Today's Ghana Business, Banking and Economic news

The reconstituted Governing Board of the Venture Capital Trust Fund was on Monday inaugurated, with a charge on members to align its investment in least 100 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) over the medium term and expand the existing SMEs to help maximize economic growth and reduce unemployment.

The operation of the Boankra Inland Port project meant to boost transit trade – serve importers in the Northern sector of Ghana and landlocked countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, appears not to start anytime soon.

Ghana’s current public transportation system could be improved if government introduced licensure into its operation, Transport Consultants, H&M Premium Partners, has proposed

Chief Executive Officer of MTN Ghana - Ebenezer Asante, has been appointed as (VP) of MTN Group's Vice President in charge of operations in the South, East Africa and Ghana (SEAGHA) Region of the company.

The Government of Ghana has started plans to review the law on tax waivers and exemptions.

Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has suggested that the government uses pension money to build houses for workers at very affordable rates since shelter has become a major challenge for a lot of workers who retire.

The government of Ghana is expected to take over the assets and liabilities of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA).

South African waste management company Interwaste (IWEJ.J) fired KPMG as its auditor on Thursday, dealing another blow to the accounting firm ensnared in a scandal involving business friends of President Jacob Zuma.

Over GH¢1 billion has been released to government contractors to resume work on uncompleted road projects across Ghana.

Ghana's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has disclosed government's decision to increase the minimum capital requirement for companies operating in the country's securities industry. The nation's SEC said the announcement of the increment will be made before the end of 2017.

The government has disclosed its plan to set-up an e-portal dedicated to the promotion and exportation of products of the disabled (handicaps) in the country.

The government has reassured the business public, particularly in the shipping industry that it will resolve all issues surrounding the effective implementation of the ports paperless system.

Former Managing Director of the Graphic Communications Group Limited Ken Ashigbi has been appointed to the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications as Chief Executive Officer.

More than 350 commercial vehicles, mostly taxis, have been confiscated from individuals and groups who failed to repay loans they contracted from the Micro Finance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC).

The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has rejected earlier claims that about 40 Bulk Road Vehicles (BRVs) with fake foreign number plates load fuel on most Saturdays or holidays from its depot.