AGI Admonishes Businesses
Ghanaian entrepreneurs have been advised not to shun the payment of taxes as business people in order to keep their businesses moving. The Chairman of the Northern Chapter of the Association of Ghana...
Tag: Association of Ghana Industries
Lack of Capacity Still Constrains Local Content In Ghana – AGI
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has cited the lack of capacity building as one major constraint to local content in Ghana. After almost three years since the passage of the Petroleum Local...
Cement Manufacturers Call On Gov’t To Regulate Imports
The Ghana Cement Manufacturers Association (GCMA) has called on the government to regulate the importation of cement to protect the local cement industry from collapse. According to the GCMA, the...
NPP Will Engage Businesses For Accelerated Development — Akufo-Addo
The Flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, yesterday promised the setting up of a consultative council that would constantly engage with business and industry...
Former AGI Boss Bemoans Obsolete Companies’ Code
A former president of the Association of Ghana Industries , Dr. Prince Kofi Kludjeson, has made a strong case for a revision of the country’s Companies Code. In his view, the current legislation...
Industrial Sector In Distress; Records 5% In Second Quarter
The country’s industrial sector is in a dire situation as figures from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) show that it recorded a -5percent growth in the second quarter, reflecting the draining...
Former AGI President Cautions Akufo-Addo Over Tax Reduction Promise
Former President of Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Dr Prince Kofi Kludjeson says although he welcomes the plan of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa...
NPP Tax Reduction Policy Is Empirically Driven – Apraku
A former Trade Minister has said the manifesto promise of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to reduce taxes in Ghana in order to bolster the capacity of businesses is supported by economic research. Dr...
NPP’s Manifesto Is Superior
The New Patriotic Party’s manifesto for the 7 December 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections is a good document that contains policies and programmes to deal with the fundamental issues...
Nana Addo Meets AGI; Pledges Massive Support For Industries
The Presidential Candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated his commitment to reduce the cost of doing business by reducing taxes in a move to...
Cement Manufacturers Mad At Spio-Garbrah
The Cement Manufacturers Association of Ghana (CMAG) has expressed dismay at Minister of Trade & Industry, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, for offering a permit to a Chinese to import 500,000 metric tons of...
Evidence of Mahama’s Success Is In People, Not Statistics
Deputy Finance Minister, Ato Forson says NPP Vice-Presidential candidate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is too fixated on statistics that he failed to see the real life impact of President Mahama's policies....
Key Business Associations Call For Punitive Action Against Shipping Lines Charging THC
Key business associations in the country have called on government and Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) to institute appropriate sanctions to recalcitrant shipping lines who have flouted the...
Bawumiah’s Bad Economics
By Cassiel Ato Forson In his typical fashion, Dr Mahamadu Bawumiah, Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, has presented a 2016 edition of his annual lecture, that simply comprises a...
Bad Economics For Political Gain
In his typical fashion, Dr Mahmud Bawumia, Vice Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, has presented a 2016 edition of his annual lecture, that simply comprises a mixture of half truths,...
Unapproved Charges At Ghana’s Ports Must Cease- Mahama
President John Mahama has ordered a stop to the terminal handling charges at Ghana’s ports. According to him, the charges have no legal basis and must be stopped with immediate effect. The...
AGI Welcomes President’s Directive On THC
Association of Ghana Industries has welcomed directive by President John Mahama to shipping lines to stop the Terminal Handling Charges at the Port. According to the AGI, the terminal handling charge...
Government Urged To Set Up Fund For SMEs
The acting Country Director of Technoserve, Mr Samuel Baba Adongo, has appealed to the government to establish a fund that would serve as a backbone to enhance the development of the small and...
Shipping Community Haggles Over Terminal Handling Charges
There is uneasy calm in the shipping sector between shipping lines/agents on one side and a critical mass of the shipping community made up of traders, freight forwarders and import/export...
Coalition Alleges Fraud In ECG Privatisation Process
The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), the Agency responsible for the implementation of the Ghana Power Compact, has been accused of falsifying documents prior to the conclusion of the deal,...