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The President of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) has raised concerns about the depreciating value of the cedi and its effect on businesses in the country. Speaking in an interview on The Probe on Sunday, Mr. Joseph Obeng stated that members of GUTA are calling for a demonstration …

The Orange Growers Association (OGA) launched its eastern regional chapter at Akim Aperade in the Achiase district to enhance quality farming and provide a profitable and readily available market for orange farmers in the country.   OGA was instituted a few years ago with the sole objective to assist farmers …

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) is asking the government to use a competitive bidding process in awarding the contract to relocate the AMERI power plant from Takoradi to Kumasi. According to ACEP, negotiations have advanced between the Ministry of Energy and Mytilineous SA to have the $35.6 million …

The Minority in Parliament has called on government to address the issue surrounding the shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) across the country. The Minority Caucus in a release signed by the Ranking Member- Mines and Energy Committee, John Abdulai Jinapor stated that, “government must as a matter of urgency …

Prices of local airline tickets have shot up by between 15 and 20 per cent, prompting recession fears among local operators following “a gradual drop” in patronage. The new prices, which took effect from July 08, 2022, was in response to a rise in operational cost occasioned by the depreciation …

The Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has announced that a self-service sim reregistration app will be launched on August 2. According to her, this app will enable the public re-register their sim cards in the comfort of their homes without having to queue at any network operator’s office. Speaking at …

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Minister of Communications and Digitalisation  has warned qwik loan customers who do not want to pay their debt hence, refusing to re-register their SIM cards that they would be found out.   She described their action as evil corruption.   It is recalled that Ningo Prampram Member of …

Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana have decided to no longer sell their cocoa at origin differentials below zero, from as much as 125 pounds below the ICE terminal market, joint Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative (CIGCI) announced in Accra Friday.   The origin differential is an additional country quality premium that has …

Some Ghanaians who are still trying to get their National Identification Card (Ghana Card), say they will withdraw their mobile money savings if they’re unable to secure the cards before the deadline. Tomorrow (July 31, 2022) is the deadline for the registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in Ghana, …

The Vice Chair of the Communications Committee of Parliament, Sylvester Tetteh, does not think a deadline for the SIM card re-registration is prudent.   Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Tetteh, however, said the most his committee could do was to make pleas to the Ministry of Communications for an extension …