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554 The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced a 0.34% increase in water tariff and a 1.52% decrease in electricity tariff to take effect on December 1, 2023. The water tariff for residential customers increased from GHS/m³ 4.72 to 4.74 while non-residential customers moved from GHS/m³ 14.13 to 14.19. For water sachet producers, their […]
419 The government is pushing to establish a regulation that will restrict the importation of what they call strategic products. This development is set to take place without the Minority’s proposed establishment of a committee by the government to assess the move. Some items include rice, fruit juices, yemuadie, fish, cement, and some other 17 […]
620 The College of Health Sciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has conferred degrees on 14 beneficiaries of the MTN Bright Scholarship. They (beneficiaries) were part of a total number of 1,279 undergraduate students of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Public Health and School of Vertinary Medicine, […]
602 The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has issued a warning to the public against engaging with unapproved Money Transfer Organisations (MTOs) in the country. In an official statement on Thursday, November 16, the central bank highlighted that several MTOs operating in the remittance and Ghana Forex Market lacked approval from the Bank of Ghana. The […]
479 The Chief Finance Officer (CFO), at MTN Ghana, Antoinette Kwofie, has charged corporate Ghana and stakeholders to invest in creating opportunities for young girls and women who are in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Mrs. Kwofie made this call at the Executive Women’s Network (EWN) Conference when she spoke during a panel discussion […]
562 The Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) is advocating for the establishment of an alumina refinery to refine the millions of tons of bauxite discovered in the Nyinahin-Mpasaaso forest. GIADEC asserts that the current refinery in Ghana lacks the capacity to refine such volumes. Speaking at a meeting with President Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee […]
460 The African Development Bank (AfDA) has given the green light for a $102.6 million grant to support Ghana’s Fiscal Consolidation and Economic Recovery Programme. The initiative aims to reinforce recent fiscal consolidation measures and foster economic reforms, addressing the structural weaknesses exacerbated by global challenges such as the Covid-19 pandemic, global financial tightening, and […]
560 Kuapa Kooko Association has held it’s 29th Annual General Meeting and elected new leadership to run the administrative affairs of the company. Lawyer Emmanuel Kwabena Arthur, Managing Director of the Association at the occasion commended members of the Union, especially, the farmers and staff for their commitment and contributions that made the elections successful. […]
572 Mr E. K Agyeman, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of E. K Agyeman Mining Company has received Gold Award as one of the most outstanding Business owners in the Ashanti region. Mr. Agyeman received the Award at the joint 20th Ashanti Business and Financial Excellence Awards and the 9th Business Leaders Excellence Awards ceremony […]
946 Illegal mining operations in the Manso Nkwanta enclave in the Ashanti Region have been established to have fueled the purchase of diverted fuel smuggled by Fuel Tankers. This was disclosed by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) in the Ashanti Region during a media engagement in Kumasi today. The Regional Director of the NPA, Betty […]