Category: News
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GHL Bank Supports School Feeding Programme
GHL Bank has reached out to children in deprived communities through the donation of exercise books and 10,000 bowls and for the Ghana School Feeding Programme. GHL Bank has donated a significant quantity of exercise books and 10,000 bowls to the Ghana School Feeding Programme. These items are to be distributed to deprived kids The…
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Parliament passes Fiscal Responsibility Act to ensure prudent spending
Parliament has approved under a certificate of urgency, the Fiscal Responsibility Bill. The Bill, which has been touted by the government as one of the instruments through which it will maintain fiscal discipline as the country exits the IMF Program. It seeks to ensure fiscal responsibility, macroeconomic stability, and debt sustainability. There were however concerns…
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UNIPASS takeover of single window at ports will bring efficiency—GIFF
The Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF) is hopeful the takeover of the single window system at the ports by UNIPASS will help strengthen custom-to-custom corporation. Beginning January 1, 2019, South Korean company, UNIPASS will take over the single window system which was jointly operated by the Ghana Community Network Limited (GCNet) and Customs World…
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Nigeria’s first gold refinery to triple capacity in 5 years
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Nigeria’s first gold refinery is expected to more than triple its capacity within five years after operations begin next June, an executive at the company developing it said on Tuesday. Nere Teriba, vice chairman of local firm Kian Smith Trade & Co, said the refinery would initially be able to produce three tonnes per month…
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Govt blocks dumping of imported inferior cement in Ghana
Minister for Works and Housing Samuel Atta Kyea has bemoaned the dumping of inferior cement unto the local markets which he says possess serious hazard to the housing industry. The minister believes this is the cause of constant collapse of buildings in the country. He made these remarks at the CIMAF customer Awards dinner held…
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Your investments are safe—Gold Coast Holdings assures customers
Gold Coast Holdings has assured its customers and the general public that their investments are safe and secured. According to the company, it is making good progress in transforming the Structured Finance product that thousands have benefited from to become an even more beneficial one. The assurance comes after some customers of the company formed…
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Article: Ghana’s pathway to the future: jobs and opportunities for the people
The Ghana government’s new Coordinated Program strives to create opportunities for all Ghanaians; safeguard the natural environment and ensure that it is resilient; deepen governance to fight corruption and enhance public accountability to maintain a stable, unified, and peaceful Ghana; and create a competitive business environment to build a strong and resilient economy. Ghana has…
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Ghana to maintain cocoa production target despite oversupply on world market
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it will continue to put in place measures to boost the production level of Cocoa even though there’s a risk of contributing to the oversupply of the commodity on the world market. According to the CEO of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, other countries like Ecuador, Ivory Coast and Nigeria will continue…
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Customers of Gold Coast Fund Management petition presidency over locked up funds
Some aggrieved customers of investment company, Gold Coast Fund Management are threatening to demonstrate on January 7, 2019 to demand payment of their funds. The customers, yesterday petitioned the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Bank of Ghana and the Presidency over their locked up funds. The group, the Concerned Gold Coast Fund Management Customers, is…
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Insolvency law to be passed next year–Govt
A Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomnka-Lindsay has assured that the corporate insolvency bill will be passed within the first quarter of next year. The assurance follows the completion of the necessary parliamentary procedures surrounding the bill. The bill when passed seeks to improve the quality of the legal regime for corporate bodies…