BUSINESS COCOBOD to shut down office after staff test positive for coronavirus 7th July 2020 Kumasi Online COCOBOD has announced it is shutting down its office for fumigation after some staff tested positive for COVID-19. A statement by the Chief Executive Officer Joseph Boahin Aidoo said the…
BUSINESS Transport fares to go up by 15% from July 11 7th July 2020 Kumasi Online Deputy Transport Minister, Titus Glover in an interview with Adom News’ Abednego Asante Asiedu said government took the decision in acknowledgment of the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on…
BUSINESS 46 BOST workers test positive for Covid-19 7th July 2020 Kumasi Online Forty-six employees of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) have tested positive for the novel coronavirus disease. This has led to the company closing down its Dzorwulu…
BUSINESS Minister for Trade & Industry pays working visit to VW Ghana assembly facility in Accra (Photos) 30th June 2020 Kumasi Online The Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen paid a working visit to the first phase of VW Ghana Assembly Facility in the North Industrial Area, Accra. Volkswagen was the…
BUSINESS Ghana Revenue Authority registered 1,394,842 taxpayers in 2019 30th June 2020 Kumasi Online The Ministry of Finance has revealed that the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) registered 1,394,842 taxpayers in 2019. This increased the total number of registered taxpayers with Tax Identification Numbers (TINs)…
BUSINESS First National Bank appoints first Ghanaian CEO 26th June 2020 Kumasi Online First National Bank Ghana has appointed Dominic Adu as its first Ghanaian Chief Executive Officer, effective Wednesday, July 01, 2020. Mr Adu takes will succeed Richard Hudson who has been…
BUSINESS Kenya Airways expects to lose $500million this year 26th June 2020 Kumasi Online Kenya Airways is anticipating losing over $500million in 2020 as part of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kenya Airways, Allan Kilavuka told BBC…
BUSINESS Ghanaian businessman, Daniel McKorley says he loses over $4 million monthly due to COVID-19 26th June 2020 Kumasi Online The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the McDan Group, Daniel McKorley, has disclosed that his business loses over $4million each month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The businessman who is…
BUSINESS Banking crisis has killed about 18k Ghanaians – ASEPA 24th June 2020 Kumasi Online Policy think tank ASEPA has claimed about 18,000 Ghanaians have died as a result of the banking sector cleanup. According to the ASEPA boss, scores of victims of the exercise…
BUSINESS COVID-19 has increased cost of fish in Ghana- Fisheries Professor 23rd June 2020 Kumasi Online An Associate Professor of Fisheries Science at the University of Ghana Prof. Francis K. E. Nunoo has said that one impact of coronavirus on fishing and the cost of fish…