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PERD expected to fetch Ghana $12BN – Dep. Minister reveals

Ghana, following the successful implementation of government’s Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD), is set to make billions of dollars from the programme. PERD...

Watch out for my made-in-Ghana rice soon – Samini (Video)

Ghanaian award-winning dancehall musician, Samini says Ghanaians should watch out for his made-in-Ghana rice brand across the country in no time. According to the...

MoFA unveils plans to boost local rice consumption

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has proposed effective measures as part of efforts to boost the consumption of made in Ghana rice. According to...

Listen: This is how much Ghana spends on rice importation

It has emerged that Ghana spends a staggering $42 to $52 million dollars on importation of rice. Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Osei...

Traders anticipate higher sales ahead of Christmas

With barely four weeks to the Christmas festivities, traders in the Central Business District of Accra, on Monday said they expect sales to pick...

Photos: Man breaks ‘susu’ boxes he started on 1st January; makes GH¢ 2,838

A gentleman, identified on Twitter as Derrick Adjei-Djan, has stirred social media with latest photos of his piggy bank known locally as 'susu...

EOCO’s GH¢ 550,000 share of GH¢ 2m donation not well thought out – GNPC Board Chair

Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Freddie Blay, says the GH¢550,000.00 budgeted by the Corporation to be given to the...

SIM registration won’t work without proper ID verification – Vodafone CEO

As Ghana prepares to undergo SIM Card re-registration next year, Vodafone Ghana CEO, Patricia Obo-Nai says there is no way bad SIM registration can...

EOCO disowns MASLOC boss

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO),  has disowned the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Stephen Amoah, over...

Government announces strategic investor for Komenda Sugar Factory

The government of Ghana has announced a strategic investor for the Komenda Sugar Factory. Park Aggrotech Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Skylark Group of...

Audio+Photos: Fishermen cry over ‘white elephant’ cold store at Prampram

Fishermen in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra region have expressed their frustration over the seeming collapse of a cold storage facility in...

We’ll stand by you – Government assures rice farmers

Government, through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has assured rice farmers across Ghana of its continuous support. According to the Ministry of Food and...

Rate of debt accumulation and deficit lowered – Ken Ofori-Atta

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says Ghana’s macroeconomic performance has been robust following the decision to reduce the rate of debt accumulation since 2017. This he...

TCL Android AI TV wins Product Innovation of the Year Award

TCL Electronics Ghana Limited, dealers in TCL Home appliances, bagged two awards at the recently held Ghana Innovation Awards. The TCL Android Artificial Intelligence (AI) TV...

ECG explains Tuesday’s power outage

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has, in a statement, said the power outage that hit some parts of the country was due to...

NDC’s Edem Agbana does not owe us – Students Loan Trust Fund

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has dismissed media reports suggesting the Deputy National Youth Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Edem Agbana...

Tuesday blackout due to excess supply – GRIDCo

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), Jonathan Amoako Baah, says the blackout experienced in most parts of the country on...

Banks unwilling to lend support – Rice Millers lament

The Rice Millers Association has lamented that financial institutions in Ghana are unwilling to lend support to facilitate their businesses. According to the group,...

BoG grants GCB Bank authorisation to issue electronic money

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) says it has granted GCB Bank Ghana authorisation to issue electronic money similar to what is popularly known as...

Students loan defaulters start repaying as more names are published

Persons indebted to the Students Loans Trust Fund (SLTF) have begun taking steps to settle their indebtedness following the publication of names and photographs...

Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then vanished

Ruja Ignatova called herself the Cryptoqueen. She told people she had invented a cryptocurrency to rival Bitcoin, and persuaded them to invest billions. Then,...

Rigworld gets OMC license

Rigworld Group, one of Ghana’s leading oil and gas engineering, logistics and human resources development companies has been granted a license by the National...

Here is why Ghanaians should consume local rice

Kennedy Osei Nyarko, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, is of the view that the nutritional value of Ghana’s local rice undoubtedly makes it the best...

People’s Pension Trust’s Life Bonus Cover beneficiary receives cheque

People’s Pension Trust Ghana Limited has presented a cheque of 2000 Ghana cedis to the first beneficiary of its life insurance cover on its...

Govt sets 2022 target to be self-sufficient in rice production

Government has set 2022 target to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, has said. According to him,...

Uber loses licence to operate in London

Uber will not be granted a new licence to operate in London after repeated safety failures, Transport for London has said. The regulator said...

Samira Bawumia to launch first edition of World Shea Expo

The Second Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia, will launch the first edition of the World Shea Expo at La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra on December...

Auditor-General discovers $ 3.4b unpaid penalties relating to Petroleum Holding Fund

The Auditor-General, Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo, has discovered $ 3.4 b in unpaid penalties relating to the Petroleum Holding Fund.  The latest report on the management of...

Chamber of Commerce honors Happy Man Bitters

The organisers of Ghana National Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, has hailed the impact of Charger Limited on Ghana football. In a recently held awards...

Akufo-Addo pushes Ghana cocoa in Germany

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said his determination to ensure cocoa farmers get value for money for what they produce is on...

Farmers punch holes in govt’s PFJs success and surplus food claims [Video]

Rice farmers have questioned the viability of government’s biggest flagship agricultural programme, ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ (PFJs) and the subsequent claim of abundance...

MTN Ghana excels at 9th marketing world awards, wins seven awards

In recognition for its professionalism in undertaking Marketing Campaigns and activities, MTN Ghana excelled at the 9th Marketing World Awards by receiving seven prestigious awards. MTN was...

Telcos to stop upfront ‘talk tax’ deductions on Tuesday

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (GCT) has announced that telecommunication companies in Ghana will from Tuesday, November 26, 2019, stop the upfront deduction of...

Official: Govt plans to reduce importation of rice

Deputy Minister of Agriculture in charge of Horticulture, George Boahen Oduro, has outlined plans put in place by the government of Ghana to ensure...

Listen: Rice importers withdraw ads from media house over local rice campaign

It has emerged that some rice importers in the country have reportedly withdrawn all advertisements from Accra-based Citi FM. READ: Audio: Dan Botwe proposes withdrawal...

Peasant Farmers call on govt to address rice post-harvest losses

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) is calling on the government to, as a matter of urgency, address the issues of post-harvest losses...

Jospong invites European investors to partner with Ghana’s private sector

The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has reiterated his call for a sustainable plan for the...

National Buffer Stock to put 60k bags of rice in Fumbisi on the market

National Food Buffer Stock Limited has said that it aims to remove the 60,000 maxi bags of excess rice grains left in the...

Arrested Council of State Member granted bail

The Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) on Wednesday granted bail to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of defunct Ideal Finance Company, Nii Kotei...

Banks’ collapse: I am uncomfortable with how uniBank has been handled – Kweku Baako

Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik kweku Baako Junior, expressing concerns over the Central Bank’s decision to take over Ghana’s indigenous...