The National Insurance Commission has extended the deadline for the recapitalization of insurance companies from June 2021 to January 2022. The extension of the deadline is as a result of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which has affected all businesses around the world and in the country. The …
Read More »Afram Community Bank’s profit drops
The Afram Community Bank (ACB) Limited recorded a profit of GH¢330, 348.00 in 2019 as against GH¢664,606.00 in 2018, showing a decrease of 54.35 percent. The bank’s income also reduced from GH¢2,577.207 in 2018 to GH¢2,451,315, representing a decrease of 4.88 per cent in the financial year under review. This …
Read More »CBG MD honoured as ‘Most Respected CEO’
Mr Daniel Wilson Addo, the Managing Director (MD) of Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG), has been adjudged ‘Most Respected Chief Executive Officer’ (CEO) of state-owned banks at the 2020 Ghana Industry CEOs Awards held in Accra. A statement from CBG, copied to the Ghana News Agency said, the prestigious award scheme …
Read More »Less than two million Ghanaians pay tax
About 1.5 million out of the six million eligible Ghanaian tax payers pay tax, allotting Ghana one of the lowest Tax to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio in Africa. Ghana therefore has a lot to do to meet the Sub-Saharan average target of 17 per cent which is above the …
Read More »Ghana’s economy contracts 1.1% in third quarter 2020
Ghana’s economy contracted by 1.1 per cent year-on-year in the third quarter (July to September) of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the same period of 2019, the growth was 5.6 per cent. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate without oil and …
Read More »Ghana’s debt stock hits GHS273.8 billion, crosses dreaded 70% debt-to-GDP mark
Ghana’s total public debt stock has risen by GHS54.8 billion in the first nine months of this year, hitting GHS273.8 billion as at the end of September 2020. Government is currently under pressure to slow down the rate of debt accumulation. The new debt figure pushes Ghana’s debt to GDP …
Read More »Investor confidence in Bayport Savings and Loans soars on impressive half-year results
Bayport Savings and Loans has announced that it has attained significant gains in the first half of 2020. According to the company, it has remained resilient through the COVID-19 pandemic, recording a profit after tax of GHS8.4 million, which is a significant increase on the GHS185 000 achieved for the …
Read More »Stanbic Bank supports COVID-19 fight with donation of test kits to Ghana Health Service
As part of its ‘All for One’ campaign, Stanbic Bank Ghana has delivered 3,008 units of COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test kits and 3,072 units of Nucleic acid (RNA) extraction kits to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to enhance its COVID-19 testing and early case detection capacity. This is …
Read More »Ecobank, Registrar General hold virtual sensitisation on business re-registation
Ecobank, in partnership with the Registrar General, has sensitised businesses on the Companies Re-registration Directive by the Registrar General’s Department to drive compliance. The event, which was held virtually on Wednesday, September 16, 2020 for over 2,000 participants, is part of the bank’s efforts to support and provide convenient solutions …
Read More »Don’t recruit young ‘inexperienced’ graduates to top positions – Organised Labour to GRA
Organised’s Labour is calling on the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to desist from recruiting young graduates to the position of Chief Revenue Officers (CROs) and Assistant Commissioners (ACs) of the Authority. According to them, most of the young graduates lack the qualification requirements and years of experience required for one …
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