Category: Business

Cargoes Remain Uncleared At The Port Due To Election- Tema Customs Sector Commander

The Assistant Commissioner in Charge of the Tema Collection of Customs, Joseph Adu-Kyei, has revealed that a lot of cargoes remain uncleared at the Port of Tema prior to the 2020 general elections. He said even though this checks at the Port reveal that containers are coming into the country, importers have […]

Xoom, PayPal service, announces secure money transfers to mobile wallets in 11 countries in Africa

…To Helps reduce the cost of sending money to Africa Xoom, PayPal’s money transfer service, announced that the company’s customers in the US, UK, Canada and Europe can now send secure and convenient money transfers directly to mobile wallets in key markets across Africa with a focus on the underbanked […]

Second Phase Of ICUMS To Introduce Significant Innovations As Well Plug Persisting Gaps In System – CUSTOMS

An Assistant Commissioner of Customs in charge of the Accra Sector Command and Chairman of the Implementation Team of ICUMS, Emmanuel Ohene, has revealed that the second phase of the implementation of the Integrated Customs Management system will not only plug in some of the few gaps identified but will also […]

Customs Tout 70% Improvement In Clearance Processes Under ICUMS Leading To Customs Exceeding Revenue Target

An Assistant Commissioner of Customs in charge of the Accra Sector Command and Chairman of the Implementation Team of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) Emmanuel Ohene, has revealed that the initial challenges during the roll out of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) has been reduced by about 70%, eight […]

Gov’t Exceeds Revenue Target For August And November 2020 As A Result Of ICUMS

The Chairman of the Implementation Team of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), Emmanuel Ohene has disclosed that government exceeded its revenue target in August and November, 2020 from Ghana’s ports. This, he attributed to the introduction of the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS) at the ports. “Tema collection in this […]

TAGG Assesses Gov’t Performance On Trading Issues

The largest traders’ organization in the country, Traders Advocacy Group Ghana (TAGG) has made a thorough assessment of government’s performance within the last four years on trading issues and disclosed that trading has been excellent. TAGG which has a database of over thousands of traders across the sixteen (16) Regions […]