Economic activities as tracked by the central bank’s real Composite Index of Economic Activity (CIEA) have slowed for a second consecutive period ending third quarter of 2022, contracting by 1.2 percent.
This contraction is down from the 11.1 percent recorded a year earlier, and also from the 1.6 percent recorded...
President Nana Akufo Addo recently welcomed a high-powered Commonwealth delegation led by the Right Honourable Lord Hugo Swire, former UK Foreign Minister and current Vice-Chair of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council to the seat of government, Jubilee House. This comes after the President paid a courtesy call to...
President of the Association of Ghana Industries, Dr. Humphrey Ayim-Darke, has said in an attempt to boost industrialisation and local productive capacity, government must move from pre-production taxation to post-production taxation.
He said the move will not only enable expected growth in the production sector but also ensure that government...
Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina Constituency, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has urged civil society organisations (CSOs) and policy think-tanks to help hold governments responsible for fulfilling the regional agreements and global treaties they sign for social and economic development.
According to him, statistics over the years have shown that governments are...
Women and girls continue to suffer inequality and violence across the world. Violence is considered the most widespread violation of human rights. Global statistics indicate that one in three women is affected by violence in her lifetime.
Although violence against women and girls knows no colour, creed or social status,...
Happy National Farmers' Day to our hardworking farmers and fishermen across the 16 regions of Ghana. We are proud of you for all the hard work you do to make our nation great and strong.
Your work is most critical to our very survival, yet not always paying the highest...
The Minister for Education (MoE), Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has described the maiden national Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) competition as a great boost for tapping into the creative potential of Senior High School (SHS) level students.
The competition, dubbed: ‘STEMNOVATION’, is designed to challenge SHS, Senior High Technical...
Agriculture has a central socioeconomic position in Ghana. The sector accounts for more than 65 percent of the work force, slightly higher than 40 percent of GDP the gross domestic product, with almost 45 percent of foreign currencies acquired through exports.
Although agriculture is a key part of the country's...
The average Ghanaian farmer would have to fully embrace alternatives to make a living and sustain their families as inorganic fertiliser prices keep soaring. The unfortunate situation cropping up is a worry to many farmers as some are likely to fold up and others have resorted to reducing their...
With an estimated 44.7% of the workforce employed in the agriculture sector, farming, forestry and fisheries are not only central parts of Ghana’s economy but are key parts of society. Many of the individuals employed in the sector are smallholder farmers, producing a wide variety of products, from coconuts...