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Ghana, Ivory Coast create joint body to coordinate cocoa policies

The world’s two largest cocoa producers, Ivory Coast and Ghana have created a joint body to improve coordination in research, price setting and the...

Commodities

Mineworkers’ Union basks in COVID-19 gold price spike

The newly elected General Secretary of the Ghana Mineworkers’ Union of TUC, Abdul-Moomin Gbana, addressed the mid-year National Executive Council meeting last weekend in...

Business

PIAC wants petroleum funds invested in diversified instruments

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) wants the country to move from investing petroleum funds in only low-risk Instruments to a mixture of...

Commodities

Way forward for successful implementation of AfCFTA

Trade experts in Ghana have raised some concerns that need to be addressed in order to enjoy a successful implementation of the African Continental...

Blogs

Key role for natural gas in supporting dev’t -Springfield Group CEO

The far-reaching implications of finding commercially viable quantities of oil and gas in deepwater drilling off Ghana was one of several topical issues explored...

Commodities

Farmers want cocoa price increased to GH¢700 per bag

Cocoa farmers have appealed to Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the industry regulator, to increase the producer price of cocoa beans in the coming 2020/2021...

Companies

For oil to deliver prosperity, we must commit to good governance – PIAC

To ensure that the country’s hydrocarbon resources are used to deliver prosperity, there must be good governance as well as implementation of petroleum laws...

Agribusiness

COCOBOD takes steps to revive cocoa production …Kick-starts massive rehabilitation of farms in Western North and Eastern

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has rolled out a rehabilitation programme for cocoa farms affected by the swollen shoot disease in the Western North Cocoa...

Cocoa

Parliament approves US$1.3bn loan to finance purchase of cocoa for new season

Parliament has approved US$ 1.3 billion loan facility from a consortium of banks and financial institutions to finance the purchase of cocoa for the...

Companies

NPA to address challenges identified during CRM piloting

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority, Alhassan Tampuli, has said all challenges identified in the piloting of the Cylinder Recirculation Model...

Commodities

AngloGold sets Obuasi on course to become SME hub

Editorial: Oil for SMEs

Maximizing gains in petroleum upstream sector for transformative dev’t

Tackling price stickiness: When exchange rate gains and fuel price cuts fail to reflect in consumer prices

Reclaiming energy sovereignty: How the rebirth of TOR could power economic future

IEA questions gov’t plans of extending Tullow Oil’s production licence to 2040

Revamping TOR: The challenge of depending on imported crude

Ghana, Ivory Coast create joint body to coordinate cocoa policies

Mineworkers’ Union basks in COVID-19 gold price spike

PIAC wants petroleum funds invested in diversified instruments

Way forward for successful implementation of AfCFTA

Key role for natural gas in supporting dev’t -Springfield Group CEO

Farmers want cocoa price increased to GH¢700 per bag

For oil to deliver prosperity, we must commit to good governance – PIAC

COCOBOD takes steps to revive cocoa production …Kick-starts massive rehabilitation of farms in Western North and Eastern

Parliament approves US$1.3bn loan to finance purchase of cocoa for new season

NPA to address challenges identified during CRM piloting