Women more than half of population
Greater Accra overtakes Ashanti as most populous region
Quarter of housing structures make-shift
Provisional data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) have revealed that the total number of people residing in the country as of June 27, 2021 is 30.8 million, with...
…despite producing 20% of world’s cocoa
Ghana since 2016 has been controlling an average of three percent of global exports in unsweetened cocoa powder trade, data from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has revealed.
GEPA noted that Ghana’s global market share of the commodity has been fluctuating - recording 3.59...
Stakeholders in the area of research and development (R&D) have called on the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Ghana to present data on how their activities have impacted Ghanaians over the years, in order to compel government to fulfil its commitment of allocating 1 percent of the...
… this year’s event to celebrate new record production
The 3rd annual edition of Ghana Cocoa Awards (GCA) will celebrate the country’s achievement of a new cocoa beans production record, while highlighting industry’s contribution.
Ghana Cocoa Board, the industry regulator, announced early this month the attainment of an historic 1.04 million...
Government has instituted a stringent legislative mechanism to ensure that before any project of interest begins there is a full regime of financial flow secured for its completion, Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Kodjo Essien Mensah-Abrampa, has said.
According to him, the move is aimed at preventing...
The Right to Information Commission has launched ‘Right to Information Week’ (RTI Week) to create awareness on how the public can genuinely exercise their right in regard to the Right to Information Act, 2019 (989).
The Act was passed by Parliament and assented by the president on 21st May 2019,...
Glovo, one of the world’s leading multi-category delivery platforms, has announced the expansion of its operations in Africa to include Ghana and Tunisia - bringing its current operations to a total of seven countries on the continent. Following the expansion, an estimated 6.5 million more people will be able...
Ghana Rubber Estate Limited (GREL) has handed over a health center to the Nsein community in the Nzema East District of the Western Region for effective health care delivery.
The company spent GH¢750,000 comprising cost of construction, furnishing and other ancillaries on the Nsein Community Health Center.
Lionel Barre, Managing Director...
Analysts are projecting the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Ghana to maintain the policy rate at 13.5% given the risk to recovery as well as the current drivers of inflation.
The latest data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) shows that the economy grew 3.9% in the...
In what is a testament to the robustness of the Ghanaian banking industry, the President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIB) Ghana, Rev. Patricia Sappor, has been conferred with the Inspirational Female Leadership Commendation award at the 11th edition of the African Business Leaders Awards (ABLA).
Organised by the...