Initiating a social network amid a COVID pandemic may appear insensitive, but for the people in Ada State it is a way to own and bring economic development to an area that has not received much governmental support for many years.
On November 7, 2020, Ada Development Network (ADN) will...
AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Mine has said its effort to enhance agriculture development in the Obuasi municipality is being undermined by illegal mining activities, or galamsey, despite committing US$620,000 into local agricultural programmes.
Senior Sustainability Manager, of AngloGold Ashanti-Obuasi Mine, Emmanuel Baidoo, said the galamsey activities are happening close to the...
Imperial General Assurance Company Limited, a licenced non-life Insurance Company in Ghana, has paid a Contractors All Risk (CAR) Policy claim of GH¢660,647.50 to China Henan International Cooperation Group, contractor for the Sissai River Drain Extension Project in Kumasi.
Part of the contract work that was fully insured by Imperial...
The Consumer Protection Agency (CPC) has stated that the practice of detaining passengers on arrival at the Kotoka International Airport due to their inability to pay the US$150 flat fee for PCR test to ascertain their Coronavirus status is illegal and must stop immediately.
According to CPC, a body with...
Contrary to high expectations of Stakeholders in Ghana’s forestry sector, the scheduled issuance of the country’s first Forest Law Environment Governance Trade (FLEGT) licences or Timber Legality Licences in December 2020 will not happen. This is because the country’s state of readiness for the licenses to be issued is...
It is exactly three years since October 2017 when the B&FT exclusively reported that the central bank had begun stakeholder consultations on establishing an apex body for microfinance institutions in the country, in the form of an ARB Apex Bank for rural and community banks (RCBs).
But so far, nothing...
The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is working to introduce the first genetically modified/biotechnology cowpea (beans) seed to farmers for the 2021/22 crop season.
The new variety is to solve an age-old insect pest problem - the Maruca vitrata or the...
MTN Group has been named the valuable African brand in the Brand Finance Africa 150 2020 ranking, which ascribes a brand value of US$3.3billion to MTN.
Brand value is the net economic benefit that a brand owner would achieve by licencing their brand in the open marker.
In its survey, Brand...
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) is eyeing an increase in transit trade with neighbouring landlocked countries - Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger - with construction of the Tema-Akosombo railway project.
According to Fred Asiedu-Dartey, Head of Freight and Logistics at the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), completing the railway project will...
The second Israeli Green Innovation Competition (IGIC), which seeks to honour individuals and organisations that come up with innovative solutions to promote environmental conservation and agriculture in Ghana, has officially begun.
The Green Innovation Competition focuses on innovative startups in the agriculture and horticulture sector, which is in line with...