The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has today launched the much awaited ’10-year Cashew Development Policy’ as a move toward positioning cashew crop as an agriculture goldmine.
According to the President who highlighted the importance of cashew production to the Ghanaian economy, cashew, together with other selected crops, can create...
Ghana’s star boxer, Bastie Samir, has signed a deal with telecommunications operator, Glo Mobile Ghana, on the company’s new marketing campaign in Ghana.
The deal entails his involvement in the company’s advertising and promotional efforts in Ghana over the next one year.
This is a big boost to the boxer and...
French electricity conglomerate EDF, French transnational company Veolia and their local partner CH Group - who have put in a joint bid for the ECG Concession - have rejected the government policy that allocates 51 percent mandatory ownership of the concession to Ghanaian companies.
In a letter dated February 12,...
The World Bank Country Director for Ghana, Henry Kerali, has advised that government turn its attention to reducing food imports so as to revitalise the Agricultural sector, which can contribute in improving the economy.
He asked that government take steps to make the Agricultural sector even more attractive than it...
Mr. Ernest Owusu-Bempah, Communications Director of Ghana National Gas Company (Ghana Gas) has stated that government, is determined to establish a fertilizer factory at Jomoro District in the Western Region using Isopentane.
“Isopentane is a by-product which has immense importance from the gas plant; the fertilizer factory, is in line...
The insurance industry intends to start publishing claims paid to clients, on an annual basis, in a bid to change the perception among members of the public that the industry loathes claims payments.
“We are thinking, actually, of the insurance industry publishing the quantum of claims paid in a...
Private pension funds have maintained their strong growth over the years, reaching a record high of GH¢9.7billion in 2017, from the previous year’s GH¢6.8billion.
Data from the sector regulator, the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), show that 9.2 billion of the 9.7 billion was accrued from Assets Under Management (AUM)...
The Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT) has organized a round-table discussion as part of its project of strengthening gender responsive policy processes in the agricultural sector
The project is part of a broader programme on enhancing private sector participation in agricultural policy process in Ghana under the USAID...
2017 Digital Bank of the Year award winner, Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited, has further deepened its partnership with the nation’s premier university, University of Ghana (UG) in the area of payments of fees and charges to the University; as the bank has extended its online collection platform to...
Just as governments are being urged to align their national development plans with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is crucial for businesses to also integrate the SDGs into their corporate strategies, Dr. Eugene Owusu, SDG Advisor to the President of Ghana, has said.
This, he indicated, will...