Food and beverage companies have been urged to incorporate safety and hazard measures so as to ensure the health and safety of the final consumer. Speaking at a two-day training in Accra on ‘Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP)’, Johnson Opuku-Boateng, Director, Business Development Services at the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), said food […] The post Food
The Forestry Commission has expressed worry over selfish and unlawful conduct by opinion leaders in forest-fringe communities that undermines efforts to control the rate of forest resource exploitation in the country. According to the Commission, some chiefs and Assembly members have been taking illegal levies from chain-sawing operators as well as shielding the nomadic perpetrators […] The post Forestry
In Africa, especially in the Savannah region where the weather is dry and severely hit by climate change conditions, making it difficult for many trees to survive or thrive – most especially during the dry season, the Baobab Tree survives, thrives and also serves as a source of life for many living creatures. Background The […] The post Feature
A legal practitioner who is currently working as a consultant with the Private Enterprises Federation (PEF) has observed that a large number of small and medium sized businesses remain informal not by choice, but because their efforts to transition into the formal sector are frustrated by delays in acquiring permits, licenses and certificates from issuing […] The post Editorial
… a panacea for teacher commitment and performance In recent years, teacher motivation in Africa and South Asia are the most debatable topics (Tao, 2011; Rusu & Ayasilcai, 2013; Huber, Fruth, avila-John & Ramirez, 2016). However, previous study has indicated “that high percentage of teachers working in government schools in developing countries are poorly motivated […] The post Divine
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper has maintained that the Mahama administration did not directly borrow from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to finance the 2016 Budget. Mr. Terkper said the government in 2016 couldn’t have gone for BoG financing to support its expenditure since there was an IMF conditionality that barred central bank financing. “I […] The post Terkper
…. Operations start next month The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inspected ongoing work on a US$34 million starch processing factory at Amantin, in the Bono East Region. The tour of the Amantin Agro Processing Ltd, a wholly-owned Ghanaian company, formed part of the President’s two-day working visit of the Bono East Region. President […] The post 1D1F:
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that it can only determine if candidates who sat for this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) cheated or not after the papers have been marked and an assessment of the results made. WAEC has described several reports of widespread leakage of examination questions and […] The post We
A large number of small and medium-sized businesses remain informal not by choice but because their efforts to transition into the formal sector are frustrated by delays on the part of permits, licences and certificates issuing agencies. These delays, in turn, to lead to corruption and high cost of formalisation, and because most small businesses, […] The post Permit,
Despite the marginal decline in lending rates in the past few months, small businesses – especially startups, have bemoaned why the cost of borrowing remains high at a time they need capital to inject into their operations. The Statistical Bulletin report June 2020 published by the Bank of Ghana shows that average lending rates have […] The post SMEs want lending
The Torchbearer Agricultural Science and Technology (TIAST) Group and Stanbic Bank have signed a memorandum of understanding to help boost cassava processing in the country. The move will see the two fund equipment, technology and provide off-takers for processed cassava to help farmers get more value from the crop. The partnership will see farmers interested […] The post TIAST
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