Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has said the time is ripe for Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire to develop strategies that will bring new life to the cocoa value chain and improve wellbeing of farmers. “At the economic management level, we are looking at a possible insurance system for our farmers. We...
Ghana saw the birth of an independent Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) when the Nuclear Regulatory Authority Act, 2015 Act 895 was passed in August 2015. This was followed by the transfer of some Staff of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission to the Authority to form its nucleus on January 11,...
All seems set for the 2nd Poultry Value Chain (POVAC) Fair scheduled for Wednesday, 21st and Thursday 22nd March 2018 at the Eusbett Hotel-Sunyani. It has been confirmed that the United States Department of Agriculture’s Regional Agricultural Counsellor, Charles Rush; Ron Strikker, The Netherlands Ambassador to Ghana; and Dr. Gyiele...
A retail outlet, Shoprite Ghana, donated assorted household and food items to the inmates of the Weija Leprosarium in Accra in fulfilment of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) for the month of February. The items included toiletries, bags of rice, cooking oil, detergents among others. The donation, which was aimed at...
In academic circles, the subject of socialization is generally defined as a process where an individual internalizes the norms and ideologies of society. This definition is a significant truism that anchors on the totality of our culture; which has agriculture as a fundamental feature. Before modernity pulled our population from...
The Impact Hub in Accra will become the first business in the West African country to benefit from ecoligo’s fully financed solar-as-a-service solution. For the latest project on the crowdinvesting platform ecoligo.investments, private investors will refinance a solar battery system that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship in Ghana. Investors will receive...
Within less than two decades it will be cheaper to operate robots in US factories than hire workers in Africa, a new report warns. Falling automation costs are predicted to cause job losses as manufacturers return to richer economies. Some analysts say poorer countries could be less impacted by this trend,...
The Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA), a government agency that licences and regulates the activities of Free Zone Enterprises (FZEs), has said it has adopted some workable strategies which are already being implemented. The primary objective is to change the face of GFZB in the eyes of its valued investors:...
The Reinsurance sector in the country remains untapped, with a lot of room for growth in the provision of reinsurance capacity in the areas of oil and gas, marine, aviation and specialist liability risk. Mr. Justice Yaw Ofori, Commissioner of the National Insurance Commission (NIC) who disclosed this at the...
…as ACCOSCA holds historic conference in Accra The West African Block of the African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Association (ACCOSCA), has held its first-ever conference in Accra. The conference, held between March 12 and 14, was on the theme ‘Regional integration for cooperative sustainable growth’, with participants drawn from...