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Retailers feel sales drop as cement prices rise by GH¢12
The latest GH¢12 increase in cement prices is beginning to weigh heavily on demand, with retailers reporting declining sales and fewer customers visiting their outlets.
The price adjustment, which affects...
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BoG Announces Tougher Penalties for Customers Who Issue Dud Cheques
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has introduced a progressive penalty regime for customers who issue dud cheques, with sanctions becoming increasingly severe for repeat...
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56.4% of Ghanaians Remain in Poverty – World Bank
The World Bank says 56.4% of Ghanaians remain in poverty despite recent economic growth, warning that widening spatial disparities and limited job creation are...
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Proposed Beer Tax Risks Affecting Over 2,000 Jobs – Accra Brewery
Accra Brewery PLC (ABL) has warned that proposed changes to Ghana’s beer excise duty regime could increase the tax burden on locally produced beer,...
Politics
Kessben Group CEO, Stephen Kwabena Boateng, Passes Away at 68
Stephen Kwabena Boateng, popularly known as Kwabena Kesse or Kessben, and Chief Executive Officer of KESSBEN Group of Companies, has died at the age...
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Producer Price Inflation Rises to 4.0% in July 2026
Ghana’s producer price inflation rose to 4.0% year-on-year in July 2026, up from 3.5% in June, driven largely by higher gold prices and continued...
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Three Remanded Over Alleged Concealment of 866 Cocaine Slabs in Gari at Tema Harbour
An Accra Circuit Court has remanded three persons into lawful custody over the alleged concealment of 866 slabs of substances suspected to be cocaine...
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118 Bags of Cocoa Intercepted at Bunkpurugu Border, Four Arrested
The North East Regional Police Command has arrested four people and intercepted 118 bags of cocoa beans weighing 11,800 kilogrammes at Bunkpurugu in the...
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Three Young Men Convicted Over GH¢38,450 Mobile Money Fraud in Assin Fosu
The Assin Fosu District Court has convicted three young men for defrauding a 26-year-old trader of GH¢38,450 through a fraudulent electronic money transaction.
The convicts...
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NaCCA bans use of unapproved assessment and mock examination materials
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has directed heads of pre-tertiary schools across the country to stop administering assessment items and mock...
Politics
IMF Warns Ghana to Pursue Economic Transformation – Gideon Boako
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Ghana to move beyond macroeconomic stabilisation and pursue deeper structural reforms to secure long-term economic growth and...
