Following the controversial resignation of Kemi Adeosun over the possession of a fake NYSC exemption certificate, President Muhammadu Buhari as appointed Zainab Ahmed as the new finance minister. Below is her full profile. Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed is the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI. She holds a B. Sc degree […]
Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cylinder Manufacturing Company, Frances Essiam is advocating a national dialogue that will help proffer a clear cut solution to dealing with the country’s depreciating currency and also push government’s industrialization agenda. According to her, the country must institute measures that will promote manufacturing and discourage imports. Speaking on Accra […]
The World Bank has approved a 30 million dollar International Development Association (IDA) credit to support the Government of Ghana strengthen its financial sector stability. The support is also to improve inclusiveness for users of formal financial services and the financially excluded, particularly women, rural communities and farmers. Commenting on the gesture, the World Bank […]
Some manufactures of designer blocks in the Greater Accra region are lamenting over what they say is the gradual collapse of their businesses due to “record low sales” in recent times. Speaking exclusively to BestnewsGH.Com, some designer block manufactures along the Mallam-Kasoa highway and mortuary road near Korle-bu teaching hospital said their businesses are on […]
Story by: Bismark Okyere-Darko The Ministry for Business Development has announced a 530 million Ghana cedis support facility for entrepreneurs in the country. The initiative is a result of a partnership between government, the Institute for the Creation and Development of Enterprise (INCYDE) Foundation and CASA Africa. The package will include the training of some […]
Pressure group Occupy Ghana has voiced its displeasure and opposition to plans by government to lift the ban on small scale mining in the country. According to the group, about 95 percent of mining licenses in the country have no parliamentary ratification, hence are illegal and as such should not be allowed to operate. Group […]
The World Bank has approved 50 million dollars to support the government’s efforts at addressing illegal small-scale mining under activities outlined in the Multi-Sectoral Mining Integrated Project (MMIP). The draft manual of activities would be sponsored by the Bank and presented to its top management. The document is expected to be approved for implementation within […]
Story by: Prince Daud Katouri Women in Nuoru, a farming community in the Nadowli District of the Upper West Region have united to fight against the felling of shea trees and perennial bush burning in the community and surrounding villages. The shea nuts which is gotten from the shea tree is the raw material […]
Former Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) Alfred Obeng Boateng has described the Executive Secretary of COPEC, Duncan Amoah as an immature person and a blackmailer. According to him, recent allegations levelled against him by the COPEC boss stems from ignorance and his inability to have a grasp of what […]
Management of the Ghana Revenue Authority has met with members of the media fraternity to share the vision of the Commissioner-General, Emmanuel Kofi Nti for the Authority dubbed GREAT 1. The encounter was also to discuss new initiatives in GRA and appeal to the media to be true advocates of GRA in facilitating revenue mobilization […]
Government will soon make it mandatory for all small scale miners to take insurance covers in order to insure their lives and those of their families. The move is part of government’s quest to streamline the mining sector and ensure only licensed and certified people are allowed to operate mining concessions in the country. Secretary […]
Menzgold Ghana has announced the continued suspension of its gold vault product market services until the 28th of September 2018. The continued suspension of the market services is as a result of the current brouhaha the company is engaged in, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A statement issued by the company and under the […]
