President Nana Akufo-Addo has inaugurated some 100 new sets of mercury-free gold processing equipment intended to curb environmental pollution and land degradation arising from the wide use of mercury and other harmful chemicals by illegal small-scale miners in the country. The new technology, comprising crusher, miller, concentrator, and upgrading smelting...
Government is partnering a consortium of nine banks to provide credit to existing youth-led companies and, in the process, create one million jobs in the next three years. Under the commercial programme of the YouStart initiative, the banks will provide support for existing youth-led businesses with between GH¢100,000 working capital...
supports thought-leadership on AfCTA Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) is collaborating with the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (G.A.A.S) on its 2022 Public Forum. The 3-day forum, on the topic ‘The African Continental Free Trade Area - Challenges and Prospects’, has been structured by GAAS to offer an expert...
Huawei revealed the definition of the Next-Generation Data Centre Facility, and unveiled its new PowerPOD 3.0 data centre power supply system. The new rollouts, not only reaffirms Huawei’s commitment to building low-carbon smart data centres, it also underscores the fact that the next generation of data centres will be...
India, Mexico, and the Philippines are known prior to the covid19 pandemic as remote service delivery destinations in the world. These countries identified opportunities for creating employment for young people in their respective countries by developing their Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) ecosystem. Governments all over the world in an attempt...
Speakers at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Industry (UNCTAD) workshop have indicated that Special Economic Zones (SEZ) are crucial for pushing Africa’s industrialisation agenda in the context of the AfCFTA. The workshop was organised by the Ministry of Trade and Industry in collaboration with the Ghana Free Zones...
SMT Ghana, the official distributor of Volvo Construction Equipment, Volvo Trucks, Volvo Buses and Volvo Penta in Ghana has marked its 10th Anniversary with a pledge to continue to invest more in after-sales service to boost the mining and construction industry. Managing Director of the company, Mr. Alex Dutamby, who...
With everyday mobility and distribution of goods and services made possible through transportation, first-in-kind electric and gas-powered buses are set to be introduced soon for the transport services in the country. The Ministry of Transport disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting on the National Energy Transition Plan at the National...
The Executive Chairman of Nationwide Medical Insurance (NMI), Nana Awuah-Darko Ampem II, has urged employees to consider the healthcare needs of individuals and families and provide them with affordable health insurance policies. According to him, this will enable NMI to achieve its vision of becoming the dominant financier of healthcare...
Building experts have said the approach to address the housing problems in the country should be focused on taking advantage of the local materials available in the country for building and avoid the importation. According to Broadcast Journalist and Research Assistant at Institute of African Studies – University of Ghana,...