Ghana’s ranking on the recently published Africa Investment Index for 2018 has improved from a previous 18th in 2016 to 16th and it is expected to move up in next year’s ranking. The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre which set a target to attract $5 billion foreign direct investments (FDIs) into the country announced it recorded … The post Ghana
Ghana recorded a provisional trade surplus of $584.5 million for the first two months of 2018 on the back of higher export receipts from crude oil. This compares with a trade surplus of $494.3 million recorded over the same period in 2017. Speaking at a press conference on the development in the economy on Monday, … The post Ghana records $584.5m trade surplus
The prosecution, in the case involving Gregory Afoko, accused of murdering the former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), on Tuesday said that his next witnesses were on operation vanguard and could not be present in court. Mr Mathew Amponsah said “my next three witnesses are police officers, and today they … The post Court adjourns
One person was killed and 17 others arrested when the police raided a den of suspected cyber fraudsters at Kings Cottage – Oyarifa near Kaybee. About 20 laptop computers were seized from the suspects. The deceased, identified only as Osariodon, was said to have been hit in the head by bullets as he attempted … The post Police kills
Mr David K. Gyewu has been appointed Acting Director-General of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) with immediate effect. A statement issued by the Ministry of Communications and copied to the Ghana News Agency said Mr Gyewu is an experienced business operations strategist and technology specialist with experience at a high and senior level in … The post NITA
The Government has begun processes to conduct a Census of Agriculture, to produce and disseminate complete and reliable data for decision making and for monitoring programmes aimed at further developing the agricultural sector and the economy. The Census of Agriculture is a nationwide exercise that collects, processes and disseminates information on the structure of agriculture, … The post Government
Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire on Monday signed onto the Abidjan Declaration”, an agreement to address the challenges of the cocoa sector. The agreement, which is within the framework of the implementation of the Strategic Partnership Agreement that links the two countries, was signed by both President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Ivorian leader Alassane … The post Ghana
A Land Division of the High Court on Monday granted a self-recognisance bail to Dr Stephen Opuni together with his accomplice Mr Seidu Agongo in the sum of GH¢300,000 on 27 charges including causing financial loss to the State. The accused who pleaded not guilty, were also directed by the court to deposit their passports … The post Court grants Dr Opuni and
The government has denied that it was focusing much attention on the food crops under the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme to the neglect of the livestock and poultry sub-sectors. Dr Owusu-Afriyie Akoto, Minister for Food and Agriculture, said government was rather, using the PFJ, to address some of the fundamental challenges in … The post Government
Mr Henry Orah, the Managing Director of Zenith Bank, has said the Bank had met the Bank of Ghana’ minimum capital requirement ahead of the deadline. He said the Bank met the requirement from its return earnings and not from any partnership or capital injection from anywhere. Mr Orah told the GNA, after its annual … The post We met our minimum capital requirement
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured private sector investors that Ghana was a safe destination for their investments, as government’s push is making the country a business-friendly one on the Continent. “Ghana is endowed with great potential, where security and the rule of law are upheld, where investments are secure,” he said on Monday … The post President
An Accra High Court has sentenced Kofi Seidu, a driver and a farm manager, who murdered and buried a British Missionary in an old farm at Nsawam in 2010, to death by hanging. This was after a seven member jury unanimously returned a verdict of guilty on him in respect of the charge of murder. … The post Man to hang for murdering British missionary appeared first
The Wa Collection of Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) mobilised a total amount of GH¢4,690,000.00 in 2017 in excess of its revenue target of GH¢4,250,000.00 for that year. The Customs Division therefore exceeded its 2017 set goal by 10.31 in spite of human and logistical challenges facing the revenue collection body for … The post Wa Customs exceeds
The members of Civil Society Forum have called for more commitment on the part of stakeholders to ensure that new HIV and AIDS infections were stopped as a means of ending the epidemic by 2030. They argued that prevalence rate among the Regions were increasing because commitment and education in fighting the disease was dwindling … The post Civil Society
A two-day training workshop to sensitise mining communities on the mineral and mining laws has opened at Daboase in the Wassa East District , with a call on mining firms to engage the local communities to obtain their social license for operation. The workshop is expected to give the mining communities some reasonable quota of … The post Workshop to harmonise mineral
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has called for inter-agency and international collaboration in the area of awareness creation on the high abuse of Tramadol among the public in order to curb the social menace. Tramadol abuse has an effect on both the individual and society, it said, hence the need for the collaboration for … The post FDA calls for
Mr Kwame Agbodza, Member of Parliament for Adaklu has said the Minority in Parliament would “force Government to abrogate” the deal to establish a United States of America (USA) military base in Ghana. The MP who was speaking to the media on the sidelines of a Tertiary Institutions Network of the NDC (TIEN) meeting in … The post We will force
Dr Yaw Ofori Yeboah, Deputy Director, Public Health of Ghana Health Services, Volta Region has called on traditional authorities and family heads to make treated bed nets part of items required for marriage rites. He said making bed nets mandatory in dowries would make the nets available in every home and ‘drive home’ the importance … The post Make treated
Dr Beatrice Wiafe-Addai, Director of the Peace and Love hospitals and Breast Care International has stated that there was no scientific proof that breast sucking by men prevent women from breast cancer. She said globally, breast cancer was on the rise and the only surest way to be cured was early detection and treatment and … The post No proof that sucking prevents
Police Superintendent Stella Sedame, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Police Service has said a total of 465 drivers were convicted for flouting various traffic regulations in 2017. She disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Monday in Sunyani. Madam Sedame said … The post 465
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