Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture (in charge of Crops), Mr. Yaw Addo Frimpong, has called on Thai rice value chain players to come and invest in Ghana. The deputy minister made the appeal at the Thailand-Ghana Business Conference on Sunday, March 19, 2023, which brought together captains of Thailand...
AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mines has handed over a GH¢2.5 million community water system to the Ntonsua, Bidieso, Creeki and Kwabrafoso within the Obuasi Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The provision of potable water and the presentation of the community water system was done as part of activities to commemorate this...
Ethiopian Airlines is to become the largest international airline servicing the Kotoka International Airport by frequency, effective March 26, when the airline starts four additional night flights to augment its existing daily (7) afternoon service. The introduction of four additional flights to their existing 7 flights per week, is to...
In commemoration of Global Money Week 2023, JA Ghana has organised a series of events to promote financial literacy among young people in Ghana. The events include a Teen Talk on Financial Literacy with JHS students at the Dansoman Cluster of Schools and an Essay Competition which will precede a...
With barely a week for Parliament to rise per the 31st March, 2023 proposed date, the remaining revenue bills before it are at risk of not being passed. Among the bills are the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, Excise Duty and Excise Tax Stamp (Amendment) Bill, and the Growth and Sustainability Levy....
The Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Yaw Frimpong-Addo will be delivering the Keynote motivational address at the opening ceremony of this year’s sixth Agricultural Students Career Guidance and Mentorship Dialogue Bootcamp (AG-STUD AFRICA), organized by Agrihouse Foundation. Scheduled to take place in Accra at the GNAT Hall, this year’s...
Golden Star Wassa Limited has currently suspended it operations at Benso in the Western Region following the recent attack on the company by illegal miners. According to the company, the law states that “if it is not safe, you cannot mine’’ and this is going to affect the company’s contribution...
Rice has become one of the staple foods consumed by indigenes of Ghana. Over the years, rice has become essential to Ghana’s agriculture and economy as it accumulates nearly 15 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). The rate at which rice is produced locally in Ghana is less than the...
…as MSMEs thrive under PLS initiative The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has recorded more than 90 percent in product registration following implementation of the authority’s flagship Progressive Licensing Scheme (PLS). The PLS is an initiative of the FDA launched more than two years ago to support micro, small and medium-scale...
The Mineral Income Investment Fund (MIIF), together with the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), will introduce the first domestic gold-linked Exchange Traded-Fund (ETF) by the end of the third quarter, Chief Executive Officer of MIIF Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng has announced. He disclosed this at the signing of a Memorandum of...