SOEs to calculate dividend on gross profit

March 19, 2019 STATE-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) will soon be expected to pay 15 per cent of their gross profit to the government as dividend, the Executive Chairman of the State Enterprises Commission...

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1D1F: 2 companies start production

March 19, 2019 Two companies, Petersfield & Rey Group Limited and CASA de Ropa, operating under the government’s flagship initiative of One-District-One- Factory (1D1F) have commenced production....

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Government receives $40m to improve secondary education

March 19, 2019 The facility expansion project, which forms part of the $40-million additional financing from the World Bank under the Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SEIP), has taken off. The...

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Cabinet approves local content policy – For downstream petroleum industry

March 18, 2019 The Cabinet last Thursday approved a policy on a local content and participation in the country’s downstream petroleum industry, the Minister of Information, Mr. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has...

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Cedi woes, “Stagger the repatriation of profits”—PEF boss

March 15, 2019 To ease the incessant pressure on the cedi, especially in the first quarter of every year, government must introduce a law that regulates the repatriation of profits by multinationals...

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Port charges down by 75%, as stakeholders laud paperless system

March 15, 2019 The cost of doing business at the country’s ports has reduced significantly from GH₵1,280 to GH₵320 since introducing the Paperless Port regime, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has...

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Kasapreko donates fire station worth GH¢400,000 to Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS)

March 15, 2019 Kasapreko Company Limited (KCL), the only indigenous beverage manufacturing company with ISO Certification in Ghana, has donated a fully-equipped fire station worth GH¢400,000 to the Ghana...

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Cedi will regain strength in weeks — Finance Minister

March 14, 2019 The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has given an assurance that the cedi will begin to appreciate against the major currencies within the next two weeks. “The reversal will occur...

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Help improve ease of doing business- Vice President charges state agencies.

March 12, 2019 The Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has charged state agencies whose mandate have a direct impact on businesses and investments to implement reforms that will help improve the...

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Parliament passes Civil Aviation Amendment Bill

March 11, 2019 Parliament on Friday passed into law an amendment of the Ghana Civil Aviation Act 906 (2016) to improve safety and strengthen security in the aviation industry. A release issued by the...

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