Global Community has cautioned against bauxite mining in the Atewa Forest, listing it among ‘high risk’ ventures that should not be included in China's Covid-19 financial support projects.
According to A Rocha Ghana and several other NGOs in Ghana, mining Bauxite in Atewa Forest is not eligible for the Chinese...
E.S.L.A PLC, on Monday, November 6, 2017, said it successfully closed its books for the issue of the ESLA bonds on Friday, November 3, 2017, after extending the timeline for the issue of the 10-year bond by one week.
Despite investors making bids in excess of GH¢2.79 billion for the...
The Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation (GIADEC) is confident of attracting over US$6billion private capital to actualise a harmonised aluminium industry.
The country envisioned an integrated industry soon after independence, but GIADEC is now stepping up efforts to develop a comprehensive aluminium industry in line with the country’s renewed commitment...
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, has directed the Registrar of Births and Deaths to review the directive banning the registration of some Ghanaian names.
The directive was contained in a 2009 standard operating procedure manual and has been in force since then.
However, Ghanaians have...
I used to be an avid reader in my ‘saito’ days in elementary school in Kwamo- Kumasi. Those were the days when we were lucky to have met dedicated pupil teachers and Certificate A holders who simply loved the teaching profession, even though they were not highly paid.
These were...
Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Ghana, Kwamina Asomaning, has called on the church in Ghana to exhibit true leadership that influences social change even as the country goes through a period of crisis at all levels. He said this in his keynote address at the 77th Graduation and 80th...
After months of intense debate on whether Ghana should seek support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the mounting economic challenges arising from a decade of poor domestic revenue mobilization performance, with its attendant ballooning public debt stock, the President of the Republic has finally taken a decision.
On...
Some key agriculture civil society organisations (CSOs) have condemned delays in granting tax exemptions on imported agrochemicals and inputs.
The CSOs - Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG), CropLife Ghana and the National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NASTAG) - said the hold-up could deny...
The Capital Finance International magazine has named the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Africa's top investment promotion organisation for the fourth consecutive year.
The GIPC actively defended the nation's favourable FDI status with a focused digitalisation effort that improved service delivery, promotional visibility and investor interaction, according to CFI.co's award...
Striking workers of the Volta Aluminium Company (VALCO) have agreed to return to negotiations with the management of the company, following a successful stakeholder meeting.
According to an inside source, the parties have agreed to return to continue and complete their wage negotiations after the meeting which included senior management,...