Category: FEATURES
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Registration for Ghana Rising conference opens
Registration for Ghana Rising, a one-day conference to deliberate on policies to help boost the productive capacities of local businesses, has opened. The event organised by Citi FM/TV will be held on September 19, 2019, at the Kempinski Gold Coast City Hotel in Accra. Explaining the rationale behind the event, Bernardino Koku Avle, General Manager…
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July inflation rises to 9.4 percent
Inflation for the month of July rose to 9.4 percent, the Ghana Statistical Service has said. The figure recorded for July was an increase in the 9.1 percent recorded for the month of June. Inflation, measured as consumer price index, measures the change over time in the general price level of goods and services that…
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Article: Why the Special Prosecutor (SP) must be interested in PDS saga
Since March this year, the Power Distribution Services (PDS) Ghana had been responsible for managing the retail, and distribution business of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), following government’s decision to executed the second Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC) with the U.S. government with the objective of, inter alia, increasing private sector investment and the productivity…
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![[Article] Dr. Bawumia; don’t let Saudi Arabia fish for you, learn how they fish](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Bawumia.jpeg)
[Article] Dr. Bawumia; don’t let Saudi Arabia fish for you, learn how they fish
Some years back, I used to watch Nollywood movies. As far back as I can remember, I watched this thrilling movie which told a great life lesson. This lesson was captured in a fateful encounter between a rich man and his friend who sadly struggled to make ends meet. The poor man grabbed every opportunity…
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Karpowership shuts down in preparation for relocation
Karpowership has announced that it will from tomorrow commence its plan of relocating to the Western region to access natural gas to power its plant. The company in a release said the planned relocation is going to last not more than 17 days and thus the plant’s 470MW power will be unavailable on the national…
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We’ll address concerns of businesses – Alan Kyerematen
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, has assured the business community of the government’s commitment to resolving bottlenecks that impede trade between Ghana and other countries in the West African sub-region. “The government is working with the ECOWAS, including our neighbouring countries, to remove obstacles that impede the free flow of goods from…
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![[Article] Impacts of fuel price hikes on the economy](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/petrol_pump.jpg)
[Article] Impacts of fuel price hikes on the economy
The speculation that government was once more going to increase taxes on fuels during the 2019 mid-year budget review contrary to public expectations has been confirmed. Therefore, in the coming days, consumers of petroleum products in the country will be paying more at the pumps as government announces increment in the energy sector levy to…
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![[Editorial] ‘Ghost workers’, your time is up](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/WhatsApp-Image-2019-08-07-at-2.01.50-PM.jpeg)
[Editorial] ‘Ghost workers’, your time is up
They are virtually everywhere – on government payroll, pensioners’ payroll and even the payroll of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, where reports indicate that relatives of dead beneficiaries continued to receive monies without informing the Social Department of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, which passed such payments. To say the…
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![[Article] A smart investor is an informed investor](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/bank-of-ghana.jpg)
[Article] A smart investor is an informed investor
In recent times, the financial sector in Ghana has come under strict scrutiny from its regulators. The Bank of Ghana (BOG) for instance, has been very stern in whipping both Financial and Non-Bank Financial Institutions into shape. The result of this exercise has led to the collapse and revocation of the license of seven (7)…
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![[Article] Adapting African agriculture to climate change](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Farming-agriculture.jpg)
[Article] Adapting African agriculture to climate change
Climate change is already putting huge stress on Africa’s food production systems. And, according to projections, worse is coming. As Ministers for Agriculture from across the continent gather in Kigali for the Africa Food Security Leadership Dialogue, ensuring a secure and sustainable food supply must be at the center of their minds. Over the past…