The United Nations (UN) has over the years made a strenuous effort to push access to internet as a right seeing the numerous benefits that can be derived from access to broadband. Regardless, internet access in sub Saharan Africa remains largely a privilege or unavailable altogether due to variety...
In the wake of recent scandals plaguing the banking sector, the implementation of a deposit insurance regime is a timely intervention to renew confidence in the country’s financial system, Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Dr. Ernest Addison has indicated.
Addressing stakeholders in the banking and finance sector at...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said rehabilitation work is ongoing to operationise dilapidated and abandoned cattle ranches, as part of immediate measures to address the perennial clashes between crop farmers and nomadic herdsmen.
Presenting the State of the Nation Address to the 275-member Legislature yesterday, the President said: “We...
The National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), in collaboration with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), has organised a sensitisation workshop for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) on how to use sustainable reporting processes to drive productivity and growth.
About 50 beneficiary businesses were taken through interactive sessions to understand...
The President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has said government is spending more on education in its quest to build a modern economy which, he said, is largely dependent on an educated and skilled workforce.
“We need an educated and skilled workforce to be able to operate the modern economy we are creating....
Government has signed an agreement with Doha-based Qatar Airways for the Middle Eastern airline to start scheduled flights between Accra and Doha, while Air Namibia - which pulled out of the country some four years ago - has started discussions to re-start operations this year.
Passengers travelling to the Middle...
An official ceremony hosted by the Ghana Cocoa Board honoured Simon Marfo, a Ghanaian cocoa farmer who won the prestigious Cocoa of Excellence International Cocoa Award at the recent Salon du Chocolat in Paris, France.
Marfo is a member of the Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) and benefited from fine flavour...
An Accra High Court presided by Justice Ackah-Boafo has today ruled against the decision by the Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu, to revoke the mining lease of Exton Cubic Group Limited.
According to Justice Ackah-Boafo’s ruling, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, exceeded...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the Online/Digital Marketing Entrepreneurship programme for 3,000 unemployed youth to undergo a 3 month all-expense paid training programme.
The training is aimed at equipping the youth with skills to start-up their own businesses thereby reducing the unemployment canker amongst the youth in the...