The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has expressed concern over delays associated with procurement and distribution of seeds and fertilizers, saying, the situation, if not checked, would negatively affect the Planting for Food and Jobs programme (PFJ).
The concern was raised at a press conference in Accra to present...
A conference on Out of Home Advertising has opened in Accra with a focus to validate a draft policy document to regulate activities of advertising agencies in Accra.
The conference which is the first of its kind in Ghana is being facilitated by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly ( AMA) and...
Africa should move beyond aid handouts that have failed to bring growth and prosperity and move to an era of mutual respect with Western countries, the President said on Tuesday.
President Nana Akufo-Addo, elected less than a year ago, said aid to his nation from donor countries was unsustainable and...
The only way Ghana can benefit fully from trade agreements with other countries across the world is when it increases it production of goods for export, Trade and Industry Minister, Alan Kyerematen, has said, asking industrialists to up their game.
The country’s low level of production, the Trade Minister said,...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday held talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May at 10 Downing Street, to strengthen bilateral ties in the mutual interest of their countries.
The President, who is on a three-day visit to the United Kingdom, used the meeting to push Ghana's new posture of...
As part of its effort to reduce gas related accidents in the country, The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has engaged consumers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the Brong Ahafo Region.
The exercise is aimed at sensitizing chopbar operators, restaurants, hotels and door-to-door business operators on safe dispensing and use...
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has said it is confident of meeting its 2017 target of registering foreign direct inflows to the tune of US$5 billion, a more than 108 percent increase from the US$2.4 billion recorded last year.
The GIPC’s third quarter report indicates that close to US$3.4billion...
The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) has urged start-up businesses to take advantage of the Ghana Alternative Market (GAX) to raise capital to expand and take their businesses to higher heights.
With lending rates above 30 percent, it has become a major challenge for small businesses in the country to access...
Government intends to use its revenue and expenditure measures in the 2018 budget to continue to stabilise the economy, offer reliefs to make the private sector competitive and create more employment.
But without the needed revenues, these objectives will not be realised. Funding for most of government’s developmental projects is...
A lot has been said about unemployment among university graduates, but the real unemployment headache lies below the university level, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), has said, expressing surprise that government’s main focus is on university graduates.
In its review of the 2018 budget, the institute...