General News of Saturday, 6 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Henry Quartey is Ghana’s Interior Minister   Interior Minister Henry Quartey has warned immigration officials stationed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), against the practice of escorting or receiving friends at the airport. The minister emphasized that any Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) officer found violating this directive would face outright dismissal. During his visit ...

General News of Friday, 5 April 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com In a recent assessment by World Economics, a research organization based in the United Kingdom, Ghana has emerged as the 5th best-governed country on the African continent, securing the top position in West Africa. The rankings, which evaluate governance through four key indexes; corruption perception, rule of law, press freedom, and political ...

Business News of Friday, 5 April 2024 Source: classfmonline.com   Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia   A lot of containers are being diverted to Lome because Ghana’s port duties are higher, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has complained. At a town hall meeting with the pharmaceutical industry where he promised to enhance the business-friendliness of ports by implementing fixed exchange rates aimed ...

Business News of Friday, 5 April 2024 Source: aviationghana.com Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah   Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah has disclosed that the planned completion and commissioning of some headline infrastructural projects in the Ashanti Region might be hampered by the ongoing debt restructuring talks between the government of Ghana and its external bilateral creditors. Giving updates about the Komfo Anokye ...

General News of Monday, 1 April 2024     Source: Asaase News   GHAThe trains will be tested on the new 100km Tema to Mpakadan railway line prior to commissioning Government has taken delivery of the first unit of two modern trains procured from Poland for railway transport in the country. The first train for Ghana Railways to operate both regional and long-distance ...

Business News of Saturday, 30 March 2024 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta Former Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said that he was not perturbed when scores of Ghanaians were calling for his resignation while in office. He noted that even when the calls for his dismissal had heightened, he was focused on how he could put measures ...

Business News of Tuesday, 19 March 2024 Source: GNA Asenso-Boakye   Francis Asenso-Boakye, the Minister-designate for Roads and Highways says fixing the road network in Kumasi is a top priority of the government. He said a robust Kumasi road network was critical to national development considering the strategic location of the city which serves as a link to several other cities ...

Business News of Friday, 22 March 2024 Disclaimer Source: thebftonline.comFile photo of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park & Mausoleum   The tourism sector generated approximately US$3billion during the 2023 operational year from inbound tourist arrivals, against a projected US$3.4billion, according to the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA). At the launch of the 2022 Tourism Report last year, the Ministry of Tourism, Arts ...

Business News of Wednesday, 20 March 2024 Disclaimer Source: GNA Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director   The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has signalled that Ghana’s path to economic stability will be a painful one, but remains optimistic about the country emerging resilient from the current challenges. The Fund has, therefore, encouraged Ghanaians to be moderate with their expectations of the government and continue ...

Business News of Thursday, 21 March 2024 Source: starrfm.com.gh Tema Port | File photo The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI) has revealed that the country is losing out on huge revenue generation margins as some shipping vessels are now diverting their traffic to the neighbouring port of Togo. The chamber asserts this is due to the exorbitant charges ...