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Newmont to reduce board size from 15 to 11

Multinational mining firm, Newmont, has announced on Monday March 9 that its Board of Directors (Board) plans to reduce the number of Directors from 15 to 11, effective following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 21, 2020, with the completion of the Goldcorp integration. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Board determined that reducing the size of ...

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Gas is critical for Sub-Saharan Africa’s energy future

Energy experts discussed the importance of gas for Africa’s current and future energy needs, pointing out that Gas will be critical for creating industry, manufacturing and attracting investment capital. With recent major gas discoveries in Tanzania, Mozambique, Senegal, Mauritania and South Africa, Africa is poised to use gas technologies that are faster, more reliable, more cost-effective and more environmentally-friendly than ...

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Don’t approve Anadarko–Total SA deal – gov’t cautioned

Geoffrey Kabutey Ocansey, Executive Director, RM-Africa

Revenue Mobilization Africa, a not-for-profit organization has cautioned government, particularly the Ministry of Energy not to approve the Anadarko–Total SA deal until all taxes owed the state are duly paid. The organization in a statement issued in Accra by its Executive Director Geoffrey Kabutey Ocansey expressed concern about the many speculative news stories regarding the sale of Anadarko operations in ...

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Illegal power connection a threat to Ghana’s economy-ECG Boss

Mr Kwame-Agyeman-Budu

Mr Kwame Agyeman-Budu, Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has warned the general public to desist from illegal power connections to their homes and places of work. He said such practices go against the laws of the land, hence culprits will be made to face the full riguor of the law if they are caught. Mr Agyeman-Budu ...

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World Bank cautions Ghana over excessive borrowing

Pierre Frank Laporte

The World Bank has cautioned Ghana against excessive borrowing amidst concerns that the country risks being classified as high debt distress country if the situation persists. This comes a day after the country successfully raised US$3 billion Eurobond which was five times oversubscribed. The International Monetary Fund has also warned the nation that it is at a high risk of ...

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Obuasi’s return to productivity, profitability excites Akufo-Addo

Nana Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has expressed his delight at the return to production, productivity, and profitability of the Anglogold Ashanti Gold mine, six years after it was effectively closed down. According to President Akufo-Addo, the coming back on stream of the Obuasi mine signals to the rest of the world “new beginnings for Obuasi, which will help in spurring on the development ...

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Enforce or review law banning foreigners from retail trade – GIPC Boss

Yoofi Grant, CEO, GIPC

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre(GIPC), Yoofi Grant is demanding the enforcement or revision of the GIPC law which bars foreigners from engaging in retail trade in Ghana. According to him, this will resolve the unending retail feud between Ghanaian and Nigerian traders which has resulted in the closure of Nigerian shops in the past few ...

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Ghana among countries that have highest percentage of women business owners in the world

The third edition of the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) has listed three African countries as global leaders in terms of women-owned businesses. Uganda, Ghana and Botswana are ranked as the top three countries with the highest percentages of women-owned businesses across the 58 markets evaluated around the world. Based on publicly available data from international organizations including the ...

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Gov’t releases GH¢40 million for mortgage financing

Government has released some GH¢40 million to support the efforts by the private sector in bridging the housing deficit in the country. The fund which has been made available to some selected banks in the country is expected to add to additional funding to be provided by private estate developers. Deputy Minister of Finance, Charles Adu Boahen disclosed this at ...

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Upfront charge of CST ends, new cost of data to be announced – Ashigbey

The Telecoms Chamber says the upfront charge of the 9 per cent Communications Service Tax has been reversed as at November 26. This is according to the CEO of the Chamber, Ken Ashigbey who tells Joy Business that all players in the telecommunication space will to this effect unveil a new cost of data and call tariff in line with the ...

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