The Poultry Farmers’ Association of Ghana (PFAG) has urged the government to develop a comprehensive policy, aimed at reengineering the poultry industry as a major economic driver.
The association said there are huge economic opportunities along the poultry value chain such as employment and meat production but it requires national...
A consortium of Ghanaian investors, in partnership with the Ghana Gas Company Limited, is to set up a Polyethylene Plant at Esiama in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region.
This can be done by using ethane from the gas produced by Ghana Gas which has high component of ethane...
A new bill has been laid before parliament to enable the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) exchange information with other tax administrations in the world, regarding certain financial accounts of entities or individuals, in a bid to curb tax evasion.
The bill is named Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account...
Despite a very stable performance all year long, the cedi has returned to its perennial fits of weakness as demand of the greenback by corporates and traders begins to rise ahead of the Christmas festivities.
The cedi, over the past month, has struggled to keep up with the dollar with...
In a bid to rid the market of substandard and unlicensed electrical products, the Energy Commission has said it plans to present a bill to Parliament, which will give it powers to clean the market of illegal products.
The commission, which is the technical regulator of the electricity sector, wants...
A Senior law lecturer at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Dr. Godwin Adagewine, has warned that investor confidence in the economy may erode if appropriate action is not taken to address the high rate and perception of corruption in the public sector.
His comments come in the wake...
The Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma Central Constituency , Hon Ebenezer Gilbert Nii Narh Nartey, has expressed dismay at the shameless sale of African immigrants into slavery in Libya urging Ghanaian youth to channel their desires into maximising the opportunities created by the government in agriculture.
According to him...
In the early weeks of November this year, a team of young enterprising engineers set off to do something unconventional. Their talents and dexterity would now be put to the test. Equipped with the idea and learning from the old success stories, they believed it could be done. Indeed,...
Philip Kweku Agyeman from the Brong Ahafo region has been declared the 2017 National Best Farmer.
The 50 year old becomes the first to walk away with $100,000 cash prize after the 2017 package was improved.
Mr. Agyeman from Dormaa West has farms that employ 205 workers, casual and permanent. He has...
A $40 million loan facility to improve some Senior High Schools in the country has been approved by Parliament
This forms part of a financing agreement between the government of Ghana and the International Development Association of the World Bank.
This financial support is coming at a time government is implementing...