Traders who deal in the retailing of palm wine are urging the youth to venture into the business. The traders believe it is a very lucrative area but yet to receive the needed recognition especially at a time when unemployment remains high. Jessica Ayorkor Aryee explores the lucrativeness of the business in this report she […]
Representatives of both the Ghanaian and Nigerian governments will today, Monday, November 4, 2019, meet to discuss possibilities of opening Nigeria’s border to Ghanaian traders. The border which was closed in August 2019, according to the Ghana Union of Traders’ Associations (GUTA) has affected their businesses. Over the weekend, the Nigerian government announced the extension of the […]
The Ghana Union Traders Association (GUTA) has dared the foreign traders whose retail shops have been closed to sue them if they feel they are being treated unfairly. GUTA, yesterday [Thursday] demanded the closure of all retail shops belonging to foreigners by Monday, November 4, 2019, with claims that the government has not fulfilled its […]
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has said it will add $1 billion to the country’s reserves by the end of this year to stabilise the cedi against major international currencies. According to the Governor of the BoG, Dr Ernest Addison, the accumulation of more dollars is to help increase the net international reserve and also […]
MTN Ghana has presented a brand new car to the overall winner of the MTN Mobile Money (MoMo) 10th Anniversary Promotion in the Central Region. The event which took place today, Wednesday October 30, 2019 saw Mr. John Amoah emerging as the overall winner. In his remarks after the presentation, the Regional Senior Manager for […]
Work being done to enable Ghana Gas supply gas to power the Karpowership is near completion with gas flow expected to start today. According to the Ghana Gas Company, engineering works, electrical connections and laying of pipelines to the Karpowership at the Sekondi Naval Base in the Western region is about 98 percent complete. Ernest […]
The Africa Public Sector Conferences and Awards (APSCA) has awarded the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), the Executive Chairman of JGC and Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong and the District Common Fund Administrator Naa Torshie Addo among others at its Second Africa Public Sector Awards night in Accra. The APSCA initiative is aimed […]
The Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Olufemi Michael Abikoye has said that his country is working closely with Ghanaian officials to deal with the several truckloads of goods that have been grounded at the Seme border between Benin and Nigeria due to a temporary shutdown of Nigeria’s borders. Nigeria partially closed its borders with […]
The US Embassy has explained why it insisted on Ghana keeping the Power Distribution Service (PDS) deal despite the government’s claim that the consortium lacked a valid demand guarantee. A spokesperson at the Embassy Naomi Mattos told JoyNews’ Kojo Yankson that the first statement issued by the American government established that Meralco be maintained in […]
Over the past couple of months, the Ghanaian citizenry have been treated to a very public spate between their government and one of the biggest, most vibrant and most widely patronized sectors of the national economy – the telecommunications industry. Initially a two way dispute between the two parties, it has since grown into a […]
“I don’t wake up today expecting my tomorrow to be better than my yesterday. I always wake up to have this belief that my tomorrow is going to be tough; so I face the world with that kind of mindset. But if it happens to be good, I say hallelujah to God. So this is […]
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, has reclaimed the World’s Richest Man title few hours after losing the spot to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Bezos who ended Gates’ 24-year run as world’s richest man last year by becoming the first man on earth with a net worth of $160 billion, lost the spot on Thursday October 24, after […]
