The Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), May Obiri-Yeboah, addressed a press conference last week to give the nation an indication of safety on the country’s roads and the picture painted gives room for concern.
A total of 1,700 vehicles were involved in road accidents in the...
It appears government’s decision to ensure the commencement of its tax stamp policy on March 1st this year may hit a snag, because some importers, exporters and beverage manufacturers are up in arms about implementation of the policy.
The manufacturers and importers say in principle, though, they are not against...
Ghana’s former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has stated that “it will be a mistake and a very sad one, for humanity to throw up our hands and abandon our fight against climate change.”
He explained that climate change “is very real and its related natural disasters and associated problems are...
Africa’s foremost financial institution, the African Development Bank (AfDB), has made a compelling case for accelerating industrialisation in order to create jobs, reduce poverty and promote inclusive economic growth.
The President of the Bank believes agriculture needs to at the forefront in the continent’s industrialisation drive.
In the Bank’s 2018 Economic...
Even as we tackle the Fulani menace in parts of the Ashanti Region, a security analyst, Dr. Kwesi Aning, is calling for a revision of the strategy. “Operation Cow Leg, driven by the shoot the cattle strategy, is confrontational, is dangerous, is aggravating the problem,” Aning notes.
Corroborating this stance...
This year’s international trade fair is scheduled to be held from February 28 to March 7, but the dilapidated state of the International Trade Fair Centre summarises how backward we have been in a lot of respects in our national life.
Years of neglect, coupled with its proximity to the...
The newly-installed President of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), Dr. Yaw Adu-Gyamfi, has come out strongly to pronounce that this is the time to protect local industries.
Dr. Adu Gyamfi emphasised the fact that it is the private sector which creates job opportunities, and if the high unemployment rate...
The Omanhene of Asokore Asante in the Ashanti Region, Nana Dr. S.K.B. Asante, has charged government to begin consulting and involving chiefs in the issuance of licences to Artisanal and Small-Scale miners in particular.
According to the astute legal luminary, chiefs are the best way to provide legitimate advice and...
Meridian Port Services (MPS) has taken delivery of the first unit out of two Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHC).
The Crane arrived on 8th December 2017 and it is currently being commissioned by the manufacturers’ engineers expected to be put into operations after completing the training in the coming two weeks....
To heighten awareness about biotechnology among key stakeholders, the National Biosafety Authority (NBA) - under the auspices of the Ghana Chapter of the Open Forum on Agriculture Biotechnology (OFAB), and the African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF) in Kenya - have organised a sensitisation workshop in Accra for a cross-section...