Business News of Sunday, 10 April 2022 Source: ghanaguardian.com The global leader in fixed broadband and mobile network testing applications, Speedtest, has released the ranking of mobile and fixed broadband speeds from around the world. On the fixed broadband speeds, Speedtest Global Index has ranked Ghana number one in Africa and 79th globally, with a speed of 53.28 Megabit per second ...

Passports The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ghana has announced that due to a surge in demand for the 48-page passport booklets and continuing challenges with the supply chain, the Passport Office, until further notice, can only issue the now available 32-page booklets. In a release dated April 1, 2022, the Ministry said the 32-page booklets can be ...

Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, has calmed nerves over the current rapid depreciation of the cedi, saying, the bank is implementing interventions that will stabilise the local currency against its major trading currencies in the shortest possible time. His comments come on the back of concerns over the cedi’s sharp loss of value within the past two ...

Business News of Monday, 14 March 2022 Officials at the signing ceremony The Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited under, the Ministry of Trade and Industry, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Stellar Holding Pte. Ltd of Singapore on re-developing the Trade Fair Site in Accra. Specifically, under the agreement, Stellar Holding Pte. Ltd has been mandated by the Government ...

Business News of Friday, 4 March 2022 Ghana Water Company Limited has signed an MoU with Aarhus to reduce losses The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has taken steps to reduce water unaccounted for, otherwise known as non-revenue water – which currently stands at 40 percent of its production – with the introduction of new technology by the city of ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, in his presentation of the 2022 budget announced the implementation of a 1.75% electronic transaction levy. Since this announcement was made by the minister, there have been so many backlashes leading to a delay in its passage. Despite stiff opposition, government still remains resolute in passing the bill saying the e-levy will help with a lot ...

The Management of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has written to all airports and airlines to allow persons holding valid Ghana Card to board flights to Ghana without the need for visa. A statement issued by the GACL on Saturday February 12 said “Following a key ceremony at the Headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal ...

The first shipment of processed fruits just left Nana Foods in Nsawam-Adoagyiri to Canary Islands on Friday, January 28. Lawmaker for Nsawam-Adoagyiri Frank Annoh-Dompreh described this as “Progress!” Nano Foods is a One District One Factory (1D1F) financed fruit processing factory. It uses locally sourced fruits and local labour to process pineapples for export. The One District One Factory (1D1F) ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority says it is working in collaboration with the National Identification Authority (NIA) towards merging the unique ID number of the ‘Ghana Card’ to be replaced with the Tax Identification Number (TIN). According to the Commissioner of the Authority, Rev. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, the measure which will take effect from April 1, 2021, is intended to allow taxpayers ...

British Airways’ plan to move the London-Accra-London flights from Heathrow to Gatwick at the end of March 2021 has taken another twist, with Ghana promising to take reciprocal action in the coming days if the decision is not reversed. This follows the receipt of a letter dated January 14, 2021, which was signed by BA’s Senior Vice President for Africa ...