One lesson Ghanaians ought to have learnt from the extended power crisis suffered recently, is that the pace of our country’s development will be slow and uncompetitive, if it is not supported by a strong and efficient power sector. Ghana is today set on an industrial development path; propelling...
The 69th edition of the Annual New Year School at the University of Ghana opened on Monday, with Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia delivering the keynote address, with strong indications that Ghanaians will feel the economy’s transformation that government is labouring to effect.
Understandably, the Vice President explained that the...
The country’s poultry import bill is said to be around GH¢200million. Ghana imports substantial poultry while local poultry farmers struggle to cope with the high cost of feed, among other inputs.
This impediment should be removed with government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme.
Last year, maize, rice, soybean, sorghum...
The increase in ‘no-shows’ recorded by airlines operating in Ghana has led to an increase in overbookings by airlines as they strategise to avoid flying empty planes to various destinations around the world.
A "no-show" refers to when a passenger - someone who has purchased a ticket - has not...
Small businesses, especially those in the information technology sector, have expressed worry and discontent over what they consider to be the high cost of using the Internet and its associated poor quality of service.
In an interview with the B&FT some of the businesses, which are of different sizes, shared...
Residents of resettled communities within the enclave of the 400megawatt Bui Hydroelectric project have appealed to authorities for bill-free electricity supply as part of their compensation package.
They say construction of the dam has adversely affected their source of livelihood – farming and fishing, thus rendering them too financially incapacitated...
The bullish run experienced by the equities market in 2017 is set to continue unabated in 2018, according to analysis by Databank Research, based on its projections of a more stable cedi and a further decline in inflation and interest rates.
“The sharp decline of yields in the fixed income...
Sir Sam Jonah, the Executive Chairman, Jonah Capital, has called for a deliberate policy to change the attitude of Ghanaians towards local products.
He said the inordinate taste for foreign goods in Ghana and many African countries was not conducive to developing indigenous capital.
“There is little faith in things made...
While the cedi’s year-to-date performance against the US dollar has been encouraging, it has been faltering against other major currencies such as the pound sterling and the Euro.
With the year barely a fortnight old, the cedi’s performance on the interbank market indicates a year-to-date depreciation of about 0.1 percent...
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
…Nelson Mandela.
As Ghanaians, we must make the education of the youth our ‘Core Value’ to develop the fundamental human capacity base of our country. The ‘Free SHS’ policy is laudable and acceptable, but its funding...