President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday called on the governments involved in the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) project to fully put their weight behind the project for their nations to get its full benefits.
He said Government…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday gave assurance to investors of full Government cooperation without undercuts or arm-twisting and partner them to provide jobs for the people and build a better nation.
As he held discussion…
Mr Mahmud Khalid, Upper West Regional Minister has said the recent trends in international economics, especially the prevailing credit crunch, should reawaken the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) on the need to refocus on promoting…
The Subayo Foundation for Women and Children in Africa, a non-governmental organisation based in the U.S. with branches in Ghana and Zambia, is to assist women with low income-earnings in the Obuasi municipality by offering them a small-sc…
The Minister for Youth and Sports, Mr Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, on Wednesday noted that it was only by engaging the youth in talks and educational forums that they would change their mind set.
"Apart from talking there is very little…
The Trade Aid Integrated , a non-governmental organization (NGO), in the Upper East Region, working in the area of economic empowerment, has urged government to attach serious interest in environmental issues by ensuring that all trade agr…
The GSE All-share index, the benchmark measure of the performance of the Accra bourse, began the week lower with the index losing 9.55 points at 7,945.63 points from Friday's close of 7,955.18 points.
Change for the year to date drop…
Ghana on Monday signed two agreements, a grant and an interest-free loan totalling 4.4 million dollars (about 30 million Yen) with China.
The grant is 20 million Yen and the interest-free loan 10 million Yen, would assist Ghana to em…
Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, Minister of Communications, on Monday inaugurated a five-member committee to review the sales and purchase agreement (SPA) between the government of Ghana and Vodafone
International Holdings BV.
The five-member c…
The Volta Region Association of Beekeepers
(VORAB), has recommended beekeeping to the political establishment in the region as a viable area capable of solving the problem of youth unemployment.
Mr Ben Y. Nutsukpui, spokesman for the g…
The Chinese Embassy in Accra processed more
than 20,000 visas for Ghanaians to visit the People's Republic of China in 2008 to transact various businesses, Mr Yu Wenzhe, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana announced on Saturday.
He said Ch…
Mr Yaw Owusu, Managing Director of Daylight
consultancy Services (DCS), a debt-collection company, has expressed concern about the low pace at which property rate was being collected in the
country.
He asked the municipal, metrop…
Mrs Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Minister of Tourism
on Monday hosted a team of American investors currently in Ghana to explore avenues of investment in the tourism and entertainment industry.
The dream of the investors from 'Atlantic …
Mr Solomon Quashie Abbam-Quaye, Immediate-Past Chief Executive of Awutu-Senya District has called for women to be trained and resourced to ensure success in the poverty reduction programmes and policies.
He said women as mothers and …
Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture, on Saturday said delays in the registration of companies at various government agencies were unacceptable and that government would work to facilitate transactions at these points.
M…
The Chinese Embassy in Accra processed more than 200,000 visas for Ghanaians to visit the People's Republic of China in 2008 to transact various businesses, Mr Yu Wenzhe, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana announced on Saturday.
He said Chi…
Osabarima Kofi Boateng III, Akwatiahene has appealed to Government to prioritise the divestiture of Ghana Consolidated Diamonds Limited (GCD) at Akwatia.
He said efforts should be made to find a suitable investor to take over and re-…
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development in collaboration with the Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) is to initiate a new urban development project in four cities of the country.
The initiative known as "Municipal C…
The MTN Group has reached the 100 million subscriber mark in its drive to become the world's leading telecommunications service provider in emerging markets.
With a telecommunications network that covers a population of approximatel…
The GSE All-share index, the benchmark measure of the performance of the Accra bourse, fell by 32.11 points in trading on Thursday.
The index closed trading at 8,682.97 from 8,715.08 points.
Change for the year to date dropped …
Ghanaians, particularly consumers of the Value Added Tax Service (VAT), have been urged to volunteer information to the Service to enable it to recover taxes that otherwise would have been lost to the state in return for a handsome reward.…
Vice President John Dramani Mahama returned home on Thursday from Dakar, Senegal, where he attended the 44th meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) that dwelt on Africa's preparedness toward mitigating the effects of the global cre…
The government has identified and designated 66 areas throughout the country to be licensed out to Artisanal Small Scale Mining operators (ASMs), as soon as geological investigations into its
viability was completed.
The Minister o…
Mr Albert Abongo, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing on Thursday advised members of the Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors of Ghana (ABCECG) to re-organize and form joint ventures.
That, he said, wo…
Cocoa farmers in Nsuta in the Techiman Municipality have urged the government to pay their bonuses to them to sustain the mass cocoa spraying exercise.
Mr Benjamin Kusi, spokesman for the farmers in an interview with the Ghana News A…
Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Minister for Finance, on Thursday called for a change in approach towards achieving regional integration and make it a collective endeavour worthy to be pursued jointly by both private and public sectors.
"Regiona…
Ghana's year-on-year annual inflation rate rose marginally to 20.56 per cent in April, up from its five-year high of 20.53 per cent a month earlier, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) said on Friday.
Record high prices for oil and r…
Mr George Nti, National Facilitator of the Land Administration Project has stressed the need for people to document all land transactions through customary land secretariats.
He said this would ensure the security of tenure of their …
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) is to embark on collaborative activities with security agencies at the country's borders to check the rampant smuggling of petroleum products to neighbouring countries.
NPA will also work with its c…
The Brong-Ahafo Regional office of Value Added Tax (VAT) has stepped up an education campaign to whip up the interest of people to regularly file their VAT returns.
The campaign is also to broaden the tax net, Mrs. Agnes Adu-Boateng,…
Dr Yaw Adu-Ampoma, Executive Director of the Cocoa Research Institute, and Alhaji Dramani Egala, former head of the Cocoa Marketing Company, have been appointed as deputy Chief Executives of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD).
A stateme…
The Hunger Project in collaboration with the Rural Enterprises Project (REP), has trained 30 women in soap and detergent making at Ekumfi Twaa.
The training was to offer the women an opportunity to diversify their income generating ac…
Last year, the Association of Lotto Marketing Companies (LMCs) paid GH¢10.6 million to the National Lotteries Authority (NLA) towards the consolidated fund.
During the same period, the LMCs and their agents paid
a total of GH¢1.7 mil…
Newmont Ghana Gold Limited on Wednesday handed over a basic school it built for at Dokyikrom in the Asutifi District.
The block, estimated to cost GHC 250,000, comprised a furnished six-unit classroom block with an office, store, st…
Alhaji Amadu Seidu, Minister of State at the Presidency, on Thursday called on the media to go beyond their watchdog role and take practical step to directly contribute to the socio-economic transformation of the country.
He made the…
Young people who turn to the production of cocoons from silk worms could earn a minimum gross profit of 620 dollars a month, Nii Amartey Laryea, secretary to the African Silk Producers Association of Mampong-Akuapem, has said.
Speakin…
Chief Executives from some of the world's leading companies have called on governments to more effectively and robustly implement the United Nations Convention against Corruption.
In a letter to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, …
Dr Kwabena Duffuor, Minister of Finance, on Tuesday said the lack of integrity in the financial sector has failed to promote effective leadership and eroded confidence in the institutions and systems.
"We need to recognise that the f…
The Cape Coast Business Advisory Centre (BAC) has organized a five days workshop, to upgrade the skills of twenty palm fruit processors from two communities, in the Cape Coast Metropolis to produce quality palm oil under hygienic environme…
President John Evans Atta Mills on Tuesday assured Ghanaians of a brighter future for the mining industry and called on mining companies to collaborate with Government to protect it to fully play its expected role in the economy.
He…
The West Africa Business Association (WABA), Ghana will host an international
oil and gas business conference and exhibition from June 2-4 in Takoradi.
The conference is expected to attract both local and international business ent…
Communications Minister, Haruna Iddrisu on Tuesday tasked the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSRC) to weed out all unlicensed postal and courier service operators in the system saying it was criminal for them to contin…
Participants to the 2009 Annual Meetings of the Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group are in Dakar, Senegal, on Monday to begin the event.
The Meeting, which is under the theme; "Africa and the Financial Cri…
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on the government not to play politics with the state of the economy, since it would not do the Ghanaian populace who voted them into power any good.
The party praised the Ghana Statistical Se…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has kept the prime rate unchanged at 18.5 per cent, citing the likely impact of the global financial crisis on trade and capital flows necessary to support economic activity.
The prime rate is the …
Private remittances for the first three months of 2009 declined by 7.3 per cent to US$1.98 billion compared to the same period last year, an indication of the effects of the global financial crisis.
The amount, however, showed a 40.6…
Ms. Hannah Tetteh, Minister of Trade and Industry, on Tuesday said the main thrust of the government delegation's trip to the United Kingdom last week was to promote the country as the best business destination and investment opportunities…
Mr James Okyere, Techiman Municipal Cooperative Officer has stressed the need for people to join cooperative credit unions to help better their living conditions.
He explained that "credit unions offer members investment opportunitie…
The GSE All-share index, the benchmark measure of the performance of the Accra bourse, fell by 3.64 points on Monday in a dull market.
The index opened the week lower at 8,745.03 points.
Change for the year to date remained at…
Participants apart from the media scheduled to attend a training workshop on Contingency Trade Protection Measures organised by the Ministry Of Trade and Industry (MOTI) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in…