Safo Kantanka Junior, CEO of Kanatanka Automobile, has revealed that the current government has purchased over 500 of the cars produced by the local manufacturer. He said to Bola Ray on Starr Chat Wednesday. “Under the Mahama administration, the late Vice President purchased and used some of our cars. But under this government a lot […]
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Parade held at RMU to mark world maritime day
A parade has been held at the Regional Maritime University to mark this year’s World Maritime Day, where players in Ghana’s Maritime space, met to celebrate women in the industry. The IMO uses this celebration to update stakeholders in the industry of steps being undertaken to enhance safety, efficiency and security of the global maritime […]
Girls in Ghana’s secondary schools encouraged to take up careers in maritime industry
The Ghana Maritime Authority in collaboration with the Women in Shipping and Trade Association (WISTA Ghana) has assembled girls in Secondary Schools from the Accra Metropolis, to educate them and inspire them to take advantage of career opportunities in the Maritime Industry. This was one of the key activities the Ghana Maritime Authority embarked on, […]
Samsung ends mobile phone production in China; shuts down last factory
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) has ended mobile telephone production in China, it said on Wednesday, hurt by intensifying competition from domestic rivals in the world’s biggest smartphone market. The shutdown of Samsung’s last China phone factory comes after it cut production at the plant in the southern city of Huizhou in […]
Fourteen habits of highly successful female entrepreneurs – (Part 1)
It is not easy for women to be successful in a male dominating society where there are unfair laws , stereotypes and male centered workplace practices ; where women are merely seen as sexual objects rather than human beings with more brains who possess certain attributes that many men lack . Speaker of the United […]
Borderless alliance, GSA hold multistakeholder dialogue on ETLS and AfCFTA
The Borderless Alliance, a private sector advocacy group, in collaboration with the Ghana Shippers’ Authority, has held a multi-stakeholder dialogue on the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The multi-stakeholder dialogue was to highlight the opportunities and challenges associated with the implementation of the ETLS and AfCFTA for […]
Bawumia launches YEA job Centre; says it is a major plank in govt’s job creation drive
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Wednesday October 2, 2019 launched the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) Job Centre which seeks to create employment opportunities for Ghanaian youth. The YEA Job Centre is the creation of the Youth Employment Agency encapsulating four projects dubbed the flagship projects. These flagship projects are the YEA Job Centre, the […]
Industry experts bemoan underutilized blue (Maritime) economy
The Deputy Minister of Transport, Daniel Titus-Glover, the CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Shipping, Dr. Kofi Mbiah, Dean at the School of Graduate Studies, Regional Maritime University, Dr. John York Abaidoo, have unanimously admitted that Ghana’s ocean resources are underutilized, and there is so much room to explore in order to fully harness the […]
IFS demands new law to restrict GNPC’s activities; ensure more transparency
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), a policy think tank, has called for the passage of a new law that will rein in the non-oil related activities of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) as well as make them more accountable. The institute’s latest Policy Brief entitled ‘Assessing Management of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation Revenue,’ […]
Increases in fuel prices, utility tariffs too much for consumers – Kofi Kapito
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Consumer Protection Agency, Kofi Kapito has described the cumulative price increases in some utilities and commodities as “very worrisome,” In the past few weeks, Ghanaians have been hit with increases in fuel prices, electricity tariffs and water tariffs. Mr. Kapito laments that it is “too much for the consumer.” […]
Oil Companies pay about GHC6 billion as taxes to government annually
The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) pay about GHC 6 billion annually to government as tax, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Dua, Industry Coordinator of the Association has announced. He said in 2019, they paid GHC 500 million as monthly tax to government, raking in a total of GHC 3 billion in the first two quarters of […]
Late Kofi Annan forced me to open a foreign bank account – Rawlings
Former President of the Republic of Ghana- head of state for a combine period of nineteen (19)- Jerry John Rawlings has revealed that but for the intervention of a respected figure Kofi Annan who ‘forced’ him to open a foreign bank account, he had never owned any bank account outside the shores of Ghana. He […]