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WEBAfrica’s mounting debt crisis and the need for reform in the global financial architecture. Aug 8, 2024 0. Africa’s debt stocks have grown significantly in the past decade. Understandably, African governments took advantage of historically low interest rates in the 2010s and borrowed heavily from international capital markets and China.
Ghana COCOBOD says it lost GH¢4.8b investment to galamsey
WEBOn Feb 27, 2023 Last updated Feb 27, 2023. The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it has lost GH¢4.8 billion worth of investment in 35 hectares of cocoa farms to illegal mining (galamsey) activities at Boinso in the Western Region. The investment covered the planting of new cocoa trees and plantain suckers, compensations to landowners and ...
Air pollution is number one public health risk in Ghana, affecting ...
WEBSep 26, 2021 · Air pollution, from both outdoor and indoor activities are dangerous to the environment and human health, but infants and the elderly in Ghana are at greater risk as they make the majority who fall ill from the pollution, a World Bank study has found out. In a presentation at a one-day workshop on air pollution, […]
Ghana introduces beneficial ownership regime for company …
WEBMar 30, 2021 · The Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) has introduced the Beneficial Ownership (BO) Transparency Regime as part of the Company Registration processes under the Companies Act 2019 (Act 992). A statement signed by Mrs Jemima M. Oware, the Registrar-General, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said one of the purposes for which the BO Regime ...
NBSSI is now Ghana Enterprises Agency - Ghana Business News
WEBJun 7, 2021 · The Ghana Enterprises Agency Act, 2020 (Act 1043), was passed by Parliament in November 2020 and assented to by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in December, 2020. The Act repealed the National Board for Small-Scale Industries Act 434, (Act 1981). Ms Yankey-Ayeh said the NBSSI’s annual budget had increased from GH¢20,000 in 2016 to GH¢ ...
GFA President warns against illegal betting on Ghana Premier …
WEBOn Aug 28, 2024. Mr. Kurt Edwin Simeon Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has declared ‘war’ against illegal betting on the country’s elite football competition, the Ghana Premier League. According to the GFA President, no betting company has been licensed at the moment to take odds on Ghana’s football ...
Ghana repositioning national service to shape future of youth – …
WEBOn Apr 16, 2024. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has welcomed the innovative measures being implemented under the National Service Scheme (NSS) to shape the future of the Ghanaian youth for the better. Referring to the new policy guidelines by the Scheme, he said it was an exercise worth supporting, particularly the aspects that dealt ...
Fire outbreaks in Ghana destroy properties worth over GH¢36m
WEBJul 19, 2022 · Fire incidents have destroyed properties worth GH¢36.197 million from January to June 2022, the Ghana National Fire Service, has said. The cost of salvage is over GH¢8 million. The figure is an increase over last year’s loss of GH¢24.2 million during the same period. A total of 35 persons perished and 207 others suffered injuries.
The transformation of GIPC and investment in Africa
WEBOn Aug 4, 2024. In the heart of West Africa, a quiet revolution is taking place. The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), once a conventional government agency, has transformed itself into a dynamic organisation that’s reshaping the landscape of foreign investment in Africa. Under the banner “Grow in Ghana, Grow with Ghana,” the GIPC ...
Consolidated Bank Ghana raises GH¢150m for Kasapreko on GSE
WEBFeb 20, 2024 · The Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) has raised some GH¢150 million on the Ghana Stock Exchange for Kasapreko Company Limited – an indigenous beverage manufacturer. The amount, the first tranche of GH¢600m facility, would be used to support the company’s working capital, finance capital expenditure, including expansion of operations, and ...