2021

Dr Emmanuel Ayifah, Deputy Country Director, SEND Ghana, has suggested that Government should implement its proposed 1.75 per cent electronic transactions levy (E-levy) charges by using graduated rates. He said the graduated rate…

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says there are about 18 million potential taxpayers, but less than three million pay tax in Ghana. Mr George Amankwa-Boateng, Takoradi Area Director of the GRA, who made this known at a tax dialogue in…

Energy experts are encouraging the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to factor the cost of excess capacity accrued to the energy sector into the computation of power tariffs. This, according to them, would help ease the…

Mr Louis Yaw Afful, Executive Director of the AfCFTA Policy Network (APN), has said that the proposed e-Levy on online transactions contained in the 2022 budget would not affect the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA).…

Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director General, Ghana Health Service (GHS), has called for the inclusion of leprosy in the Universal Health Coverage agenda. He said the inclusion would enhance the country’s commitment to reducing the…

… but can’t fund skytrain Mr John-Peter Amewu, the Minister of Railways Development, on Wednesday, announced that government has paid €68 million to Amandi Holdings Limited to begin construction works on the Manso-Huni Valley rail line…

A project to provide 300,000 people with access to basic sanitation services and provide 250,000 people with access to basic drinking water has begun in six regions in the northern part of the country. The five-year project dubbed:…

Although COVID-19 has increased more victims of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and worsened their plight, it has also generated interest among stakeholders to totally wipe it out, Dr. Natalia Kanem, the UNFPA Executive Director has…

In a few hours, the African Economic Conference will open in Sal, an island in Cape Verde off the West African coast. The event is jointly organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for…

A new study on the gig economy in Ghana shows that even though some of the platforms offer jobs to thousands of Ghanaians, the workers are paid low wages and they encounter dangerous conditions. The Fairwork report by the University of…