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WhatsApp is developing several updates to enhance its user experience. The instant messaging app is working on updating messages by using their edited version, for a future update of the app, reported WABetaInfo. Once the feature is rolled out, users can edit sent messages. The “edit messages” feature will be …

The security agencies in collaboration with Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) on the instruction of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) have commenced a crackdown on illegal forex market operators, also known as black market, report picked up by DGN Online said. Police personnel and …

Players in the Aviation industry say they are hard hit by the high cost of fuel praying for urgent relief from government to cushion them. From the beginning of the year to now, there has been an increase of 112 percent in aviation fuel, Corporate Affairs Manager of Passion Air, …

On 16th of September 2022, Junior Achievement (JA) Ghana  hosted its 2022 National Business Pitch Competition at the Academic City University College in Accra. The National Business Pitch Competition is Ghana’s version of JA Worldwide’s internationally acclaimed Company of the Year Competition. The annual event allows high school students to …

A Professor of Applied Economics at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, Steve Hanke, has punched Ghana’s economy yet again on the rate at which things are being worsened on a daily basis.   This is not the first time the Economist is speaking on Ghana’s economy especially after …

The Sunyani airport has experienced its first commercial flight after seven years of closure. This happened during the Transport Minister’s commissioning of the first flight to start its operations in the Bono region.     During the occasion, the Minister of Transport, Kwaku Asiamah stated that those in the Bono …

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has insisted there will be no form of increment in transport fares on Monday, September 19, 2022.   This comes after some media reports indicated there was going to be an increase in transport fares from Monday.   Speaking to Citi News, Public …

The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says government and the Bank of Ghana are working together to stabilize the cedi and check inflation. Dr. Bawumia says the Central Bank has begun implementing a number of policies to address inflation, which currently stands at 33.9 percent. The Vice President …

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has arrested four persons for possessing about 328 bags of ‘Cocoa Eduane fertilizers ‘ unlawfully at Samreboi in the Western Region. They had loaded the fertilizers on an articulated truck ostensibly to transport them outside the area to sell to unsuspecting farmers at exorbitant prices …

Prices of pig products are going up by almost 20 percent, effective September 20, 2022. The cost of a kilogram of pork will increase from 14 cedis to 18 cedis, according to the producer association. Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Pig Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), Daniel Yaw Siaw, says …