Category: News
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Standards Authority sets bribery rules with new committee
The Ghana Standards Authority in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade and Industry has inaugurated a 22 member committee to oversee the Anti-bribery System Standard in Accra. The Committee’s mandate is to study the International Standard Organization (ISO) 371001 system to determine if it can be adopted for the country as a standard against bribery…
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Nigeria slaps $2bn bill on phone giant MTN
Nigeria has asked mobile phone operator MTN to pay a $2bn (£1.6bn) tax bill, the company says. MTN challenged the figure, saying it related to activities over the past decade. It said it had settled the bill with a $700m payment. The tax demand is the latest in a series of disputes between MTN and…
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U/East: Rice farms ravaged after Tono Dam spillage
About 500 hectares of rice farms under the Tono irrigation project in Navrongo in the Upper East Region have been submerged as a result of the spillage of the Tono Dam. The spillage comes on the back of torrential rains and spillage of the Bagre dam putting the lives of residents along the spillway in…
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Gov’t checks overspending with Fiscal Responsibility Act
The government will soon introduce a Fiscal Responsibility Act, which will ensure successive governments do not spend beyond specific fiscal thresholds. Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, announced this at the 2018 edition of the Ghana Economic Forum on the theme, “Building a competitive economy for sustainable growth.” He also said government will establish a Fiscal…
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Labour Ministry intervenes in layoffs at Consolidated bank
The Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Ignatius Baffour Awuah has stated that he will by the end of the week meet with stakeholders and workers of the Consolidated Bank alongside some labour unions to address their concerns. Among other things, the meeting would seek to deliberate on labour plans for the consolidated bank and what would…
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Republic Bank launches ‘Republic Medical Loan’
Republic Bank Ghana, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings limited, has launched a new loan product, Republic Medical Loan, specifically to provide Private Health Care Providers with working capital and other bridge financing options. The objective of the loan product is to improve the health service delivery of the nation by empowering the private health…
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Century bond to check overpriced projects – Prof Quartey
The government should be able to finance major infrastructural projects and avoid budget overruns if it is to be successful with the maiden century bond. That is the assertion of Economist at the University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey. His comments come on the back of justification for the issuance of the bond by the…
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Ghana must improve strategy & capacity in Chinese negotiations – Ofosu-Dortey
A lawyer and Senior Partner at AB & David Law affiliates, David Ofosu-Dortey has said that Ghana’s seeming fixation with China as the most preferred trade partner is based on the country’s lack of strategy. According to him, Ghana has for a very long time engaged trade partners like China without a detailed strategy hence often…
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$350m China LNG deal to boost oil and gas sector
The Executive Director of the Kumasi Institute of Technology, Energy and Environment (KITE) Ghana, Ishmael Agyekumhene has described the 350 million dollar Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal deal with China as a good agreement that will boost Ghana’s oil and gas industry. Mr. Agyekumhene is optimistic the deal will ultimately secure the supply of fuel…
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Gov’t demands good working conditions for Ghanaians in Gulf States
The Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Ignatius Baffour Awuah has announced that government is in the process of putting together a bilateral agreement with countries in the Gulf States to ensure good working conditions of Ghanaian workers in the region. Government in 2017 placed a ban on all employment agencies in the country recruiting Ghanaians to…