening the traditional taxicab business in countries like Ghana. Some taxi drivers who are already feeling the heat in major cities where the likes of Uber and…
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Don’t just purchase any car, know its history [Article]
The year 1886 in history marks the birth of cars, first to be developed by the German inventor Karl Benz. He developed several identical copies with petrol or gasoline fuel transmissions even though some prototypes were earlier developed in 1796, 1808 and 1870 fueled by steam-power, hydrogen, and gasoline respectively. However, not until the early…
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Neoplan Ghana hopeful of gov’t intervention as Trade Ministry puts closure on hold
Management of the Neoplan Ghana Limited has commended government’s effort to help revive the struggling company. The company was scheduled for closure this Friday 31st January 2020, due to lack of financial support and contracts. But the Ministry of Trades and Industry has intervened asking management to hold onto the closure as it finds a…