A cross section of agricultural scientists, water experts and sector related policy makers in Ghana have established the importance of the management of agricultural water for the national attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. This was at a Forum on Wednesday September 20th, 2017, in Accra, organized by the International...
Accra’s finest five-star luxury property, Kempinski Hotel Gold Coast City has been adjudged the “Best Hotel in West Africa” by the Bafalon Awards Committee of Experts in partnership with Africa Travel Quarterly, West Africa’s first travel magazine. The honour was conferred on the hotel at the third edition of the...
Standard Chartered Bank Ghana has taken the convenience of personal banking to a new height by holding an investments seminar for clients to help them make more informed and relevant choices about investments. With a highly-trained staff, the bankers can now identify any structural or tactical gaps in a client’s...
The country’s desire to ensure universal electricity access by 2020 is likely to suffer a severe blow when ECG goes under private care, as the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) wants further power expansion projects halted. A feasibility study conducted by the MCC, on behalf of government, as part of the...
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, yesterday led a delegation to illegal mining sites in the country, as the 21-day ultimatum given to illegal miners operating in the country expires by close of day. According to John Peter Amewu, the delegation was on site to assess which government interventions is...
Ghanaian civil society organisations have commended the on-going media advocacy on illegal mining popularly known as “galamsey,” for succeeding in establishing the evils of the practice, particularly, as it relates to destruction of water bodies and in stopping the practice for now. But they are of the view that the...
With its lush vegetation, pristine waters, many safe beaches, and ideal spots for scuba diving, São Tomé and Príncipe Island, situated in the Atlantic Ocean, offers the ideal location to fetter love nurtured abroad. Many lovers have also nourished their love on this gentle twin tropical Island where its beaches...
One of the important tourism landmarks in the country, the Salaga Slave Market in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region, has been converted into a lorry station. In an interview with the B&FT, Alexander Nketia, acting Northern Regional Officer of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) expressed displeasure at...
The Car Rental Association of Ghana (CRAG) has held its maiden forum to promote tourism and hospitality in Ghana via the use of Car Rental services. The aim of the forum was to engage stakeholders in the car rental and tourism industries  to address issues pertaining to car rentals in Ghana...
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Africa Reinsurance Corporation has supported a two-day technical workshop on risk modelling and strategic decision-making for index insurance products. James Seward, Practice Manager for the World Bank Group’s Finance and Markets Global Practice, Africa region, said, the agriculture sector is a...