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Let’s consume cocoa products – Otumfuor

Otumfuor Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene has declared his willingness to serve as a Royal Ambassador to promote local consumption of cocoa products. The Ashanti...

I want to build the most business-friendly economy in Africa – Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the priority of his government is to build the most business-friendly and people-friendly economy...

Inflation will decline further to 11.2% – ISSER

All things being equal, inflation will decline further to 11.2 per cent by the end of 2017, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic...

VIDEO: Franklin Templeton not a person – Finance minister corrects NDC MPs

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has corrected National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentarians who are under the impression that global investment firm Franklin Templeton, is a person. The...

Cashew earns $196m for Ghana in 2016

Cashew has over the years become the leading non-traditional export earner in Ghana’s agriculture sub-sector, contributing $196.7 million in 2016, according to the Ghana Export...

Franklin Templeton not a person – Finance minister corrects NDC MPs

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has corrected National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentarians who are under the impression that global investment firm Franklin Templeton, is a person. The...

Ghana partners India to boost tomato production

Ghana and India are collaborating under a Pilot Research Project on Tomato Production, which would ensure that there is an abundance production and supply of...

Ghana’s 2016 gold output increased by 45% – report

Gold output jumped 45 percent in 2016 compared to the previous year as new projects came online and activities expanded across the industry, the...

Fall in profits could dent ETI share performance

First Quarter 2017 financial performance of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated was not impressive owing to the fact that there was a dip in...

Cocoa Farmers Call For A Pension Scheme

The Afosu Area Cocoa Farmers Association in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region has appealed to government to institute a pension scheme...

GHACEM to train quality block makers

Ghana’s premier cement manufacturer, Ghacem, will from next week start training block-makers across the country to equip them with skills on the best grade...

Work-out like Play; Check-out Top 5 Accra Hotels with the Best Gyms

Up, Down: yes, come on, you can do...

Journalists schooled on CHEETAH project

Journalists in Accra and the Ashanti regional capital Kumasi has been trained on a smart device technology application to address challenges in transporting goods...

Coconut Grove very safe for business

Management of the Coconut Grove Regency hotel says it is still safe for business despite a fire outbreak that gutted a portion of the...

Public and private sector leaders must explore new investment paths – President Akufo-Addo

The World Bank Group and the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) on Wednesday launched a two-day forum, bringing together public and private sector...

Pioneer Food Cannery bemoans misconception about company

General Manger of Pioneer Food Cannery, Nicole John Elizabeth has stated that the company is worried about the misconception some Ghanaians attach to the...

World Bank to assist Accra to be resilient

The World Bank says it is committed to assisting the Government of Ghana in ensuring a resilient and thriving Accra. Mr Ivo Imparato, Programme Leader...

Growing Tourism in Ghana; What our entertainers must do

A nation overflowing with amazing talents in different fields of endeavour. Ghana! Our motherland. The black shining star of Africa and the world. Wherever...

Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire meet on cocoa production

The technical committee of the Ghana-Cote D’Ivoire Joint Co-operation on Cocoa as begun a two-day meeting in Accra to discuss how to enhance farm...

Gov’t secures GHS739 million in 3-year bond sale

Government secured GHS739.39 million in bids from investors in Thursday's 3-year bond auction but accepted GHS705 million.​ Government is expected to pay an interest of...

BoG to continue policy rate cut – Fitch report

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) will continue its easing cycle, Ratings Agency, Fitch has stated in a report, adding the regulator will review downwards...

Local fuel prices to go up; IES projects

The second pricing window for May 2017 saw all Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) reviewing pricing at the pump downwards by an average of 1.39%...

Ghana lost USD 1 billion in revenue generation due to falling of world cocoa price

Board Chairman of the Ghana COCOBOD, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman has revealed that Ghana has lost a total amount of USD$1 billion dollars in revenue generation...

Forbes 2017 Billionaires List: Meet richest people on the planet

It was a record year for the richest people on earth, as the number of billionaires jumped 13% to 2,043 from 1,810 last year,...

Fuel prices to go up

The price of fuel at the pumps is expected to experience an increase in the first fuel pricing window beginning June 1. This was revealed...

Ghana’s mortgage cost the highest in the world- Dr. Bawumia

The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Buwumia has bemoaned the cost of mortgage houses in Ghana describing it as the highest mortgage to income ratio...

Safaricom planning to expand M-Pesa mobile money across Africa

Safaricom is planning to take its successful mobile money service M-Pesa across Africa after building a dominant home base in Kenya and presence in...

The Construction Bank to give relief to real estate sector

Although it will be the first bank to focus on financing to the construction and the real estate sector since the collapse of the...

Audio: Gov’t to issue $2.5 billion bond to retire energy sector debt

Government will soon issue a $2.5 billion bond to retire the legacy debt in the energy sector considered the biggest threat to the economy. The...

Ghana signs Agric industrialization deal with India

Thirteen African countries including Ghana have signed series of partnership agreements with India to enhance the supply of agricultural machinery, credit advancement to farmers...

COCOBOD failed farmers – World Bank report

A World Bank report says the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has failed in stabilising farm gate prices at levels that permit farmers to earn...

ECG seizes 800 fake metres in Kumasi

Eight hundred fake electricity metres have been seized by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Kumasi. According to the Ashanti Regional Public Affairs Director,...

Accra Mall Shoprite now deathtrap – Experts

The Shoprite supermarket at the Accra Mall has become an apparent deathtrap to hundreds of customers following the mounting of scaffolds for an ongoing...

Farmers cry out over fall army worm outbreak

Maize farmers in the Brong Ahafo Region are counting losses after fall army worms invaded their farms – laying waste to thousands of hectares...

Army worms attack: 18,200 hectares of maize farm destroyed

The devastation caused by fall armyworms has affected 18,219.07 hectares of maize farms as at Friday May 26, 2017. So far, nine regions have been...

Elmina gets $7.48m fish processing plant

A $7.48 million turnkey fish processing plant has been commissioned at Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abram (KEEA) Municipality of the Central Region to help reduce...

Audio: NPA impounds substandard fuel in Western region

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has confiscated 10,000 litres of diesel in its latest crackdown on vendors of poor quality fuel in the Western...

Fuel smuggling: Ghana lost $150m in 2 months

Ghana lost over $150 million to fuel smuggling in September and November 2016, the Executive Secretary of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers has said. Duncan...

Audio: Somanya residents clash with ECG workers over ‘killer’ bills

Some residents of Somanya in the Eastern region have clashed with workers of the Electricity Company Ghana (ECG) in the area over billing disagreements. The...