The food giant that owns the Cadbury brand is embroiled in fresh allegations of employing child labour after an investigation obtained footage of children working with machetes on cocoa farms in its supply chain, the Guardian has reported. According to the UK website, Children as young as 10 have allegedly been found working in Ghana to harvest […]
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Fuel prices to stabilise – BDCs assure public after BoG intervention
The persistent rise in the prices of petroleum products at the pumps in the last couple of months will now be a thing of the past, the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD), Senyo Hosi, has assured. This follows the major intervention by the Bank of Ghana (BoG). The central […]
List of entities responsible for charging E-levy
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has highlighted the entities responsible for deducting the yet-to-be-implemented Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy). According to the Authority, as of May 1, fast approaches, and the entities designated to make such deductions are prepping themselves to ensure that the new tax policy is implemented smoothly. A Head of Compliance, Domestic Tax […]
Reconstruction exercise not load-shedding: GRIDCo, ECG assure consumers
The management of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has assured the public that the reconstruction works it started recently will not lead to load shedding, popularly known as ‘Dumsor’. A joint statement issued by GRIDCo and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Accra yesterday said reconstruction work on GRIDCo’s transmission lines had commenced […]
We have a vision to transform Ghana and are doing so despite current global crisis – Bawumia
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reaffirmed the Akufo-Addo Government’s commitment to its vision of transforming Ghana despite the global economic challenges which have wrought dire straits on the country’s fortunes. Speaking at the Pentecost Convention Centre, Millennium City, Kasoa, on Thursday, (April 7, 2022), Dr Bawumia said the Akufo-Addo government has been focused […]
GRA to introduce tax filing App – Bawumia
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will soon launch a tax filing mobile application to enable the public to file tax returns and also receive tax clearance certificates. The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has explained that the App will help to deal with fake take clearance certificates in the system. The Vice President who was speaking at […]
Digitalisation has dealt a big blow to corruption – Bawumia
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is of the view that the digitalisation of various sectors of Ghana’s economy has greatly helped to reduce corruption. For him, “[it] has dealt a big blow to corruption” and that the government will continue to digitalise the remaining sectors of the economy. Dr Bawumia was speaking at a public […]
Domestic air travels surge: Record highest patronage in 8 years
Since the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions in the country last year, domestic air travel has increased, recording the highest patronage in the last eight years, data from airport authorities have indicated. According to the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), domestic passenger flows (throughput) jumped from 423,718 in […]
$9m Nissan assembly plant commissioned: over 31,000 vehicles to be produced annually
The Nissan Motor Corporation, in collaboration with its local partners, has commissioned a $9 million assembly plant to produce vehicles in the country. The Nissan Assembly Plant in the Industrial City, Tema, which has the capacity to produce 11,593 units of vehicles per shift per annum, is a partnership between Japan Motors of Ghana and […]
Japan Motors gets nod to assemble Nissan Navara
The government’s quest to make Ghana an industrialised nation in the nearest future is gradually beginning to bear major fruits. Through the Ghana Automotive Development Policy launched in 2019 with the aim of making affordable new vehicles in the Ghanaian market and reduce the heavy reliance on used vehicles, which create environmental pollution, Japan Motors […]
Parliament passes E-Levy Bill
Parliament today Tuesday March 29, 2022 approved the Electronic Transactions (E-Levy) Bill. This decision was reached after the Consideration Stage was completed by a Majority-sided House following the third reading of the Bill. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) staged a walk out after taking part in the debate of the Bill. The Finance Minister, […]
Fuel prices to be reduced by ¢1 from April 1 – Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors
The Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (COBD) has forecasted an up to ¢1 per litre reduction in the price of petrol and diesel by April 1, 2022. This follows several engagements the COBD had with the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and stakeholders to fashion out interventions aimed at reducing the prices at the various […]