Business News of Thursday, 13 January 2022
Business News
- Contractors have no excuse to stop work on our roads – Minister
- Business Word of the Day: Benchmark value reduction policy
- We should target training 30,000 engineers annually - Akufo-Addo
- Government suspends reversal of benchmark value policy indefinitely
- File your annual returns or risk losing your business name-Registrar General
- We’ve not decided to increase lorry fares by 40% – Coalition of Private Transport Operators
- Educate Ghanaians on Real Estate Agency Act - Cherry urges REAC
- Emirates lifts travel ban on Ghana and four other African countries
- No need to increase pension age to 65 – Labour Analyst
- Trade expert sides with AGI on benchmark value policy
- Govt must find lasting solution for persistent fuel price hikes – UG Senior Lecturer
- SSNIT increased monthly pension by 9.68% not 10% - Africa Centre for Retirement Research
- Let's empower youth with IT skills to create opportunities - Carlos Ahenkorah
- Private sector urged to familiarize with rules of origin within AfCFTA
- Investor confidence waning over influx of imports into Ghana – AGI
- Beneficiaries laud SSNIT for pension increment
- Take advantage of internal resources to boost oil industry - Dr.Sulemana
- TMA apprehends motorcycle drivers for unlawful use of Tema Motorway
- Telcos commit to ensure successful SIM re-registration
- We cannot be blamed for Ghana card challenges - NIA PRO
- Ghana and Hungary to deepen ties
- Ghana's economy to expand by 5.5% in 2022 - World Bank projects
- Canoe Owners Association demand abolishment of additional fishing holiday
- NIC’s attempt to collapse insurance firms useless, retrogressive – Wiredu
- Registrar-General delists 2,788 firms from companies register
- FLASHBACK: IMF pushes for increment of taxes
- Today in History: How Dangote built his business, became wealthiest man in Africa

- Global growth to slow down through 2023 - World Bank
- Fair Wages Commission urges public sector workers to accept 7% salary increment
- Manasseh Azure, Ras Mubarak, others to embark on ‘no calls day’ protest
- Come clear on financing US$199m acquisition of Jubilee, TEN Oil Fields - ACEP to GNPC

- Today in History: Ghana needs US$34 billion to fix housing deficit - Danywise CEO
- MASLOC to disburse GH¢64 million worth of loans this year
- Food prices will be 'fairly stable' in first quarter of the year – Commodity expert
- Over 300 workers to lose their jobs over NIC recapitalization directive - Expert
- Coronavirus: Induced closure of land borders to impact continental trade - Ofosu-Dorte
- Here is the Cedi's performance against major foreign currencies as at January 13
- SSNIT to adopt new platform for updating contributors account statements
- Fuel prices to go up – IES predicts
- FLASHBACK: Lorry fares to go up soon – GPRTU
- NRSA to regularise activities of vulcanisers
- Government to get majority stake in oil & gas through enhancing local capacity - Akufo-Addo
- Phase one of largest hydro-solar system in West Africa completed - Akufo-Addo
- Benchmark Value: GUTA pledges objectivity ahead of stakeholder consultation
- World Bank cuts global growth forecast for 2022 to 4.1% from 4.3%
- Benchmark Value: Changes expose government's inconsistency - Ricketts-Hagan
- PAPSS essential for intra-African trade - Wamkele Mene
- Ghana lost GH¢200,000 daily for 44 days after minister's arbitrary cancellation of road tolls
- LIVESTREAMED: AfCFTA Secretariat launches Pan African Payments & Settlement System
- Ghana’s inflation for December 2021 hits 12.6% - GSS
- Pensioners need more than 10% adjustment – Analyst to SSNIT
- Ghana's debt sinks deeper into distress as investors lose patience – Bloomberg report
- Untamed inflation creates extra headache for economy
- Hospital visits by pensioners up, review your operations to assist them – SSNIT told
- Government seeks to borrow GH¢3.79bn on the domestic debt market
- Inflation, high imports to drive cedi to GH¢7 per US$ by year end – CEFIS report