The only way Ghana can benefit fully from trade agreements with other countries across the world is when it increases it production of goods for export, Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen, has said, asking industrialists to up their game.
The country’s low level of production, the Trade Minister said,...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday held talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street, to strengthen bilateral ties in the mutual interest of their countries.
The President, who is on a three-day visit to the United Kingdom, used the meeting to push Ghana's new posture of...
As part of measures to sustain the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has indicated that it plans to embark on a 30percent expansion of the programme, which will increase the enrolment on the programme to 2.1m from an initial 1.7m.
Speaking on...
As part of its effort to reduce gas related accidents in the country, The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has engaged consumers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the Brong Ahafo Region.
The exercise is aimed at sensitizing chopbar operators, restaurants, hotels and door-to-door business operators on safe dispensing and use...
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has said it is confident of meeting its 2017 target of registering foreign direct inflows to the tune of US$5 billion, a more than 108 percent increase from the US$2.4 billion recorded last year.
The GIPC’s third quarter report indicates that close to US$3.4billion...
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has urged start-up businesses to take advantage of the Ghana Alternative Market (GAX) to raise capital to expand and take their businesses to higher heights.
With lending rates above 30 percent, it has become a major challenge for small businesses in the country to access...
Government intends to use its revenue and expenditure measures in the 2018 budget to continue to stabilise the economy, offer reliefs to make the private sector competitive and create more employment.
But without the needed revenues, these objectives will not be realised. Funding for most of government’s developmental projects is...
A lot has been said about unemployment among university graduates, but the real unemployment headache lies below the university level, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), has said, expressing surprise that government’s main focus is on university graduates.
In its review of the 2018 budget, the institute...
Banks and their customers will need to transform to make the recapitalisation exercise worthwhile
“The wheel always turns” is a popular cliché that aptly describes the cyclical nature of the credit and business markets. It also describes one of life’s truths, in that many a time you find yourself in...
‘Scaling up Nutrition’ (SUN), a country-led effort to eliminate all forms of malnutrition, was organised by the Ghana Nutrition Summit last week to initiate a stocktaking analysis of progress made since Ghana joined SUN in 2011.
Malnutrition contributes significantly to maternal mortality worldwide, and is a leading risk factor for...