Illegality at sea: 94% of fishers register declining catches – report

The cedi's recent appreciation against the US dollar is expected to offer motorists some relief from international petroleum market pressures in November, with petrol prices projected to fall by up to 3.51 percent.

A major constraint on trade financing across Africa has been overcome with the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry signing an international convention aimed at making goods moving by road, rail and other transport modes easier to use as security for bank loans.

Comprehensive geological mapping is essential to delineating concessions for small-scale and large-scale mining operators and preventing operational conflicts between local miners and multinational companies, Denis Gyeyir, Programme Manager for Resources Futures in Africa at the Open Society Foundations, has said.

Government faces mounting pressure to convert its expanding youth population into productive employment, with nearly two million young people neither working nor in education or training - highlighting the challenge of translating economic growth and macroeconomic stability into decent jobs.

Ghana’s lower-rate cycle is forcing banks to prove that growth can survive without the unusually high yields of recent years.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across all 16 regions are to benefit from a national business pitch competition aimed at improving access to funding, strengthening business capacity and creating jobs.

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA Ghana) has launched a one-year initiative to assess the institutional, regulatory and workforce requirements for Ghana’s nuclear power programme as the country works towards the stage at which it can invite bids or negotiate a contract for its first nuclear power plant.

Ghana has signed a labour recruitment agreement with Russia’s Alabuga Special Economic Zone, opening a potential pathway for young Ghanaians to take up industrial and manufacturing jobs at a facility seeking more than 75,000 workers across 48 companies.