The January 2015 salaries of about 14,000 public sector workers in the Greater Accra Region will be delayed.
Category: Economy
Imani: CAGD Has No ‘ Balls’ To Withstand Ministers
POLICY THINK Tank, IMANI Ghana, has observed that because the Controller and Accountant General Department (CAGD) wants to avoid the overbearing powers of Ministers of state and heads of Departments and Agencies, it has not been able to police its mandate.
New Economic Environment To Dominate 2015 AFRICA CEO FORUM
Falling raw materials prices, health crises, security threats and others have led the IMF to adjust its growth forecast for Africa downward. What are the implications for African businesses?
Smallholder Farmers To Benefit From $50M MasterCard Fund
The MasterCard Foundation, a Canada based independent global organisation has announced a $50 million challenge fund to help improve the lives of smallholder farmers in Ghana and other African countries by enabling businesses to expand financial services in rural areas of Ghana and across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Ghana ‘Wee’ Enters Export Market
The Kasoa District Police have intercepted a large consignment of substances suspected to be Indian Hemp (wee) at Papaase, a small community situated along the Kasoa-Bawjiase road in the Central Region of Ghana.
Engineers Pledge Support For SADA
The Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE) and the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) today launched a ground-breaking event which seeks to bring together Ghana’s engineering fraternity and a wide range of local and international stakeholders interested in and committed to the development of Northern Savannah Ecological Zone (NSEZ) of Ghana.
Ghana: Ghosts Pay Ghosts At Accountant General Department
Officially, about 600,000 workers are on the payroll of the Government of Ghana, consuming over 74% of the revenue generated by the state.
Ebola Cripples Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone Economies
The Ebola epidemic will continue to cripple the economies of Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone even as transmission rates in the three countries show significant signs of slowing, according to a World Bank Group analysis on the economic impact of Ebola in Africa.
Nigeria: Rotary Earmarks $8.1 Million To End Polio
As Nigeria marks six months without a new case of polio, Rotary has announced $8.1 in grants to help the country in its final push to eradicate the disease within its borders.
GRA Boils Over Promotions
All is not well at the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), as a promotion exercise carried out late last year has brought about confusion and is affecting the operations of the revenue collection agency.