Eighteen youth from Tema and Kpone in the Greater Accra region who were sponsored to undertake various technical and vocational training courses by the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company, (WAPCo), have each been presented with a set of tools…
Despite budgeting to record a loss of GH¢136.45 million in the first six months of this year, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) suffered a net loss of GH¢1.15 billion as of June 2018, largely due to foreign exchange losses resulting f…
The whole premises shined with Christmas decorations as the girls socialized with themselves and shared food and drinks. They got the opportunity to talk to each other and they enjoyed their time. In the beginning, every girl got a pink T-…
Government will on Friday, December 14, 2018, announce a new policy framework aimed at regularizing and reforming mining activities in the country.
The framework was drawn by the Inter-Ministerial Committee against Illegal Mining whic…
The government plans to invest heavily in agriculture in 2019 to boost the sector and make it the fulcrum of the industrialisation agenda of the country, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said.
Addressing the 34th National Farme…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured the business community and industries that the government will continue to put in place favourable economic policies and fiscal discipline to enhance industrial growth.
He said high publ…
Dr Emmanuel Agyemang Dwomoh, Deputy Chief Executive in-charge of Agronomy and Quality Control of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has commended Mondelez International for its effort at increasing cocoa production from 350,000 to 900,000 me…
Ghana’s effort at ensuring efficiency and the maintenance of high professional standards in the country’s construction industry has been given a big boost with the establishment of the Federation of Construction Chamber (FCC), to unite and…
The Judicial Service on Wednesday launched a digitised platform of the Public Relations and Complaint Units (PRCUs) of the courts at a ceremony in Accra. The digitised platform, funded by the European Union (EU), would afford citizens the…
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) and the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) among other stakeholders would soon begin an exercise to rid the Central Region of all unauthorised speed ramps.
According to the insti…
The Government has instituted two approaches as part of efforts to combat the increasing spate of illegal logging, mining, farming and other illegal activities in forest reserves and wildlife protected areas.
Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, L…
Persons with Disability (PWDs) at Suhum have made a passionate appeal to the Assembly to provide ramps at public places to facilitate their movement, especially those using wheelchairs.
According to the PWDs, most public places in the M…
Efforts at galvanizing global action against climate change has received significant boost with the pledge by the World Bank of around US$200 billion in support of countries to take ambitious action to cut down emissions.
Climate change…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has succeeded in reducing anaemia among adolescent girls in school to 19.5 per cent from a high rate of 25 per cent, through the Girls Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (GIFTS) Programme.
Dr Patrick Kum…
The Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS), on Tuesday, urged the Government to priorities WASH issues to facilitate the nation’s quest to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
They said WASH issues crisscrossed …
The Global Nutrition Report 2018 has disclosed that malnutrition is unacceptably high globally, however, there is an unprecedented opportunity to end it. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency and signed by Mr James Nickerson of Globa…
Hollard hosts discussion around business excellence in Africa
Understanding Africa in all its diversity is fundamental to business excellence on the continent.
This was the key takeout of a special media roundtable event hosted by th…
The West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) has presented business start-up tools to 18 beneficiaries under its Community Youth Enterprise Scheme.
The 18 made up of 10 beneficiaries from Tema Manhean and eight from Kpone forms…
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has presented three Motorkings (tricycles) to Farmer-based Cooperatives and Organizations (FBCs/FBOs) to help in transporting their produce from farms to market centres.
The beneficiary FBC…
World Vision Ghana, is guiding some communities in the Upper East Region to adopt the Citizen Voice and Action (CVA) tool to enhance Agricultural production and fight climate change.
The CVA tool is an advocacy mechanism used to aid co…
