2020

The European Union (EU) has commended Ghana for her commitment to the fight against the adverse effects of climate change. Madam Diana Acconcia, EU head of Delegation to Ghana, said the Union was also stepping up in its engagement with…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has asked Ghanaians to shun persons who promote ethnocentrism and divisions. “No one who is committed to the Ghana Project, as I am, can have an ethnic agenda. Rather, we should shun all those…

South African telecoms giant MTN appears to have avoided paying any capital gains tax in Uganda on the lucrative sale of its investment in mobile phone masts in the country. MTN’s latest financial statements, published in August, say it…

The Forestry Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding with TC’S Energy Limited USA Inc to develop the Digya national park in the Bono Region into a green city resort. With an investment of $11 billion, the partners seek to…

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina was formally sworn into office for a second term on Tuesday after a historic re-election last week. The swearing-in ceremony, which took place at the Bank’s Abidjan headquarters was presided over by the newly…

The Ghana Interbank Payments and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), a subsidiary of the Bank of Ghana, has introduced a Near Real Time (NRT) Automated Clearing House (ACH) Direct Credit platform that allows Corporate Institutions to make bulk…

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), is to support Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Assemblies (MMDAs) to prepare COVID-19 recovery plans. The…

The United Nations Office in Ghana has released a booklet of key messages covering COVID-19 preventive and impact mitigating measures, and the contributions of the UN to the national response. In a press release issued by the UN…

On the last days before Ghana’s Parliament went on recess the government laid before it for approval some agreements under the Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF). Parliament hastily went through those bills, ‘debated’ and approved…

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has asked the Government to increase the disbursement of petroleum revenue allocated to the health sector through the Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA). It said the GH¢68 million…