Last week, a Ghanaian Financial Technology (Fintech) start-up “Float” was reported to have raised $7million equity and $10million debt during a seed round. This follows a similar seed round of $35million raised by a Ghanaian health tech start-up “mPharma” earlier this year. These successful seed rounds are indicative of a growing start-up ecosystem with scalable and viable business ideas worth investing in.
African Ministers of Trade have agreed to allow the trading of some 850 products to commence under the Rule of Origin protocol of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has called on Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to intervene on their behalf for government to implement the reversal of the Benchmark Discount Values.
Economist and political risk analyst, Dr Theo Acheampong, has joined the many academics who say the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy) will make little or no impact on Ghana’s already troubled economy.
Barely 24 hours after McDan Aviation’s private jet launched its operations and terminal at the Kotoka International Airport, a leaked letter shows the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has a raft of issues with the private company.
Respected Economist, Prof Lord Mensah, has said a claim by the Finance Minister that Ghana will be headed for economic disaster if E-levy fails to pass is not backed by facts.
The aviation wing of the McDan Group of Companies, McDan Aviation, will today Friday, January 28, 2022, inaugurate Ghana's first private jet terminal at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra.
In its bid to push the contentious electronic tax through a thick wall of public opposition, the government has promised that if passed, there would be utter transparency in accounting for proceeds from the tax.
Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said the proposed 1.75% levy on electronic transactions was long overdue and has urged public support for the tax.
