426 From the sources at the Procurement Department of NLA it is emerging that by the end of 31st December 2022 or 1st quarter of 2023, the National Lottery Authority(NLA) would give new 5/90 Lotto Short Codes to companies belonging to Kennedy Agyapong, Alpha Lotto and a very close relative of Nana Bediatuo Asante. The […]
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Reduce E-levy charge from 1.5% to 0.1% – Momo agents to go
394 The Mobile Money Agents Association of Ghana is calling for a reduction in the 1.5 percent electronic transfer levy rate to 0.1 percent in the upcoming 2023 budget presentation. The 1.5 percent levy which was introduced in the 2022 budget forms part of the Government’s efforts at raising revenues locally. But Momo transactions have […]
PROTOA Wins Case Against Former Eastern Regional Chairman
806 THE Progressive Transport Owners Association (PROTOA) has won an appealed case which sought to interdict an embattled former Eastern Regional Chairman Mr. Francis Akaglo . The legal tussle which began four years ago after the suspension of Mr Francis Akaglo, the former Eastern Regional Chairman from the Association for allegedly squandering the Association’s fund […]
SVP Ebenezer Asante Launches MTN Group Program To Bridge Data Analytics Skills GAP
363 MTN Ghana has along with seven (7) other MTN operations, launched the Data Science Analytics training program. The program forms part of the MTN Skills Academy’s work to promote digital skills for digital jobs, in turn supporting MTN Group’s strategic intent of providing digital solutions for Africa’s progress. To address Africa’s digital skills gap, […]
PIAC confirms US$100.7 million oil revenues was paid into offshore account
488The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has told the Ad-hoc committee of Parliament that an amount of US$100.7 million which was realised from the lifting of 944,164 barrels of oil in the Jubilee fields and Anadarko CWTP Company in the first half of 2022 was not paid into the Petroleum Holding Fund (PHF). […]
Lotto Agents Association Fires NLA Over Assault Of Operators
408The Concerned Lotto Agents Association of Ghana (CLAAG) has said some officials of the National Lotteries Authority (NLA), and members of the security services have vandalized some lotto kiosks with the bat of guns, harassing and arresting some Lotto Agents and Writers in Accra. Executive Secretary, CLAAG Kwaku Duah Tawiah in a press statement lamented […]
Producer Price Inflation jumps from 45.6% to 65.25% in October
452 The Producer Price Inflation (PPI) for October 2022 shot up to 65.25 percent from 45.6 percent recorded in September. The rate represents an increase of 19.3 percentage points. The Producer Price Inflation measures the average change over time in the selling prices of goods and services as received by domestic producers. The Government Statistician, […]
Ghana Enterprise Agency Signs 20 Million Cedis Grant Agreement With 135 SMEs
529 A grant award contract was signed today by the Ghana Enterprise Agency with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to disburse more than 20 million cedis under the second phase of the COVID-19 Response Grant programme. The programme, under the World Bank Ghana Economic Transformation Project, is expected to spur the economic recovery of SMEs, […]
GOIL Reduces Petrol, Diesel Prices Significantly
477Ghana’s leading indigenous Oil Marketing Company, GOIL, has announced a reduction in the pump prices of both types of gasoline (petrol) and gasoil (diesel) at all its retail outlets across the West African nation. A litre of petrol is now selling at Gh16.82 while diesel is selling at Gh20.50 per litre. Previously, a litre of […]
Registrar General Introduces Software To Enhance Business
732A new software with efficient functionalities is being procured through the World Bank to promote the ease of doing business in Ghana. The Registrar of Companies, Jemima Oware, who disclosed this in Accra, explained that the application which is an online system with fewer walk-ins will ensure effective data exchanges between the solution and other […]