The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) forecasts international tourist arrivals to increase by 3% to 4% in 2013.
This is much in line with its long term forecast for 2030: +3.8% a year on average between 2010 and 2020; this…
The Africa Development Bank (AfDB) cannot make any meaningful contributions to solutions of the problem of economic and social under development of the continent if it continues to place undue emphasis on political ideologies.
Dr Kwa…
The Japanese government eased the restriction on importing beef from the United States and other countries on Friday, local media reported. According to an agreement reached by Japan and the United States on January, Japan will raise the c…
The MasterCard African cities growth index has identified Ghana's capital, Accra, as having the highest growth potential of any city on the continent.
According to the index, cities in Africa showed signs that their populations would…
Who can the plan cover?
The plan can cover the following:
Life Assured,
the Life Assured's spouse
children – (maximum of 6)
Wider family - maximum of six (8) out of the following – parents, parents-in-law, stepparents, fost…
The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) said on Wednesday that it would engage the Management of Ghana Water Company to find ways to ensure that repair works on the filters have minimal impact on consumers.
The Ghana Water Com…
Mounting losses from disasters in Asia and the Pacific would escalate in the next decades if huge sums needed to sustain the region's robust economic growth are wantonly invested, the Asian Development Bank warned Thursday.
Disaster risk …
Turkey's export volume in 2012 increased by 13.1 percent year-on-year, hitting a record high of 152.5 billion U.S. dollars, while imports posted a 1.8 percent decline to 236.5 billion U.S. dollars during the same period, the Turkish Statis…
Louis Dreyfus Commodities, a global merchandiser of commodities and food processing, would invest in Ghana to ensure food sufficiency and create jobs.
"With more than 160 years of experience, our portfolio has grown to include oilseeds…
Vice President Paa KwesI Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, on Thursday said Ghana was poised to develop the extractive industry to create more jobs and move people out of poverty.
He, therefore, welcomed the partnership between government and d…
Japanese automaker Toyota will recall 22,869 vehicles exported to China over defects in the vehicles' windshield wipers, according to China's consumer quality watchdog. The company has decided to recall some of its exported Lexus IS sedans…
Kenya will host the first investment conference for Somalia in June to showcase opportunities that exist in the Horn of Africa nation, organizers said on Thursday.
"Somalia's political leadership has taken bold steps towards politica…
German unemployment fell unexpectedly in January pushing the jobless rate down to near a two-decade low as hiring in Europe's biggest economy picked up, data released Thursday showed.
The labour office said the seasonally-adjusted number …
Spain's governing conservative party on Thursday defended itself in a widening corruption scandal, after the publication of alleged internal documents that indicate its leaders received hidden payments over nearly two decades.
The dail…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti in Berlin on Thursday, ahead of next week's summit on the European Union's next seven-year budget.
EU leaders are meeting on February 7-8 in Brussels to discuss the…
Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation (NADeF), has awarded scholarships estimated at about GH¢1,638,460 to 1,455 students in the mine take communities during the 2012/2013 academic year.
They were made up of 596 females and 859 males.
Wi…
Glo Mobile Ghana has hosted its dealers across the country to the first Glo Dealers’ Appreciation and Awards Night in Accra.
Mr Mark Osei Boakye of Tom Telco, from Kumasi was adjudged the Glo Dealer of the Year 2012 with Pay Phone Solut…
Newmont Mining Corporation on Tuesday announced a change of its global operation system known as the ELLIPSE to an integrated business management software system “SAP†from February 4, 2013.
The SAP software is expected to help the Ne…
Plan Ghana on Tuesday inaugurated a Youth Auto-mechanics Skills Training Centre in Koforidua.
The programme was undertaken in in collaboration with Plan Korea, Hyundai Motor Company, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and …
Ghanaian farmers have been advised to patronise locally produced high yielding seeds that are more reliable, cheaper and readily available, instead of imported seeds that are expensive and cannot be used a second time from the parent stock…
Dr Toni Aubynn, Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Chamber of Mines, on Tuesday urged Ghanaian entrepreneurs to take advantage of the 2013 Mining Summit to forge partnerships with counterparts from other parts of the world.
This, he said wo…
The Bank of Ghana and other regulatory authorities have been urged to adopt pragmatic measures to safeguard the savings and investments of customers.
The Upper East Regional caretaker Minister, Mr Mark Woyongo sounded the warning during t…
A three-day conference to improve food security and free movement of goods and services through regional trade in West Africa has opened in Accra on Tuesday.
The objective of the conference was to jump-start the actions needed to unleash …
Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Tuesday asked development partners operating in Ghana, to undertake more direct investments as the nation moves to attain middle income status.
He stressed that the country needed more dire…
The Founder and Chairman of the world’s leading luxury private aviation company, Vistajet, has lauded the political stability and booming market conditions in Ghana.
He noted that the phenomena are leading to faster expansion of infrast…
The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) has reminded Ghanaians that there exist an administrative ban on the export of ferrous scrap metals in the country since the 1980s.
Soon, a Legislative Instrument (LI) to ban the export o…
The Royal Philips Electronics, manufacturers of Philips electronic products has appointed Mr Abdallah Khamis, a Kenyan as the General Manager and head of Business for its West African branch to increase its presence in the Sub-Region.
…
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU's non-profit lending institution on Wednesday declared its interest in investing in Nigeria's power sector. Roger Kelly, who led delegates from the EIB, announced the plan when his team visited th…
Mr Prem Shukla, Country Director of Plan Ghana, has said that youth empowerment was critical to the development of Ghana and that urgent measures needed to be put in place to tackle youth.
"Youth are the main source of human capital…
State healthcare workers and transport workers in Greece are to embark on a 24-hour strike Thursday to protest the cash-strapped government's plans to reform various sectors.
The strike is expected to result in ferries remaining docked…
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has taken a swipe at the National Pension Regulatory Authority (NPRA) for failing to carry out adequate public education on the new pension reforms.
Addressing journalists in a day's workshop in Takor…
A United Nations-sponsored donor conference with the aim of raising 1.5 billion dollars for Syrians opened Wednesday in Kuwait.
The emir of Kuwait Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah pledged 300 million dollars at the gathering of representatives fro…
The National Bank of Cambodia has issued a new 1,000-riel banknote ( equivalent to 25 U. S. cents) in order to remember the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk who passed on last year. The new note displays a portrait of the late King Father…
Laos will host a meeting of Asian and European landlocked countries in March to assess progress in developing trade routes to the sea, media reports said Wednesday.
Foreign Affairs Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said more than 50 delegation…
A six- week long Stone Strong Lager Promotion organised by Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) has ended at the Game, Accra Mall.
Mr Lawrence Ashun, a Chartered Accountant, picked up the ultimate prize of a branded Pool Table. Also 12 pat…
Fish farmers in Brong-Ahafo Region on Monday called on stakeholders in the fishing industry to initiate efforts to resuscitate the hatchery at Dormaa-Ahenkro.
They contended that government undertook feasibility studies to establish …
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) on Tuesday said it would postpone its plans to shed mines and up to 14,000 jobs in South Africa after "constructive" talks with the government and unions.
The world's top platinum producer has said it …
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was to travel to Qatar Tuesday for a visit aimed at securing badly needed investment for Greece's crippled economy.
He would be accompanied by the ministers of development and defence and a business deleg…
The Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday approved a record-high 92.61 trillion yen (about 1.02 trillion U.S. dollars) initial general- account budget for the fiscal year 2013 starting in April.
Tax revenues are ex…
Ghana together with South Africa and Tanzania have been described as the most expensive sending countries in Africa, in terms of remittance prices, the World Bank's (WB) Send Money Africa database report disclosed on Tuesday.
The report …
International tourist arrivals grew by 4 per cent in 2012 to 1.035 billion, rising above the mark of 1 billion for the first time, the United Nations' World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) said Tuesday at its headquarters in Madrid.
Despi…
The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that it has allowed Romania an additional three months to complete reforms agreed within the framework of a 5-billion-euro (6.72 billion dollars) precautionary credit arrangement.
Romania, hit …
The Ghana Chamber of Mines will hold its biennial mining conference and exhibition from the 12th – 14th June 2013 in Accra to help reposition the country as a gateway for mining investment in the West Africa sub-region.
The two day…
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) and its partner, Volta River Authority (VRA), have completed the US$ 330 million financing for the expansion of the Takoradi 2 power plant in Ghana.
The expansion project will convert the…
The Ga East Municipal Assembly has completed the first phase of construction of stalls at the Dome market at a cost of GH¢101, 538.00.
The assembly used part of its share of the District Assembly Common Fund and 2011 District Develo…
The global economic gender gap now stands at 60 percent while only 20 per cent of the political participation gap has been closed.
The seventh annual World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap Report 2012, which announced this, sai…
US$1.5bn World Bank funds held up...
&as half of projects are rated below satisfactory
by Basiru Adam
About 13 out of 26 World Bank-funded projects in Ghana that were supposed to have been completed within three to five years h…
Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on Monday lauded the United Nations (UN) Agencies in Ghana for the initiatives they have undertaken in the national development process, and advocated effective coordination between the Agencies t…
A six-week entrepreneurship clinic is to be held at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) for all final year students of the University this week.
The programme aims at exposing the students to business oppo…
The Kintampo branch of the Ghana National Association of Garages (GNAG) on Monday appealed to the Kintampo Municipal Assembly to develop a modern garage at Kintampo to enhance their business operations.
It expressed appreciation to t…