A rare video of some Ghanaians captured lining up at the Ghana Commercial Bank to replace the Ghana pounds (shillings and pence) with the new cedi and pesewa coins has emerged online. On July 19, 1965, Ghana adopted the cedi notes and pesewa coins to replace the Ghana pounds which were made up of shillings…
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, has visited the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to understudy the operations at the Command Centre in monitoring and tracking the fuel supply chain. He indicated that he wanted to understand the operations at the Command Centre and replicate them in the food supply chain. Welcoming the minister,…
During a recent market tour in the Greater Accra and Central Regions, Mr. Alan Kyerematen, the leader and founder of one of Ghana’s fastest-growing political organizations, made a significant announcement, promising the establishment of a Traders Bank specifically catered to Ghanaian traders. Expressing surprise at the lack of a dedicated financial institution for traders, despite…
The country will require consistent support from development partners and donors to fund climate change interventions, according to the 2023 Ghana Climate Report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The prevailing economic situation, characterised by high public debt and heightened economic conditions, does not allow for self-funded activities to address the challenges posed…
Hon. Samuel A. Jinapor, Ghana’s Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, continues to partake in major summits and meetings at the ongoing Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention marketing Ghana’s sustainable and vibrant mining industry and by doing so, wooing investors into the country by spiking their interest and exhorting their minds to…
A research conducted on the impact of the E-Levy in Ghana has revealed that it is a regressive tax, where the lower income earners pay the largest share as a proportion of their income. The research work on the topic: “Mobile Money Taxation and Informal Workers: Evidence from Ghana’s E-levy,” showed that home-based informal workers…
