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Tag: Association of Ghana Industries
AGI Angry At Government Over High Taxes
Government’s continuous imposition and introduction of taxes on businesses is making Ghanaian businesses uncompetitive locally and on the international market. This is according to the Association...
Industries Want Subsidies On Residential Power Removed
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has served notice that industries can no longer bear the payment of subsidies on residential power, and therefore want it scrapped in the next tariff review...
Businesses Weeps Over High Taxes
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has entreated the government to reduce taxes for its members to be able to operate effectively. James Asare Adjei, President of AGI, has indicated that his...
High Cost of Credit In Ghana Is Worrying – BoG Governor
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku, has lamented over the high cost of credit in Ghana. According to him, it is a major problem confronting the banking industry,...
High Cost Of Credit Is A Major Problem For The Banking Industry-BoG Governor
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku, has admitted that the high cost of credit in Ghana is a major problem confronting the banking industry, saying he’s been having...
I’ve Sleepless Nights Over High Cost of Credit – BoG Governor
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Abdul-Nashiru Issahaku, has admitted that the high cost of credit in Ghana is a major problem confronting the banking industry, saying he’s been having...
Private Sector Must Own Exim Bank
The Minister for Finance, Mr. Seth Terkper has urged the private sector to brace itself up to own Ghana’s Export and Import (EXIM) Bank as the country prepares for massive industrialization....
Reconsider Trade Liberalization Policies
The President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), James Asare-Adjei has called on government to as a matter of urgency reconsider the Trade Liberalization policies and also address the...
AGI Awards Companies For Outstanding Performance
The Association of Ghana Industries has awarded over twenty companies and industries for their outstanding achievements and their immense contribution to the development of Ghana`s economy. This...
GRA Gets E-Payment Platform
Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in partnership with Ecobank and West Blue Consulting has launched an electronic card for the payment of customs duty as tax collector seeks to seal loopholes for tax...
Government Making Strides To Stabilize the Economy
He said the prospect of the economy was good, as has been indicated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its recent report. However, the government was not being complacent but was continuing...
Industry Cries Over Its Subsidy For Residential Users of Electricity
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has repeated calls for the cancellation of the tariff structure that mandates industries in the country to subsidise electricity cost of residential users....
Otumfuo Chastises Chiefs For Amassing Wealth From Land Sales
Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has taken a swipe at chiefs in his kingdom whose preoccupation is to sell stool lands. He is particularly worried such transactions are conducted at the expense of...
GRA Launches E-Card For Customs Duty Payment
The Ghana Revenue Authority in collaboration with Ecobank and West Blue Consulting has launched an electronic card for the payment of customs duty. The platform dubbed, “The Ghana National Single...
AGI Demands Review of Ghana’s Industrial Policy To Revive Manufacturing Sector
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) is demanding for an urgent review Ghana’s industrial policy to help in the resuscitation of the country’s manufacturing sector. The Ghana Industrial...
Nduom Opens Rejuvenated Rice Mill In Worawora, Volta Region
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghanaian business empire, Groupe Nduom Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has officially opened the Worawora Rice Mill Factory which will produce...
Astronomical Interest Rates, Killer of Businesses
One and five Ghana cedis notes. File photo. “Well, I do not think I will be able to go for the loan for us to undertake the project. The interest rate the financial institutions are quoting is too...
We Can’t Remain On the Fringes of Oil Industry – Kwame Jantuah
The country and its citizens cannot remain on the fringes of the oil and gas industry, feeding off the crumbs of the big international players, in the form of unskilled labour, security, hotel...
Punish Gov’t Officials Who Don’t Comply With Made In Ghana Policy – AGI
President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) James Asare Agyei has called on Minister of Trade and Industry to sanction all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA’s) that fail to...