The Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) is seeking to raise an about-US$750million facility from a consortium of banks to help finance a massive cocoa rehabilitation programme, aimed at replacing more than half of the country’s overaged tree stock.
The US$750million loan facility will be raised from local and foreign banks, is...
Ghana has acquired its first racing chair for female athletes, for specialised sporting disciplines.
The acquisition of the specialised equipment was made through a donation of funds by GCB Bank Limited, in response to an appeal from the Go-Get-Them Racing Club.
The Club is made up of a dedicated group of...
The Business Development Minister, Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has said government’s vision of building a Ghana beyond aid is anchored on the creativity of young people who can venture into business and create employment for themselves and others.
Mr. Awal, speaking at the first-phase of training for the National Entrepreneurial and...
The National Executive Council of the Ghana Mineworkers' Union (GMWU) of TUCG having met in Accra from December 13 - 14, 2017;
Realizing with regret Gold Fields Ghana Limited’s ruthless decision to implement a contract mining option which would impact on the jobs of over 1,700 workers with serious economic...
Property rental for Ghanaian Missions abroad cost the Foreign Affairs Ministry an estimated GH₵62m, or approximately US$14m in 2017, a report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs has revealed.
The amount covers rent payment for Ghanaian Missions in 52 cities across the world, comprising Africa, America, East Europe, Asia and...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has lauded the establishment of a dedicated human vaccine manufacturing factory in Ghana, given the rising cases of infectious diseases in the West Africa sub-region.
Dr. Bawumia commended the initiative and pledged government’s full support for the project. He said: “The project is relevant not...
Seven years after oil production commenced, and several years after civil society sounded the alarm, the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has said it intends to implement the parallel metering system that is supposed to help monitor oil production volumes and safeguard revenues due the state.
In the past, government officials...
Government will need an estimated GH₵219m to transition the country from analogue to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), a report of parliament’s Committee on Communications has revealed.
Parliament has meanwhile approved GH₵176m for the Ministry of Communications for the implementation of its programmes and activities in the year ending December 31,...
The parlour of Parliament was nearly turned into a boxing arena, Tuesday, when the deputy Minister of Trade & Industry, Carlos Ahinkorah, and the MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, traded insult over alleged money charged expatriates who sat beside the President during the recent Ghana Expatriates Business...
Last week Barclays bank launched its maiden Barclays Africa Group Financial Markets Index which had Ghana ranking in the index that ranked the maturity, openness and accessibility of 17 markets in Africa based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria.
Ghana ranked below South Africa, Mauritius, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia and Kenya...