The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is urging all banks and financial institutions operating in the country to participate in the debt exchange programme by government. The programme, which was announced by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta will result in a slash in interest payments for domestic bondholders to zero percent in Read more…
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says the Electronic Tax Clearance Certificate (E-TCC), will enhance transparency in mobilizing tax returns and payments. Speaking at a workshop to engage taxpayers on the new E-TCC portal system, Mr Alfred Twumasi Ntiamoah, Deputy Commissioner, Larger Taxpayers Office of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), said Read more…
The Member of Parliament for Central Tongu, Gabby Hottordze, has promised to support the youth of Mafi Anfoe, a community in the Volta Region, to complete the construction of a teachers’ bungalow. In Joy Prime’s latest feature titled, Building A Village Dream, the youth of the community took the initiative Read more…
The Ghana National Association of Authors and Publishers (GNAAP) is instituting a new price increment for books and stationery for schools. The increment which took effect on 8th November 2022 will affect bookshops, basic schools, Junior and pre-tertiary institutions. GNAAP named the current exchange rates, inflation, payment terms, and interest Read more…
The Majority Caucus of the University of Ghana’s Parliament has petitioned the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana to intervene in a proposed 50% increment in academic and residential fees in public universities for the 2022/2023 academic year. In a letter to the Parliament of Ghana, they said the timing Read more…
Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare wants the typhoid conjugate vaccine to complement existing initiatives such as Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH). He made this comment at the Typhoid Vaccine Trial national stakeholders meeting in Accra. Typhoid fever is part of a group of fevers called Enteric fever Read more…
“Before a girl will be able to buy fish from a canoe, unless she exchanges meat with fish. Unless you are the girlfriend, you will never get fish to buy in any canoe.” These were the words of the President of the National Fish Processors and Traders Association, Regina Solomon, Read more…
The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, and Member of Parliament for Damongo Constituency, Samuel Abu Jinapor, has hit hard at the Minority Caucus in Parliament for invoking a censure motion on parochial and partisan interests. He said censure motions are very serious parliamentary business, and are to be invoked Read more…
Highlife/Afrobeats artiste, KiDi has announced a collaboration Ghanaians did not see coming, after being in talks with some Bollywood legends. Fans are in anticipation of a new song from KiDi featuring famous Bollywood movie star and singer, Tulsi Kumar. As part of the deal, the two are shooting a classical video Read more…
The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, says that the suspension of collection of road toll was not done legally. According to him, the decision was not discussed by Parliament before it was implemented, which made the cessation of the collection of toll on Read more…
Instagram unveils a new tool that will allow users to see if they have been shadow banned. Source: BBC
Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, American officials said. The swap, at a time of heightened tensions over Ukraine, achieved a top goal for President Joe Biden, but carried a heavy price Read more…
Cyberteq Falcon Limited, one of Ghana’s leading cybersecurity consulting companies, was adjudged the “Cybersecurity Consulting Company of the Year” at the 4th edition of the National Communications Awards (NCA) held at the Labadi Beach Hotel on December 3, 2022. This is the second consecutive year Cyberteq has won this prestigious Read more…
About eight banks [names withheld] are highly exposed to the Government of Ghana securities, particularly bonds and could therefore be impacted significantly by the Debt Exchange Programme. According to the November 2022 Ghana Fixed Income Market report, the banks (four foreign and four local) together controlled about 83.91% of the Read more…
Nigeria’s Defence Chief, General Lucky Irabor, said on Thursday that the military will not investigate a Reuters report that it ran a secret mass abortion programme because the report was not true. Asked about the report, Irabor told reporters in Abuja that the military “will not investigate what you know Read more…
Between an imminent crash of the economy and a desperate cry for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout, Ghana is at crossroads. The steps government takes in the next few weeks regarding its expenditure and general economic management will greatly impact the fortunes of the citizenry going forward. Accra, Ghana Read more…
The Ghana Mineworkers’ Union (GMWU) has threatened to resist any attempt by the government to touch even a pesewa of its members’ pension funds as a result of the Debt Exchange Programme. This, the union says is in solidarity with the Trades Union Congress kicking against the programme announced recently Read more…
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, is expected to know his fate by the close of the day. Minority legislators are vowing to do everything in their power to succeed in the motion of censure filed against him. Today, the vote on Mr Ofori-Atta’s continuous stay as Minister is expected to occur Read more…
The World Health Organization says that malaria cases and deaths remained stable last year, after a worrying rise during the first year of the Covid pandemic. But, in its world malaria report released on Thursday, the WHO warned of new challenges including mosquito resistance to insecticides and parasite resistance to Read more…
The value of the local currency keeps strengthening against the US dollar and all the other major foreign currencies, few days after government announced a Debt Exchange Programme. Checks by Joy Business at some foreign bureaus within the capital city of Accra has revealed that the local currency is going Read more…