Urbanisation of Accra inter alia has led to criminal acts of land grabbing which has gained the notorious name ‘land guards’. Anybody who has suffered the activities of land guards knows that it is something that no government should tolerate not to the extent of which it has almost...
A 39-year old Ghanaian farmer has broken a record by becoming the first indigenous commercial farmer with over 425 hectares of farmland in a single location of the country’s northern savannah ecological zone.
Isaac Papanko, CEO of Idan Agro Ventures Papanko, started off by farming maize on 8 hectares and...
World Bank Chief Economist Carmen Reinhart has said the coronavirus pandemic is turning into a major economic crisis, and warned of the possibility of a financial crisis emerging.
“This did not start as a financial crisis, but it is morphing into a major economic crisis with very serious financial consequences,”...
Executive Director of the Association of Rural Banks-Ghana, Mrs. Comfort Owusu, has advised rural banks’ General Managers and CEOs to quickly adapt to change - particularly in the business environment.
According to her, the external business environment and government regulatory policies have direct impacts on their activities as bankers, and...
MTN Foundation has invested a total of US$15 million in 150 projects in Ghana over the past 12 years. These investments cover areas such education, healthcare and economic empowerment.
On education, the foundation has 87 projects and these are on Information Communications Technology (ICT), dormitories for some Senior High Schools,...
The U.S. Embassy in Accra and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have formally launched the U.S. State Department Bureau of African Affairs’ University Partnerships Initiative (UPI) at an in-person and virtual launch ceremony on the KNUST campus on Wednesday October 14, 2020.
The event was presided...
PZ Cussons, as part of the Global Handwashing Day celebrations, has donated handwashing stations and Carex and Camel products worth GH¢50,000 to some orphanages across the country.
The products donated included hand sanitisers, antibacterial soap and hand wash. Global Handwashing Day is a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness...
Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Henry Kokofu, has underscored the importance of institutional collaboration between mining industry players and the environmental regulator.
Mr. Kokofu, who assumed office in August 2020, has being engaging various stakeholders to acquaint himself with his new role and to gain a deeper...
Bayer, as part of this year’s company’s Future of Farming Dialogue virtual event series, has emphasised the importance of the company’s sustainability commitments it set in 2019.
Liam Condon, President of the Crop Science division of Bayer, addressing participants said the impact of COVID-19 and resulting economic instability reinforced the...