Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, has emphasised the role the Volta River Authority (VRA) played in the 2015 agreement with AMERI, for the provision of a 250 MW power plant in the heat of the country’s power crisis, when he appeared before Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee on Friday.
Addressing...
HFC Bank Ghana, a subsidiary of Republic Financial Holdings Limited, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Ghana to provide support in the beautification and soft landscaping of the Recreational Quadrangle and J.B. Danquah Avenue of the university.
Giving a brief background to the partnership, Dr. Benjamin...
The African Development Bank has called for global support for Africa’s young farmers and “agripreneurs”, highlighting how agribusiness is the answer to the continent’s youth employment.
In collaboration with the Initiative for Global Development, the Association of African Agricultural Professionals in the Diaspora (AAAPD), Michigan State University, Iowa State University,...
The economy’s transformation depends largely on government embracing technology and viewing it as the panacea to challenges confronting the country, said CEO of MOBEX Africa George Spencer Quaye.
“We believe that if we have to be a successful and a prosperous nation, one of the most critical things to do...
Cement manufacturers have called on government to check unfair trade practices in the country’s cement market.
The Cement Manufacturers Association of Ghana (CMAG) has consistently indicated that its advocacy for protecting the local cement industry is not to stop competition, but rather a crusade against the unfair trade practices surrounding...
Right Consult (RC) Ghana has in collaboration with UR Fog introduced the UR Fog product range of anti-theft security gadgets onto the Ghanaian market, to curb the increasing spate of robbery in homes, offices and banks.
UR Fog is an anti-theft security system that is designed to protect lives and...
Parliament is expected to task the regulatory bodies in the financial sector – Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – to not hesitate in dealing with recalcitrant players to maintain sanity and trust in the industry.
A source close to the Finance Committee of Parliament...
The Executive Director of Enterprise Life, Jacqueline Benyi, has said industry will have to invest in academia if the link between the two is to yield mutually beneficial results.
“We acknowledge the fact that universities and companies have different business models; however, we are very much aware that some investment...
More than five hundred girls of the Odorgonno Senior High School have been left to make do with an old three-seater toilet facility after an oil cash-funded 18-seat facility constructed alongside a girls’ dormitory broke down after barely four months of usage.
The facility was inaugurated in October last year,...
120 deaths, 635 injuries in 10 years
Absence of rigorous standards and regulation blamed
The nation has since 2007 recorded 120 deaths and 635 injuries from gas explosions, aside from the unquantified economic and social costs running into millions of Ghana cedis.
The latest incident at Mansco LPG filling station...