2017

A partnership between Scania West Africa Limited, Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), and Government Technical Training Centre (GTTC), has led to the establishment of the West Africa Transport Academy in Tema.…

Five organisations in the Upper West Region have instituted an investigation into the alleged contamination of Shea butter and groundnuts from the region. The team of investigators comprises the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), the…

Prosecution in the alleged assault case involving Bishop Daniel Obinim, the Founder of God’s Way International Church and two of his pastors lamented over threats and insults rained on complainant in the matter. According to Deputy…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in the bid to maintain constant interaction with Ghanaians would be spending the weekend in the Ashanti Region. The move, which the President intends to institutionalise would see him spend a…

Parliament on Friday passed the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2017, which would require all taxable retailers and wholesalers to account for the Value Added Tax (VAT) at a flat rate of three per cent. The rate would be…

Mr Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu, the Deputy Minister-designate of Health, has given the assurance that the ministry intends to clear the backlog of nurses by employing them to improve health delivery in the country. He said the…

In the next three years the World Bank will make a replenishment of International Development Assistance to the tune of $75 billion, with some $50 billion of that going to countries in sub-Sahara Africa in the next three years. Ghana…

The Board of the African Development Bank, (AfDB) has approved a $450 million financing for the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank) to support trade in Africa, a press release copied to ghanabusinessnews.com has said. The…

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Mr Agyenim Boateng Adjei says the Authority would not yield to political pressures in approving contracts. He indicated that high levels of non-compliance…

The government has commenced the processes on Ghana’s Beneficial Ownership Disclosure (BOD) from being a legislation to the implementation stage to meet the 2020 deadline. A beneficial ownership register seeks to make public, the…