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Ghana Enterprises Agency targets 21,000 youth through BizBox Project in Savannah Region

Ghana Enterprises Agency targets 21,000 youth through BizBox Project in Savannah Region

The Ghana Enterprises Agency has said it was targeting about twenty one thousand (21, 000 ) youth in the Savannah Region as part of its Business In A Box Project on Tuesday. The Chief Executive

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Zero interest rate will not be feasible -Eric Okyei Baffour Replies Kobby Mensah

Zero interest rate will not be feasible -Eric Okyei Baffour Replies Kobby Mensah

Mr Eric Okyei Baffour, a member of the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) communications has challenged Economist Kobby Mensah for his comments zero interest rate. According to him, suggestion from Economist Prof. Kobby Mensah telling Bank

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VP Bawumia Launches Revolutionary ‘Tap N’ Go’ System For Public Transport In Ghana

VP Bawumia Launches Revolutionary ‘Tap N’ Go’ System For Public Transport In Ghana

A multi-functional, cross-utility card to access and pay for public transport services across the country has been launched by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia. The Tap n’ Go Transport service, beginning with the Metro Mass Transit

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BoG Re-affirms Anti-Money Laundering Regime

BoG Re-affirms Anti-Money Laundering Regime

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has reiterated its commitment to address major gaps in the financial ecosystem of the country. This is to ensure the country does not return to the EU and UK’s list

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Greater Collaboration Necessary In Fight Against Use Of Improvised Anti-Personnel Mines – VP Bawumia

Greater Collaboration Necessary In Fight Against Use Of Improvised Anti-Personnel Mines – VP Bawumia

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has opened the Regional Conference on Addressing the Humanitarian Impact of Improvised Anti-Personnel Mines with a call for urgent action to prevent the thousands of needless deaths and injuries arising from

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Siniesi Kasa Irrigation Scheme being restored to functionality to facilitate production under PFJ

Siniesi Kasa Irrigation Scheme being restored to functionality to facilitate production under PFJ

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) through the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) is rehabilitating the Siniesi Kasa Irrigation Scheme in the Builsa North District. The intervention is made through the Agriculture and the

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Organized Labour suspends planned demo against 15% VAT on electricity

Organized Labour suspends planned demo against 15% VAT on electricity

The planned protest by Organized Labour against the proposed 15 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity has been postponed till today, Friday, February 9, 2024. This decision is a reaction to the recent

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Gov’t suspends controversial 15% VAT on electricity

Gov’t suspends controversial 15% VAT on electricity

The government has formally halted the planned implementation of the 15 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on home electricity consumption. The Ministry of Finance has therefore instructed the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO) and the

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I’ll abolish E-levy, bet tax, VAT on electricity, emissions levy – Bawumia

I’ll abolish E-levy, bet tax, VAT on electricity, emissions levy – Bawumia

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President, has declared that, should he be elected President of Ghana, he will do away with the E-levy, or tax on credit transactions. Vice President Bawumia stated in an interview

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Cedi depreciation under NPP is less than what was inherited – Bawumia

Cedi depreciation under NPP is less than what was inherited – Bawumia

The New Patriotic Party's flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, claims that the party's cedi depreciation is less than what was inherited. In his national address, Dr. Bawumia outlined his vision as the flagbearer of the NPP