Reducing Cost of Doing Business
New and existing businesses seeking documentation for their operations should be able to do so within a relatively shorter period effective end of this month. It follows the implementation of a rapid...
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Government To Slash Corporate Taxes To 20% In 2018 – Alan Kyerematen
Private sector businesses should from next year begin paying less in corporate taxes. It comes on the back of the proposed 5 percent drop in corporate tax from the current 25 percent. The slash in...
Parliament To Probe Bribery Claim At Ghana Standard Authority
Parliament’s Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee says it will investigate the bribery allegations against a former Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority. The Committee said it will...
Govt To Slash Corporate Taxes To 20% In 2018 – Alan Kyerematen
Private sector businesses should from next year begin paying less in corporate taxes. It comes on the back of the proposed 5 percent drop in corporate tax from the current 25 percent. The slash in...
Former Standards Authority Director Cited In $1.2m Kickback Scandal
Joy News has intercepted an investigative report which alleges that former Executive Director of the Ghana Standards Authority Dr George Crentsil received a $1.2million kickback from a contractor....
TPP Trade Deal Will Continue Without Trump
The controversial trade pact was dealt a blow when the US ditched the deal Asia-Pacific trade ministers have agreed to resuscitate the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal,...
Pacific Rim Nations Fight To Save TPP Trade Pact
Asia-Pacific trade ministers agreed Sunday to resuscitate a massive free trade pact thrown into doubt by a Donald Trump-inspired US pullout, as fears rumble of a new global era of protectionism. The...
‘Every Entrepreneur Should Strive To Be Unreasonable’ – Graduate Bread Seller To Dumelo
The bread seller has replied the actor with a quote from Sir Richard Branson The KNUST Graduate who was teased by actor and NDC member, John Dumelo for selling bread on the streets of Accra has...
Ghacem, Diamond Cement Are Exploiting Ghanaians – Retailers
The United Retailers Association of Ghana is appealing to the Minister for Trade and Industry to investigate the operations of Ghana Cement works (Ghacem) and Diamond cement to save Ghanaians from...
Alan Kyeremanten To Resign As Trade Minister?
Credible information reaching The aL-hAJJ indicate that all is not well with the four-month-old Akufo-Addo government as Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, is said to be considering...
Govt Releases C465m For District Factories
The government has released a total sum of GH¢721 million for the implementation Akufo-Addo’s Industrialization Agenda in Ghana. GH¢465 million goes to the commencement of the...
Govt Releases C465m For District Factories
The government has released a total sum of GH¢721 million for the implementation Akufo-Addo’s Industrialization Agenda in Ghana. GH¢465 million goes to the commencement of the...
South Africa, Ghana To Deepen Trade Ties
Ghana and South Africa have committed to deepening existing trade ties for the mutual benefit of both countries. Trade relations between the two countries has been increasing year-on-year. The volume...
Akufo-Addo Vows To ‘do Something’ About Abandoned KATH Maternity Block
President Akufo-Addo has underlined his government's commitment to complete a maternity block at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) that has stood unfinished after a staggering 43 years....
100 Business Proposals Considered For 1 District, 1 Factory
At least one hundred businesses have submitted projects for the government’s one district one factory policy awaiting concluding for take-off. This is according to the Trade and Industry Minister,...
Brexit As An Opportunity For Africa?
As British Prime Minister Theresa May is slated to trigger formal Brexit talks, African nations are gearing up for negotiations of their own. But it's not all doom and gloom since Brexit could work...
Qatar Set To Invest GBP5bn In UK Over Next Five Years
Qatar will invest £5 billion in Britain within five years in a boost for the post-Brexit economy, Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani announced Monday. "Over the next...
Alan Kyerematen, Spio-Garbrah To Speak At ABCDE Forum
For the first time in Ghana there would be a collaboration between government, industry key players, and members of the academia. This is an initiative of the African Business Centre for Developing...
Alan Kyerematen, Spio Gabrah To Speak At ABCDE Forum
For the first time in Ghana there would be a collaboration between government, industry key players, and members of the academia. This is an initiative of the African Business Centre for Developing...
Government Commits To Reducing Cost of Doing Business
Ghana's Trade and Industry Minister, Mr. Alan Kyeremanten, has reiterated government’s commitment to putting in place measures that will reduce the cost of doing business in the country. The...