Professor John Gatsi, Dean of the University of Cape Coast Business School, has stated that the agenda to ease doing  business in the country could only be realised if the Registrar General was well resourced to implement the provisions of the New Company Act 992. He stressed the need for the Registrar General to provide … The post Ghana government asked

In a rare approach uncommon with the Bank of Ghana, the central bank has announced the sacking of one of its employees Friday September 13, 2019. In a statement copied to ghanabusinessnews.com, the Bank says it has dismissed Gilbert Addy for what it describes as ‘gross misconduct in relation to corrupt transactions and for accepting … The post Bank

A new book titled Ghana’s Economic and Agricultural Transformation: Past Performance and Future Prospects, posits that public agricultural spending over the period 1961 to 2012, shows that the bulk of the spending has gone into the cocoa subsector, to the neglect of the non-cocoa sector like the country’s food staples. “Public investment plays a crucial … The post New

Mr Appiah Kusi Adomako, Centre Coordinator, CUTS International, Ghana, has urged the government to review the minimum capital requirement for the setting-up of foreign businesses in the country. He said as part of efforts to attract foreign investors, most countries in the West Africa sub-region had removed the minimum capital requirements for foreign investors. He … The post CUTS

Some vegetable and fruits exporters in Ghana on Thursday, said they have folded up their businesses because of the undue delays by staff of the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD). The Directorate, which is a unit under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), is mandated to inspect and issue certification for export … The post Vegetable

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Alex Amenyo, Divisional Police Commander, Keta, has called on the public to help make corruption unattractive to deter perpetrators of the canker. He said citizens could collaborate in the fight against corruption by refusing to offer bribes, saying “the giver is as guilty as the public officer receiving it.” Mr … The post Police

Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), to devise better and more efficient strategies, to increase their Internally Generated Funds (IGF). He said property rate mobilisation globally, has been identified and remains the most viable avenue to harnessing more revenue to complement government’s transfers. He said … The post Finance

Parts of the world are still unsafe for more people to live in their countries as figures on displaced people across the globe continues to increase. This is probably due to wars, internal and external aggressions, poverty, climate change, unemployment and some humanitarian crisis. According to statistics from the United Nations High Commission for Refuges … The post World

Police on Thursday dawn rounded-up over 100 suspects at Buduburam, in the Central Region, as part of efforts to rid the place off criminal activities. The swoop was conducted by officers from the Police Headquarters Operations Unit in collaboration with key intelligence units such as the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and Police Intelligence Department (PID), … The post Police

The Paga Health Centre in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region, has not recorded any maternal deaths in the past three years. Mrs Juliana Anam-erime, the District Director of the Ghana Health Service, said despite the challenges that the health facility faced over the years, management and staff of the facility worked … The post Paga

Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have agreed that  recycling plants should be built across all the 16 regions of Ghana, and the Value Added Tax (VAT) be increased, to address the nation’s sanitation problems. Despite efforts by the government to improve Ghana’s poor sanitation rating, it is reportedly losing about $290 million annually to poor … The post MPs