Category: Business

Platform-Based Activity Supporting Income Generation in Ghana’s USD 1 Billion Digital Economy

As Ghana’s digital services economy generates an estimated USD 1 billion annually, a new study commissioned by Bolt and conducted by Ipsos highlights the growing role platform-based activity is playing in supporting income generation, entrepreneurship, and economic participation across the country. The Gig Economy Report examined participation across multiple sectors, […]

Platform-Based Activity Supporting Income Generation in Ghana’s USD 1 Billion Digital Economy

As Ghana’s digital services economy generates an estimated USD 1 billion annually, a new study commissioned by Bolt and conducted by Ipsos highlights the growing role platform-based activity is playing in supporting income generation, entrepreneurship, and economic participation across the country. The Gig Economy Report examined participation across multiple sectors, […]

Port costs under threat as cargo-tracking fee re-emerges …scheme previously shelved now routed through Transport Ministry 

A renewed attempt to introduce a cargo-tracking regime in the country has triggered fresh concerns within the trade and logistics sector, after documents suggested that a policy concept previously unable to gain traction at the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry is now being pursued through the Ministry of Transport. […]

BIASHARA Afrika 2026 Ends With Bold Step Toward Borderless Africa As Togo Announces Visa-Free Policy

The third edition of Biashara Afrika concluded in Lomé with a landmark announcement that could reshape the future of African integration and intra-African trade. In what many delegates described as the most significant outcome of the continental business forum, Togolese leader Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé announced that Togo will grant visa-free […]

Ghana Link Dismisses Allegations of ICUMS Dysfunctionality, Demands Evidence

Ghana Link Network Services Limited, operators of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), has strongly rejected allegations that the platform is dysfunctional and responsible for disruptions in port and customs operations, describing the claims as false, misleading and unsupported by evidence. The company was reacting to statements reportedly made by […]

Africa–Korea Business Ties Deepen as Seoul Hosts AfCFTA Investment Roundtable

Business leaders from Africa and South Korea have intensified efforts to deepen economic cooperation following a high-level roundtable in Seoul organised by the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat. The meeting, which formed the first official business engagement under the newly established […]