STC Gets New Buses
STC has been provided with new buses to help boost the operations of the transport company. President John Mahama on Friday afternoon handed over the buses to the management of the company.Join...
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Armyworms Invade Farms In Akatsi North District
Famine looms in the Akatsi North district of the Volta Region as farmers are battling an armyworm infestation on their farms. About six acres of maize and cassava farms have already been destroyed in...
Ghana Will Be In A State of Economic Hopelessness 2017 – Economist
An Economist and Member of Parliament (MP) for New Juaben South, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, is cautioning Ghanaians not to expect anything good from the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) in...
No Priority For the Cultivation of Plantain
The country has no strategic plan or priority for the cultivation of plantain and its value chain, although its production is viable for the country to consider both for local consumption and for...
UMB Set To Transform SME Banking
The viability and growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana has been given a boost with the launch of the first UMB Centre for Businesses in Kumasi. Located on the Ashanti New Town road...
Telcos Offer Banks Novel Credit-Risk Model
In what could be a game-changer, telecom network operators in the country have offered to assist financial institutions to identify, manage and mitigate credit risk using borrowers’ consumption...
Services Sector Maintains Dominance
The economy’s second quarter performance, released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), shows that the services sector continues to be the fastest growing, and the largest contributor to Gross...
Angry Residents Demonstrate Against Chinese Mining Company
Residents of Wassa Dawbo, a town in the Amenfi Central District in the Western Region have embarked on a demonstration to show their dissatisfaction against C&J Aleska, a Chinese mining company...
Gov’t Neglected Real Sectors In Appropriation Bill
The Minority in parliament has criticized government for not investing in critical sectors of the economy in its expenditure of the Appropriation Bill. The Appropriation Bill which was approved by...
Electronics Dealers Demand Strict Regulation From Energy Commission
Distributors of electronic appliances want the Energy Commission to intensify the regulation of the importation of substandard products unto the Ghanaian market. According to them, the situation has...
Who Is Buying Ghana’s Oil?
The co-chair of the Ghana Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative GHEITI, Dr. Emmanuel Steve Asare Manteaw, is asking a question many Ghanaians may ignore or downplay its relevance. Who is...
Ghana Gas Deflates Media Report On Pipeline Contract
Ghana National Gas Company Limited, has deflated media reports that it is constructing a 180-mile (290km) gas pipeline from Aboadze to Tema at a cost of $500 Million. The company insists the project...
GHC2bn Deficit Is Blow To Economy – Economist
Economist, Dr. Lord Mensah has criticized the almost 2 billion cedis budget deficit in the advance expenditure appropriation presented by the Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper. Parliament, on...
Amissah-Arthur Promises Cocoa Farmers Better Price
The Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has ended his four-day tour of the Central Region with his “Touching base campaign” with an assurance to cocoa farmers that government would continue to...
Gov’t To Blow GHC1.8bn On Loan Interests
The Government of Ghana will spend GHC1.8 billion on loan interests alone in the first-quarter of 2017, MP for the New Juaben South constituency, Dr Mark Assibey Yeboah has said. Parliament on...
Import Duties Will Be Reduced Under Nana Addo’s Gov’t – Alan
The Former Minister of Trade and Industry Alan Kwadwo Kyeremanteng has assured that the next New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will drastically reduce import duties on goods and services. This, he...
Fuel Price Increments Unjustified – Group
The Institute for Energy Security, an energy policy think tank, has described the recent increment in price of petroleum products by some Oil Marketing Companies as “unjustified” and lacking...
Agric Has Big Role In Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, FAO said today in a new report. Agriculture,...
Price of Gold To Remain Under Pressure – Chamber of Mines Boss
President of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Mr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor, expects the price of gold to remain under pressure for most parts of 2016. This, he explained, will be largely due to the US Federal...
Drivers Threaten To Increase Transport Fares By 20%
The Committed Drivers Association have threatened to increase fares by 20 percent from Monday October, 25, 2016 if government fails to reduce the prices of fuel. The National Petroleum Authority...