Ghana cannot meet the September 21, 2017 deadline set for the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting, the Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has said. The country missed the initial June 2015 deadline set under the Geneva 2006 agreement of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for countries to migrate onto the digital platform, citing … Read more
Government and private establishments should expand their employment opportunities “For me, it is all about people having jobs, and that is why I make no apology for having focused relentlessly on employment and job creation”. Enda Kenny Decent Work Agenda (DWA) has become increasingly recognized as a key approach to global and national development and … Read more
Three speakers at a public forum in Accra have criticised the huge size of government appointees under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo‘s administration. In their view, such a huge size of the government would put pressure on the public purse and burden the taxpayer. The speakers were two senior lecturers at the Political Science Department … Read more
None of the ten regions of the country has up to 20percent of businesses or what the statistical service calls “non-household establishments” being formal, confirming concerns that a lot of people remain outside the tax net. In its 2016 Regional Spatial Business Report, the Ghana Statistical Service defines as informal an establishment that does not … Read more