Government has ordered for shipping lines to withdraw the Terminal Handling Charges introduced at the country’s ports in August. This follows recent agitations by several business associations...
The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMU) is challenging suggestions that the industrial action that led to the dismissal of some 70 workers of Heavy Duty Equipment Supply Company, Mantrac is illegal. The...
President John Mahama is making a strong case for trade and investments from the country's development partners rather than just aid. According to the President, looking at the current challenges...
Out of the over 60 companies that expressed interest in the Private Sector Participation (PSP) in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has shortlisted...
The Ghana Railway Workers Union has told Citi Business News it will carry out its intended strike on Monday September 12, 2016 to drive home demands for better working conditions and upgrade in...
Passengers may be spared the impact of petroleum price hikes as the Ghana Private Road Transport Union, GPRTU, has ruled out any increase in transport fares. Prices of petroleum products were...
Economist, and member of the Finance Committee in Parliament, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei has defended the legislature’s decision to cap the Bank of Ghana (BoG) financing of government budget at 5...
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has issued new guidelines aimed at checking the rising incidence of fuel smuggling into Ghana. The new guidelines which took effect last week Thursday, September 1,...
The Institute For Energy Security (IES) is warning of a possible shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) this month. “Within the first pricing window, The Institute For Energy Security foresees...
Following the rebound in the global oil market price of both crude and refined petroleum, decrease in new imports to boost national stocks, and the relative stability of the cedi against the U. S....
Vice President, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, on Saturday inspected ongoing works at the ultra-modern Kotokuraba Market in the Cape Coast, the Central Region capital. According to the Vice President, the...
As it sheds its European Union membership, the UK is in a frantic search for options that will brace its economy against shocks, and this includes a target to achieve “record high” trade with...
Domestic suppliers, construction and transport companies are edgy they could be side-stepped in the execution of the US$1.5 billion Tema Port Expansion project, which is expected to start in the next...
Export earnings obtained from the processed, and Semi-processed sub-sector in 2015 saw a decline of 2.27%, figures from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority has revealed. In 2015, the value of the...
Ghana will later this month know whether the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will release the third tranche of its $918million Extended Credit Facility deal with the West African country. The...
Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, Minister of Trade & Industry, is said to be busily issuing cement licences to Chinese importers to import substandard cement even before a nine-member committee mandated by...
The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) has expressed its displeasure with recent strikes by workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The ECG workers have been striking in protest...
Citi Business News has gathered that government has set Wednesday to discuss details and possibly reach an agreement on demands being made by the Public Utility Workers’ Union (PUWU). The meeting...
The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) rose to 10.3 per cent year-on-year in July 2016 from the 7.6 per cent recorded in the previous month. According to the Ghana Statistical service, the 2.7 per cent...
Professor Jemmy Takrama of the Cocoa Research Institute, has joined the calls on Ghana to accept Genetically Modified (GM) foods towards ensuring food security. He said it was time the country...
