For seven years, Boko Haram has terrorized northeast Nigeria and surrounding countries, killing tens of thousands and displacing millions. Despite the Nigerian government claiming a “technical”...
The failure of African countries to produce oil palm to meet growing demand has resulted in the description of oil palm production in the continent as anaemic. Although oil palm originated in the...
A number of happenings over the last few weeks have got me thinking about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that more than 190 world leaders adopted at the United Nations general assembly...
Ghanaians must be fortunate they have an analytic mind in Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to solve the challenges facing the economy, former...
The 182-day treasury security rate decreased by two basis points to settle at 24.69 per cent. All other treasury securities maintained their respective yields at the close of the week. The government...
A suitable environment for businesses to succeed remains an important precursor to economic growth and ultimately the improvement of living standards. At a UN forum held in 2015, UN Secretary-General...
In-fighting has broken out in Boko Haram after the Islamic State group announced a new leader of its Nigerian affiliate, according to reports in the country's remote northeast. IS said last month...
The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan has disclosed that cabinet has approved the creation of an Oil Palm Development Board to regulate and promote the sector. The...
The Head of United Nations (UN) office for West Africa and Sahel, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has asked political parties contesting the December polls to use legal means to settle electoral disputes. Dr....
A Senior Governance Adviser to the United Nations has observed that heightened tension that characterise political discourse in the country is the result of the nature of the governance system. He...
Accra based Montie FM has for the second time topped the chart of stations in Ghana which uses abusive expressions. A recent report by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) said the station...
The United Kingdom-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (UKGCC) will host a multi-sector business trip to Accra next month for British companies, investors, exporters, importers and small and medium-scale...
Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, Head of the UN Office for West Africa & Sahel Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has advised Ghanaian politicians to eschew politics of insults and practice issue- based elections...
On Tuesday 6th September 2016 President John Dramani Mahama who had the title Nana Ahobrasehene Toaso I confered on him by the Agonaman Traditional chief was ones again at his usual best as an expert...
The $1.5 billion Tema port expansion project which is expected to start from October 1 is expected to be completed by the 4th quarter of 2019 and anticipated to create over 5,000 direct jobs. The...
Ghana will become energy sufficient by the end of 2017, President John Mahama has said. According to him, with the commencement of work on the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) fields in addition to...
President John Dramani Mahama has debunked assertions that Ghana is trailing Ivory Coast in terms of development. Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana show aired on Tuesday September 6, Mr...
Construction works on the $1.5billion Tema Port expansion project is expected to commence on the 1st October 2016. The project, which is the biggest investment of the almost 70yrs history of the...
Ghana’s finance minister hopes to tap international capital markets for the fourth time in as many years, but dismissed concerns that government spending and borrowing ahead of elections increased...
The outcome of elections in Africa have generally been characterized by disputes, violence and in some cases civil unrest. Undoubtedly, this has affected economic growth and most importantly, denied...
