On Friday October 19, 2018, key stakeholders in the cross-border food trade business met in Accra to validate a Handbook on import and export procedures for processed cereals under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS). The validation workshop was organized by the West Africa Food Markets Programme (WAFM) in collaboration with Borderless Alliance. WAFM is … The post WAFM
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday commissioned the National Communications Authority’s (NCA) Computer Emergency Response Team (NCA-CERT), and the Revenue Assurance and Traffic Monitoring Centre, a move critical to government‘s agenda to digitise the country. The NCA-CERT is a function of the Authority charged to protect the NCA and stakeholders within the telecommunications sector … The post President
The Head of the Surgical Department of the Koforidua Regional Hospital, Dr Foster Amponsah-Manu has assured breast cancer patients that medical officers also prayed for their patients. “Just like the prayers they receive at the prayer camps and the shrines in addition to the medical service that we render to our patients.” He has therefore … The post Medical
Africa, which has yet to develop a robust digital economy, has lost an estimated $3.5 billion to cyber security attacks over the past few years, Mr Henry Kerali, World Bank Country Director in Ghana, has said. He said whilst countries were focused on building their digital economies, cyber attackers continue to enhance their skills to … The post Africa losses $3.5b
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has said business and property owners who have defaulted in the payment of revenue will pay 30 per cent on all monies owned it. It advised institutions, property owners and other businesses to leave previous receipt of any payment of revenue behind when leaving their premises for their own interest … The post Revenue defaulters will
Dr Jonathan Nicholas Anglo, the University of Ghana Co-operative Union Limited outgoing Board Chairman, has said the total assets of the union rose significantly from GH¢77,095,132.83 in 2017 to GH¢102,541,408.48 in 2018. Dr Anglo was speaking during the Annual General Meeting of the Credit Union at the Great Hall on the University of Ghana Campus. … The post University
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday denied social media rumours that he had been rushed over the weekend to the 37th Military Hospital for emergency treatment after a critical ailment. He said his presence at the health facility had nothing to do with those speculations, but that he had gone there to visit his brother-in-law … The post I’m hale and hearty – President
A pawpaw processing factory and a tiles factory are to be established in the Ayensuoanu District under the One District One Factory policy. Pawpaw farmers in the District are to be supported to expand their farms to produce enough to feed the factory, while the tile factory would use granite rocks available in the District to … The post Pawpaw and tiles factories under 1D1F
An Accra Circuit Court on Monday sentenced Kwaku Amoasi, a 31-year-old driver to 17 years imprisonment for robbing a taxi driver of his Kia Picanto cab valued at GH¢20,000.00. Amoasi pleaded guilty to conspiring to rob the cabbie and robbing him of his taxi cab with two others currently on the run. The Court presided … The post Driver gets 17 years imprisonment for
The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and its partners are working together to increase Ghana’s utilisation of African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). AGOA accords sub Saharan African countries the opportunity to export over 6,500 products on a duty-free and quota-free basis. Over the years, Ghana had not been able to derive much … The post Chamber
Research and feasibility studies are underway for the establishment of Africa’s first Neem tree processing factory at Cape Coast and Swedru in the Central Regional. It is a collaborative move between the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA), Agona West Municipal Assembly (AWEMA) and the Neem Research Centre (NTC) in India – dedicated to the promotion … The post Cape
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