The management of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has detected some 2,999 ghost names on the Agency’s payroll, saving the State about GHs1,067,700 in the process. A statement signed by the acting...
Bankers have expressed satisfaction with the first 100 days of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government, singling out the move to re-profile short term debt into longer ones as one of the...
The NPP government has with immediate effect, through the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) abolished the Value Added Tax (VAT) charged on all financial service transactions in the country. GRA in a...
The Bank of Ghana (BOG) has urged financial institutions and stakeholders within the industry to embrace regulatory requirements as they are key to a healthy financial sector. According to the BOG,...
The World Bank Group has launched XL Africa, a five-month business acceleration program designed to support the 20 most promising digital start-ups from Sub-Saharan Africa. Start-ups will receive...
Foreigners will no longer be allowed to work in Saudi Arabia's numerous shopping malls, the labour ministry announced Thursday, in the latest measure to boost employment of Saudis. The kingdom has...
Soft growth in North America, Europe and Brazil hurt sales at Unilever and Nestle, two of the world's major consumer companies. But both firms said they expected to meet sales goals stated...
The Ministry of Information has launched a national policy summit aimed at regularly informing the public on detailed government strategies on revamping the economy for sustained growth. The...
The Kumasi City Mall has finally been commissioned for business today attracting hundreds of residents within the Garden City. The facility which is the biggest ever in the history of the region is...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ghana will end the year without making significant progress in reducing its debt-to-GDP ratio. This is according to IMF’s Fiscal Monitor report released...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday concretized his resolve to make agriculture a major source of employment for the youth by launching the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme at...
New claims for US jobless benefits rose slightly in mid-April but the total number of people seeking unemployment insurance hit a 17-year low, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The figures...
Verizon Communications Inc (VZ. N), the No. 1 U.S. wireless carrier, reported a 20 percent fall in quarterly profit as it lost wireless postpaid subscribers despite the re-launch of unlimited data...
The bank was set up in 2012 to fund renewable energy projects The Green Investment Bank (GIB), set up by the UK government five years ago, has been sold to Macquarie Bank, with a value of £2.3bn....
A supply and value chain expert, Vincent Ebo Ocran, is proposing a partnership between Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire as a measure to ensure a stabilisation of cocoa prices on the world market. He argued...
Premier League clubs posted record revenues of £3.6bn in 2015-16, but still struggled to make a profit. The 20 top-flight English teams made a pre-tax loss of £110m, after two consecutive seasons...
Britain is losing up to 1 billion pounds a year in value added tax (VAT) because of fraud or error by sellers using online marketplaces eBay and Amazon, a report by the government auditor said. The...
Some of the leading names in the fields of music, marketing, policy and technology will meet at Alliance francaise Accra for the 3rd Impact Music Conference. The aim of the conference is to develop a...
The Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, has little hope in the $2.25 billion bond sparking any substantial or long-term economic turnaround. Indications are that the Cedi may be...
The Ministry of Finance has described attacks on the $2.25 billion bond issued recently as baseless. The Minority group in parliament, led by a former Deputy Finance Minister, Mr. Cassiel Ato Forson...
