Category: Local Economy
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Shippers Authority calls for professionalism among Upper East Police to promote transit trade
Senior Police Officers in the Upper East Region have been urged to upgrade their level of professionalism to boost transit trade activities on the nation’s trade routes. This came up during a sensitization seminar organised by the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) in Bolgatanga on transit trade through Ghana’s major transit corridors. The Authority said it…
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Stakeholders call for robust labour standards to improve working conditions of gig workers
Most companies in Ghana’s Platform Economy, like Bolt, Jumia Food, and Uber, are yet to meet minimum standards of fair work – such as offering a living wage or minimum protection against accidents. This is according to a survey conducted by the University of Oxford and the University of Ghana Business School. The research, “Fairwork…
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Vestergaard-Noguchi Memorial Institute for medical research celebrates 10 years of partnership in the fight against malaria
Vestergaard and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has celebrated the 10th anniversary of their highly respected Vestergaard-NMIMR Vector Labs (VNVL), also known as the Vestergaard-Noguchi Vector Labs (VNVL), in Accra, Ghana. Through research collaborations, VNVL have become vital to insecticide monitoring activities in Ghana and, as the battle against malaria intensifies across…
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Government urged to review Rural Banks’ corporate tax rate
The Association of Rural Banks (ARB) has appealed to the government to review downwards the corporate tax rate of Rural and Community Banks (RCBs). Mr Kwame Owusu Sekyere, Acting National President of the Association, who made the appeal, said this would help strengthen the capacities of rural and community banks to live up to the…
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AGI challenges SMEs to adopt good business practices from inception.
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has charged Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the country to adopt good business practices from their inception. This according to AGI will enable such businesses to grow into formidable institutions in the future. The remarks were shared at the 10th AGI Ghana Industry and Quality Awards 2021 held over…
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Government can solve unemployment with investments in technical and vocational education- Dr Kwabena Duffuor
The government has been urged to commit adequate resources to Technical and Vocational Education and Training as a way to curb the growing unemployment rate in the country. A former Finance Minister who is also the founding and presiding President of the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Dr Kwabena Duffuor has suggested that the failure to…
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ADB fetes 2021 national best farmers
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has hosted the 2021 National Best Farmers Award winners to a Welcome Cocktail. The cocktail, which has become part of the National Farmers’ Day celebration for the past 12 years, is organized by the Bank to welcome the best farmers who have been nominated at the national level for awards.…
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Prez charges GIPC to attract investments for Ghana’s post-covid recovery
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has urged the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) to canvas for the right investments to support Ghana’s post-Covid 19 recovery agenda. “We are emerging from a challenging global situation, the pandemic of COVID-19, and GIPC, the principal investment promotion agency for our country, has an enormous task ahead of…
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Ghanaian techies bemoan lack of confidence in local innovations
CEO of Afrifanom formerly known as Vokacom Company Limited, Nana Osei Kwasi Afrifa has lamented the lack of confidence in Ghanaian software developers or tech companies in producing solutions for various sectors of the economy. Although stakeholders keep preaching the use of Ghanaian innovations to push local start-ups and businesses, both private and public sector institutions…
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Local industries will die if not protected from inferior imports – Prof. Dodoo
As the debate on the benchmark value reduction policy continues, the Ghana Standards Authority has added its voice to calls for the protection of local industries. According to the Director-General of the Authority Prof Alex Dodoo, local industries will die if they are left to compete unfairly with cheaper sub-standard imports. He made the remarks…