Parliament approves GHS27.4 billion expenditure for 2021 1st quarter

November 2, 2020 Parliament has approved the government’s request for GHS27.4 billion for the first quarter of 2021. The approval comes two days after the Minister for Finance presented a request for...

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MSMEs to get enhanced regulations, access to cheap financing

November 2, 2020 …as new bill establishes MSME Fund Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country will experience some transformation in their structure and regulation from a new law that is...

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Tax stamps are combatting counterfeits aggressively – Kasapreko boss

November 2, 2020 urges other sectors to embrace system to kick out fakers calls for further digitisation of the process Introduced primarily to improve the mobilisation of taxes outstanding, particularly in...

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MODEC and Partners support 4 National COVID-19 Testing Centres with over US$600,000

November 2, 2020 Bolstering the efforts of government and critical institutions in managing the transmission of COVID-19   MODEC Inc., a leading provider of floating solutions in the upstream petroleum...

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Gov’t settles prolonged US$203m inter-utility legacy debt

October 28, 2020 The prolonged inter-utility legacy debt component of US$203million for the power sector debt within the energy sector accrued in a period ending December 2016 is finally settled, Elikplim...

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Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange opens November

October 28, 2020 The first tier of the Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange will be opened to vehicular traffic next month. It is expected to ease traffic congestion around the roundabout significantly,...

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Govt to buy Airtel Tigo as Bharti Airtel exits

October 28, 2020 Bharti Airtel’s board has cleared the sale of its Ghana joint venture – Airtel Tigo – to the Ghana government. It is taking an impairment charge of about $25million for the...

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IMF refutes ‘deceptive’ HIPC reports about Ghana

October 28, 2020 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has refuted claims that Ghana has again been added to the list of Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC). “The HIPC Initiative is essentially closed...

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Prez cuts sod for Tema Sewer Network and Ashaiman Solid Waste plant

October 27, 2020 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the reconstruction of the Tema sewer network and wastewater treatment plant as well as a solid waste treatment facility at...

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Trade bounces back marginally in 3rd qtr of 2020 but remains negative except for China-UNCTAD

October 27, 2020 UNCTAD forecasts a 7% to 9% year-on-year drop in the value of global trade for 2020, despite signs of a rebound in the third quarter. In its quarterly Global Trade Update, the UN trade...

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