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GRA: MEMORANDUM ON PROVISIONAL PAYMENT OF IMPORT DUTIES AND TAXES
The Ghana Revenue Authority announced in a letter, at the end of March 2017 that has been and is still being distributed since then to companies and institutions in Ghana that: ALL COMPANIES WHO QUALIFY FOR EXEMPTION FROM DUTIES AND TAX SHOULD MAKE THEIR PAYMENTS FIRST AND SHOULD APPLY ... more
GHANA RATIFIES THE TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT
Ghana’s instrument of acceptance was submitted to the WTO on 4 January. The TFA will enter into force once two-thirds of the WTO membership has formally accepted the Agreement. In addition to Ghana, the following WTO members have also accepted the TFA: Hong Kong, China, Singapore, the ... more
AHK GHANA’S LUNCH MEETING WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA
The Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Ghana (AHK Ghana), in collaboration with Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), organized a lunch meeting with the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. The event took place on Thursday, 30th March 2017 at the ... more
PRESIDENT INAUGURATES BOARD OF GHANA INVESTMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, April 5, 2017, inaugurated the 9-member Board of Directors of the Ghana Investment and Infrastructure Fund (GIIF), charging them to develop the country’s infrastructure space with creativity and purpose. ... more
EBO-GHANA WELCOMES NEW MEMBER, NEXANS KABELMETAL GHANA LTD
Nexans brings energy to life through an extensive range of cables and cabling solutions that increase performance for their customers worldwide. With an industrial presence in forty (40) countries, Nexans’ teams are committed to a partnership approach that supports customers in four ... more
GHANA TO BE MADE AN AVIATION HUB – GHANA AIRPORTS COMPANY MD
New Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company, John Attafuah says his immediate priority is to focus on making Ghana the hub for aviation business in West Africa. The former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) was nominated as MD for the Airports Company and ... more
HUNGARY EMBASSY OPENS IN ACCRA; GOVERNMENT TO INVEST IN GHANA
The Hungarian Ambassador to Ghana, Andras Szabo has hinted that his country is considering investing in various sectors of the economy to help promote rapid development of the country. He stressed that cultural exchange programmes between the two countries would also be initiated for the ... more
GHANA ECONOMIC OUTLOOK & BUSINESS STRATEGY CONFERENCE (EOBS) 2017
The EOBS 2017 will be a full day event and will have leading government officials, banking executives, heads of mobile telecommunication companies, policy and decision makers, industrial experts, civil society organizations, foreign businesses and investors, the diplomatic community ... more
EUROPEAN UNION TO SUPPORT GHANA’S DRIVE TO END AID
The European Union (EU) has pledged 160 million Euros to support Ghana’s development cooperation budget for new programmes in the agriculture sector, hailing the Government’s renewed interest to make agriculture the engine of prosperity. The EU would also launch a 35 million-Euro ... more
HUNGARIAN CULTURAL WEEK
The recent years have seen a period of intensified political and economic relations between the Republic of Ghana and Hungary. Within the framework of Hungary’s foreign policy strategy called Opening to the South, Ghana has gained a prominent place, as also testified by the reopening of ... more