Trade in goods between Ghana and the United States of America reached an all-time high of US$3.7billion in 2022, with the country boasting a favourable balance of trade according to a fact sheet of the US Embassy in Accra. Ghana’s exports to the US in 2022 amounted to US$2.7billion. Main...
Management of ROOTS Hotels and Apartments, in collaboration with the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), have marked the 10th anniversary of the facility in Accra. The hotel, which was opened to the public in August 2011, and situated in the heart of Accra, ROOTS combines all the coziness of a private...
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced that it has granted additional temporary spectrum at no cost to MTN and Vodafone to improve their service to customers. The extra 5 Megahertz (MHz) spectrum was made available to the network operators in April 2020 at their request, to ease congestion following...
The founder of Strategic Communications Africa Limited (Stratcomm Africa), Esther Amba Numaba Cobbah,  has been voted to the Board of the globally respected International Public Relations Association to serve a two year term. This follows her previous term as a co-opted member of the Board between 2019 and 2020. In 2019, the multi award...
As the largest contributor to Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), accounting for over 50% of GDP, agriculture is essential for the country's overall economic development. In addition, it generates roughly 60% of export revenue. It economically supports 80% of the people, whether directly or indirectly, through farming, the sale...
Situation threatens ‘Destination Ghana’ agenda With a chunk of international tourists’ budget being expended on hotel accommodation, the Ghana Hotels Association (GHA) is worried the phenomenon could derail government’s ‘Destination Ghana’ campaign for this year. Data from the GHA show that international tourists spend almost 60 percent of their budget...
Chirano Gold Mines has emphasised its commitment to investing in education within the company’s catchment communities. It said its activities along the education sector aim to create a rich pool of human resources that can be relied upon for sustainability of the mine and other services necessary for development. This because...
The Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank, Dr. John Kofi Mensah has called on Ghanaians to patronize made in Ghana products for the sustenance of the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative by Government. According to Dr. Mensah, the success of the 1D1F initiative by government will largely depend...
Godfred Nana Yaw Amoako, a 29-year-old amateur model from Ghana has been crowned Mr. Model Africa 2020 in Accra. Henrik Wolo Jnr. 20 years, also an amateur model and from Liberia took the second position while Babatunde Stephen, a 24-year model and footballer from Nigeria placed third. The show was...
The Public Relations Officer for the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSRC), Nii Yebuah Edwin Burgesson, has urged operators in the courier and delivery services to get licences before they work. According to Mr. Burgesson, some courier services have been operating without licence - an act that infringes the...