About 1.5 million farmers to benefit
Guarantees a lump-sum payment to Cocoa Farmers upon retirement
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the Cocoa Farmers’ Pension Scheme, which is expected to benefit an estimated 1.5 million cocoa farmers across the country.
Introducing the ‘3rd-tier retirement’ scheme ends the long-awaited call...
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), has published its Semi-annual Report on the management and use of petroleum revenues for the first half of 2020.
The report is being released two months later than the statutory reporting date of 15th September. This is largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic,...
Crude oil prices tumbled on Monday, as investors waited for a decision by producer group OPEC+ whether to extend large output cuts to balance global markets, but vaccine hopes helped keep benchmarks on track to rise more than a fifth in November.
January Brent crude futures, which will expire later...
Last week BloombergNEF (BNEF) published a new report that quantifies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. carbon dioxide emissions.
The report estimates that 2020 emissions will be 9.2 percent lower than in 2019, reaching a level last seen in 1983. At that time, BNEF notes, the economy was 60percent smaller...
As ministry refuses to provide ABFA data
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has urged Parliament to force the Ministry of Finance to account for the use of the country’s petroleum revenues.
This follows the ministry’s refusal to provide half-year data on Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) - the...
The Embassy of Italy and the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) in Accra have organized the event ‘Aperitivo in Giardino’, (‘Aperitif in the Garden’), to mark the 5th Italian Cuisine Week in Ghana.
Organized in partnership with Italian wine importers Imexco, Say Cheers and Pomona Restaurant at Osu, ‘Aperitivo in Giardino’...
It was just three years ago that Mr Emmanuel Eyisi, a member of Cooperative Cocoa Farmers and Marketing Union (CCP) in the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District had his six-acre cocoa farm ravaged by indiscriminate bush fires.
He had invested all his resources and his cocoa trees had pods nearing maturity...
More refineries in Europe are at risk of permanent closures, with fuel demand on the continent falling again as major economies re-imposed lockdowns to fight the spike in coronavirus cases.
Gasoline demand in Europe is expected to be between 15 and 20 percent lower in November and December compared to...
It was just three years ago that Mr Emmanuel Eyisi, a member of Cooperative Cocoa Farmers and Marketing Union (CCP) in the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District had his six-acre cocoa farm ravaged by indiscriminate bush fires.
He had invested all his resources and his cocoa trees had pods nearing maturity...
Cocoa farmers in the Western South Region are gradually seeing a boost in cocoa production following the introduction of Omya Calciprill to tackle soil acidity on their cocoa farms.
Some of the farmers who testified after using Omya Calciprill explained the improvements in the leaves of cocoa trees for better...