Real estate developer and executive chairman of JL Holdings, Dr James Orleans-Lindsay has renewed his call on government to establish a fund to support players in the real estate sector provide affordable housing units for Ghanaians. A construction levy or fund, according to Dr Orleans-Lindsay, will afford developers lower interests on loans taken to build […]
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has revealed that for the first time, Ghana did not import any seeds in the 2019 crop season. He was speaking at the launch of the new ‘Leadership4Africa’ Forum for African Agriculture Ministers held in Accra yesterday. The Minister said, “Improved seed that our own scientists had […]
Minister of Business Development, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal has appealed to entrepreneurs to create internship opportunities for students and give them essential skills to equip themselves. This, he said, is the surest and practical way in building an entrepreneurial culture among students before they come out of school. He also urged entrepreneurs to create more […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo says the Board will soon distribute electronic scales that will be used to weigh cocoa in farming communities across the country. He said this at Pramkese in the Kwaebibirem Municipality of the Eastern Region as part of his working visit to the region. Mr. […]
Government will soon introduce a new fiscal regime for the mining sector to ensure Ghana derives maximum benefit from the extraction of her mineral resources, the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed. The paradigm shift in the thinking behind the utilisation of Ghana’s mineral resources would seek to ensure value addition to the minerals […]
The decision by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to import and distribute motorized slashers to cocoa farmers in the country was born out of the government’s recognition of the need to alleviate the labour intensive parts of cocoa farming; beginning from planting to harvesting and then on to the sale of their harvest. It is […]
The 2020 National Daily Minimum Wage (NDMW) has gone up 11 percentage points over the 2019 NDMW of GHC 10.65 to GHC11.82, effective from January 1, 2020. This is in pursuance to the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651) section 113 (1) (a) and the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921). Mr Ignatius Baffour Awuah, […]
The President and Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Ichiro Kashitani, has assured the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to expect the first Toyota vehicle to be assembled in Ghana to be outdoored by August 2020. Thanking the government of President Akufo-Addo for its help and support towards the realization of […]
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the McDan Group, Dr. Daniel McKorley says supporting young entrepreneurs to grow their businesses and create jobs in order to boost the country’s economy has always been his passion. Dr. McKorley went into action in 2018 after emerging winner of the covetous Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) […]
Telecommunications group, MTN has taken its telco services one step further in Africa with the release of an instant messaging mobile app called ‘Ayoba’. The primary function of Ayoba is to send and receive messages. However, it comes with a truckload of additional services that make it a significant rival to popular chat mobile app, […]
Springfield Exploration and Production Limited (SEP), a subsidiary of Springfield Group, will make history by becoming the first indigenous Ghanaian and African energy company to drill for hydrocarbons in deep water at depths of 4,000ft and beyond. The company begins its first drilling campaign in 2019 and is on course to be the first independent […]
Government has begun collaborative consultations with Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to resolve the take-or-pay obligations crippling Ghana’s energy sector. The three-month engagement, directed by the ministers of energy and finance, will involve direct discussions with each of Ghana’s Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and gas suppliers, among others. At a meeting with stakeholders in Accra yesterday, […]
